How To Pluck Your Eyebrows

Posted on January 1st, 2009 by monsterguide

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When it comes to facial vanity, one of the most important factors people consider is their eyebrows. Women, and even some men, are very meticulous with their brows, always making sure they are clean, well-formed and curved appropriately. Getting neat-looking eyebrows isn’t as easy as it looks, though. You should know how to pluck them properly, so they’ll look clean, pleasant, and will complement your eyes well. Here’s how to pluck your eyebrows.

Materials:

A good pair of tweezers (pointy or slanted; try both to see what works best for you)
Eyebrow brush/ small toothbrush/ clean and dry mascara wand
Mirror
Warm water
Facial cleanser
Lotion
Washcloth
Soap
Tiny trimming scissors

Steps

Wash your face thoroughly with warm water and facial cleanser, then blot dry with a wash cloth. If your face is cleared of dirt and oil, the hairs will be easier to pull out. You should also wash your hands with soap and water, since you’ll be touching your face during the procedure.
Apply some lotion over your eyebrows to make them softer and easier to tweeze.
Examine the direction where your eyebrow hair grows. Most people have eyebrow hair that grows outwards from the nose towards the hairline.
Get the tweezers and hold them in one hand, as if you’re holding a pencil, with the open end facing upwards.
Begin with one eyebrow. It’s advisable to start with the side you’re more familiar with. For example, if you’re left-handed, start with the left brow. Set a boundary at the base of the eyebrow, where you don’t want to pluck. The hairs along the boundary are the first ones you should remove.
Position the tip of the tweezer as close as you can to the root of the hair, then pull towards the direction of the hair growth. Having the tweezers close to your skin ensures that the whole hair is removed and does not break above the root.
Pluck one hair at a time. Removing several hairs at once can cause redness and break the hairs.
The tweezers should also be angled as close to your skin as possible. This helps prevent ingrown hair, and avoid irritation. Pull in a shallow angle, towards the direction of the hair growth, but never pull straight up.
Continue doing this until the area outside the boundary has been cleared. Repeat the steps for your other eyebrow. Make sure you don’t over pluck, since this can destroy the hair follicle, and the hair won’t grow back.
If you have a unibrow, find the ideal brow length through this tactic: get a slim pencil and place it parallel to the line of your nose, just adjacent to your nostril. Mark your brow on the inside of the pencil. Make sure you don’t pluck any further into your eyebrows than on this mark, otherwise your eyebrows will look overdone.
For the best finish, trim your brows. First, brush your eyebrow upwards, to make the long hairs visible. Get the small trimming scissors and snip away the ends that reach beyond the thickest part of the eyebrow. Repeat, this time, brushing downwards. Snip the ends that reach below the eyebrow’s thickest part. Brush upwards again.

Additional Tweezing Tips

For women, the best time to pluck is the week after the menstrual period begins. This is the time when the body is least sensitive to hair removal.
Every now and then, stand back from the mirror and check your progress.
Pluck in a place with bright light, like beside a window or in a well-lit room.
Reduce any redness by applying a bit of aloe vera or tea-tree oil.
Try not to tweeze one eyebrow completely, before starting on the other. It’s better if you can alternate between the two brows, for a more balanced result.
Some people don’t tweeze above the brow, since it destroys the natural arch, but if you see stray hairs poking, tweeze them carefully.
To make the fine hairs invisible, use a hair bleaching cream. This saves you a lot of plucking time.

It’s easy to get beautiful and neat-looking eyebrows. Just remember these tactics, and you’ll end up with a lovely pair that you can be proud of.