Brows are a big deal; we all know this. They, along with your lashes, are the drapes to the windows to your soul. They frame your face. If you think I’m kidding, try to imagine yourself WITHOUT brows and see how that grabs ya.

The thing is, not everyone knows how to take care of, keep up, or enhance their brows. Instagram and YouTube are filled to the brim with people showing you how they do their brows but I’ve not found one yet that specifically shows you step by step, slowly, carefully to shape or fill your brows.

Recently I was asked by my mom why when she’s filling in her brows, one line looks like it’s under her eyebrow instead of right on it. She is farsighted so getting in the mirror that close doesn’t really help. She is happy with one of her brows but the other one goes wonky and she can’t figure it out.

This made me think, how many other women out there are having this same problem? Those women who aren’t makeup artists or makeup junkies. Those women multitask their products because they’re just that minimal about what they purchase. How many mature women feel that they should know how to do this but don’t and don’t know who to ask?

This post is for you (and my mom).

First, you’re going to want to make sure your eyebrows are plucked and shaped. We all have a particular shape we prefer so I won’t sway you one way or another on that aspect. What I want to teach you is how to fill your brows perfectly, so you feel more confident about your final look.

1. Make sure your pencil is sharp. I say pencil because if you’re not used to using creams or powders, managing that brush, no matter how thin, can be tricky.
2. Start lining your under brow on the brown line, as in, on the hair itself. start at the middle of your brow since the outer edges of your brow are meant to be darker. This will help you darken the area so you can see where you are. You can always go a little lower if that’s what you’re looking for, but these brown pencils are made to not move so it’s harder to remove without leaving a grey streak.
3. At the top of your brow arch, but on the hair, put a little dot. at the outer edge of the brow near the temple, put another little dot. now connect these two dots softly and fill the brow in between.
4. You can gently go to the inner brow and with soft strokes (not one harsh line) connect the inner brow to the middle of the lower brow.
5. With your sharp pencil draw hair-like lines at the beginning of your brow going up. make sure you do this lightly so that the outcome is like hair fading into the darker brow.
6. Now with your spoolie, brush over what you’ve done. this is to blend your pencil marks and keep your filled-in brow looking as natural as possible.
7. The last part is optional, and that’s an eyebrow gel. This is simply to keep unruly hairs in their place, so you don’t get one random hair curling out and ruining your masterpiece.

That’s it! I know it SEEMS like a lot to do but I wanted to be as thorough as possible. Once you’re doing it, and you do it more than once, it is a fast process.

Try it, let me know what you think!