Yikes! Went a little crazy with the tweezers, and now you’re stuck with brows that resemble Mr. Bigglesworth? I’ve got bad news for you, chickadee: once plucked, your eyebrows can take months to eventually grow back.
Luckily, we’ve got a little procedure to help cover up and fill in your sparse eyebrows. Here’s what to do:
- Find an eyebrow pencil in a shade that matches your brows (or what’s left of them) as closely as possible.
TIP: You can go slightly darker if you have naturally light brows like I do; just make sure it stays true to the tone of your hair color (that is, warm or cool tones). - Don’t have a pencil on hand? Try an eyeshadow that matches your brows. You can fill in color with shadow, although it may not look as realistic as pencil; try applying it wet if the effect is too powdery.
- Use a brow stencil like Anastasia Beverly Hills’ Classic Stencils to ensure you draw your brows in a realistic shape; if you don’t have a stencil, just use a photo to draw an outline of the brows with a brow pencil, then fill in from there.
- Pick up clear eyebrow gel at any drugstore. No need to spend a lot of cash on this product, though we do like the ones by Victoria’s Secret and Anastasia Beverly Hills.
- Use the gel to smooth down and even out brows; it can also help to smudge excess brow pencil or shadow evenly through eyebrows and spread the color to those nearly bald areas without a too-intense effect.
- Keep brows in place with a spritz of hairspray applied to a toothbrush. Brush your brows into place with the toothbrush or an actual eyebrow brush, if you’ve got one.
- Next time, get brows professionally tweezed, waxed or threaded — or just read my post on how to pluck your eyebrows right for some tips on getting better results!
I read before that Anastasia claimed that brushing brows on a daily basis speeds up the process of growing back brow hairs. It does work. It doesnt change them overnight but it certainly helps. I like to use pencil then put powder on top. I use cotton swabs to wipe off excess.