1 Eyebrow, 3 Ways Transformed Completed Just Using Makeup

Who This Works For: This is a great option for round faces, smaller eye shapes, hooded lids, and those who want an overall lifted appearance.

What You'll Need:

First, celebrity makeup artist and beauty expert, Neil Scibelli, recommends defining the shape of your brows with a product like the Urban Decay Brow Beater Microfine Brow Pencil and Brush ($20), focusing on outlining along the hairs on the upper half of the brow, rather than the lower portion. With a light, feathered stroke, fill in the color a bit higher and darker than usual to accentuate where your natural arch is located. Be sure to extend the end of your brow with the pencil further down than you normally would in order to exaggerate the angle and length of your arch.

Then, use a gel product like the MAC Brow Set Brow Gel in Clear ($17), and brush the hairs up and out in the direction of your arch to keep the hairs in place and set them higher than they would usually fall.

To accentuate the appearance of an exaggerated arch, Neil recommends placing a highlighter product with neutral tones like the NARS Highlighting Blush in Albatross ($30) under the brow bone. By layering on this light-reflecting formula, you'll be able to fake the appearance of a dramatic arch without having to pluck away any extra hairs beforehand.

Who This Works For: Try this if you have a long or oval face shape and want a more youthful appearance.
What You’ll Need:

“Fill in the sparse gaps in your brow with a product like the Tom Ford Brow Sculptor ($45), using upward and outward strokes and filling in the bare section of your arch to make it less defined,” says Scibelli. “Then use a brow gel to brush out the brow and diffuse any harsh lines.”

For this brow shape, Neil claims the number-one trick is to always brush the hairs upward first after applying product. If you start by brushing a brow outward instead of upward, the strands will start to clump together with the gel product. Immediately after applying brow gel so that brows are still wet and malleable, grab a spoolie. Us it to brush your brows up and then out to create the straight-across effect.

Who This Works For: A full brow creates balance between the forehead, cheekbones, and chin, making it a great option for those with larger features or asymmetry in the face.
What You’ll Need:

Create a thicker brow appearance by first filling them in with a pomade like the Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade ($18). “Then, use an eyeliner pointer brush, starting at the base of the brow, to outline the shape by brushing product throughout the brow and in an upward direction,” explains Neil. Continue filling in through the base and mid-length of the brow until you reach the desired thickness.

Want even more of a statement brow? You can also use a thickening product with brow fibers like the Benefit Cosmetics Gimme Brow Volumizing Eyebrow Gel ($24) to lengthen the individual hairs for a fuller effect.

Unless you want your brows to look ultradark (and semi-fake), this step is vital. “Use a spoolie to disperse and brush out the products throughout the brows,” says Neil. “You need a spoolie because you have to go heavy on the product to build thickness during the first step, so this will actually help spread the product throughout the brows for a more natural look.”

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