Yes, men also need eyebrow grooming like women. 21st-century men do think more about their appearance than you can imagine. While trimming beards and getting stylish haircuts to continue to be the priority of most men, eyebrow grooming has slowly crept into the consideration list for many, if not the priority list right now. If you had secretly watched videos of how women groomed their eyebrows but didn't have the heart to try the techniques, here's a guide that will tell you about the dos and don'ts of eyebrow grooming for men.
Things to do
1. Stick to tweezing
If you are grooming your eyebrows for the first time, don't pick up your beard trimmer and start shaping right away. Instead, get a pair of tweezers and pick out the extra shreds of hair the old-fashioned way. Sure, it will sting a bit, but be a man!
2. Identify your eyebrows' starting and ending point
It is essential to find the starting and ending point of your eyebrows before tweezing. Use a fine-tooth comb. Hold it vertically in the middle of your nose. That should give you an idea where your eyebrows start and end. You can then use a pair of high-quality tweezers to pluck the big, rogue hairs that don't create a distinct brow-line.
3. Leave some grays
It may be tempting to pluck all the grays from your eyebrows, but it's best if you leave some of them as it is. You wouldn't want your eyebrows to look scattered because you plucked all the gray shreds from them. If you already have gray hairs in your eyebrows, chances are that you will see a few gray strands on your head as well. Try to match your eyebrows with your hair color. Otherwise, it would look extremely unnatural.
Things not to do
1. Never trim from the top
You may have fixed your old trimmer by reading personal care user manuals just so you could trim your eyebrows, but hold on to your excitement a little longer and finish reading this piece first. Firstly, you should never trim from the top. You would want overly-arched eyebrows after grooming. They look natural. Tweezing or trimming your eyebrows from the top will not leave you with a choice to adjust them if anything goes wrong. Try shaping your eyebrows from the bottom. It will give you an idea of how much to tweeze or trim from the top.
2. Don't tweeze too much
Sparse-looking eyebrows can make you look worse than before. Instead of using the tweezers as a lawn-mower, try plucking only the ones that don't maintain an arch-like line. Sometimes embracing your bushy eyebrows can be a blessing in disguise. Robert Pattinson, George Clooney, and many other celebrities have thick eyebrows. Follow the "less is more" rule while grooming your eyebrows.
3. Don't feel shy to use a brow gel
Brow gel can fill any sparse spots that you may have created while trimming or tweezing. Don't feel shy because it is not an eyebrow-liner like women. Just a few touch-ups with this gel will make your eyebrows look natural.
Now that you know what to do and what not to do while grooming your eyebrows, follow the tips carefully. You may see heads turning at you soon.
