Eyebrow Pluck - How to pluck your eyebrow?

Eyebrows are tricky creatures. You know how they're supposed to look, but sometimes they don't want to cooperate, and because they're growing out of your head, they have a semi permanent character that defies wishes and good intentions.

Why to pluck eyebrows?

The perfect eyebrow starts above the inside corner of your eye (over the tear duct), and ends at the outside corner, above your eyelashes. Eyebrows should have an arch: in nature, it's rarely where it should be, which is a frustrating commentary on standards of beauty. Ideally, the arch happens over the iris, the colored part of your eye. It should be gentle, so if you're planning to reshape your arch, take it very, very slowly. Do a hair or two a day, and err on the side of caution. Hasty plucking can give you a surprised look that lasts for weeks.

Many women pluck their eyebrows with tweezers. Some wax them, but wax is tricky because it's hard to get an accurate shape. And some go to a hair removal salon to try "threading." Although threading is newly popular in the United States, it is a centuries-old technique of hair removal practiced in India. The eyebrow experts say never, never to pluck your eyebrows from above, but always to pluck from the bottom of the brow. I say, if you have some wild or stray or bushy hairs growing above your brows, feel free to pluck them. I did it once, and nothing bad happened to me.

How to Pluck your eyebrows

• Sit near a window to get the best light.
• Wash the area thoroughly so it's not oily.
• Decide what shape you want for your eyebrows.
• For styles change flip through fashion magazines for ideas.
• Draw in a brow line on your eyebrow with a brow pencil to serve as a guide.
• Follow the brow's natural line by conforming to the curve of your upper eyelid.
• Pull the skin at the outer end of the eyebrow taut against the brow bone, and use the brow bone as an additional guide.
• Use a pair of angled eyebrow tweezers to pluck the hairs below the brow; never shape your brow by plucking above it.
• Pluck only one hair at a time. Start plucking in the middle of the eyebrow and pluck toward the outer end; then go back to the middle and pluck toward the nose.
• Your brows should extend a little beyond each corner of your eye.
• Use a cotton ball or pad soaked in pure tea tree oil or witch hazel to soothe your plucked brows.

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