The killer question: How to get the perfect eyebrows?

In this time and age where people are so beauty conscious, one cannot afford to be seen in public with horrible eyebrows. Yet coming up with that perfect, Cara Delevingne thick and lush eyebrows is easier imagined than done.

If you’re not sure how to make the best out of your own brows, here are some tips from brow whiz, Benefit beautician Jennifer Whabe. She shares which trimming tools you should trust and what the key points are to keep in mind when you’re aiming for that perfect shape.

Time your trimmings

If you go to a beautician to get your brow done, make a monthly appointment. If you maintain them yourself then spend around one minute every week to pluck your eyebrows. Time is important because you don’t want to over-trim your treasured brows and end up with a distorted pair. It’s also useful to step away from the mirror to have a well-rounded view.

Tip: Try not to focus too long on one eyebrow and certainly do not pluck your brows every day. Otherwise your skin will feel some irritation or even face ingrown hairs from excessive tweezing.

Making use of the scissors

Brush the eyebrows starting from the head and go towards the arch. Using scissors, cut the stray hairs that are too long. Then, going in the opposite direction, this time brush the hair down and do the last round of trimming.

Tip: Leave the wax to the skilled hands of beauticians. Tweezers and scissors are much easier to use.

‘Brow Mapping’

For the perfect eyebrow line, Jennifer shares the rules to ‘Brow mapping’, a technique created by Benefit‘s beauticians three decades ago.

First, locate the 3 defining points of your brow: A) The starting point, B) The arch and C) The tail. Imagine the brow is made up of two lines: one from point A to B, and another one from B to C.

Pluck each hair underneath that line but not above. You don’t want to end up with a distorted shape. It’s useful to use pointed tweezers. The pointy end will help grab the brow hair more easily.

Now that you’ve heard it from the expert herself, we’re sure you’ll be walking around with your eyebrows right on point!

Marlène Vautrin and Natasha Gan