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Conceal your brows and redraw them thinner
The process of covering your thick brows to create a thinner look may sound advanced, but you don’t need to be a professional makeup artist to pull it off. Manuel Espinoza reveals that there are just two steps to it, beginning with concealing your existing brows. “Step one: Grab a Black Radiance concealer that is similar to your skin tone and put a small amount all over your eyebrow with a flat brush,” he details in an exclusive chat with Glam. While you could technically use any concealer for this purpose, Espinoza vouches for Black Radiance, in particular, because it tends not to move, which is a must for this look.
Once you’ve applied the concealer, you need to draw on your thin, Y2K-inspired brows over your real hairs. “Step two: Grab your Black Radiances Precision Brow Sculptor [or the Black Radiance Eye Appeal Micro Brow Pen], and you’re going to do small, thin, hair-like strokes over the brow that has concealer over it,” Espinoza continues. “The concealer will cover your eyebrow hair, giving the illusion that your eyebrows are skinnier than they actually are, and the brow pencil will give you the shape!”
There is the potential for error in getting the shape and thickness wrong, and drawing unnatural, semi-circled brows is a common eyebrow mistake that can really age you. So, it’s a good idea to have a photo of your ideal thin brow in front of you for guidance. The beauty of this is if you make your fake brows too thick, you can simply wash them off with some micellar water and start again. You don’t need to take off any hairs for this look, though trimming a few of the longer ones may make the process easier.
Trim your brows to enhance the skinny effect
Trimming your eyebrows is a more permanent solution than concealing and drawing, but it’s not as drastic as tweezing them out. If you do make a wrong move, you won’t have to wait as long for them to grow back. But still, you’ll want to tread carefully to avoid over-trimming. “The best way to trim your eyebrows is to grab a brow brush, brush your hair all the way up, and then grab little brow scissors — not regular paper scissors — and you wanna just trim the tips of your eyebrow hairs,” Manuel Espinoza advises Glam in an exclusive conversation.
If you’ve got particularly long or thick hairs, the easiest way to trim your brows for a clean look is to work with sections of hair before trimming. Start with the outer brow, then move to the middle, and, finally, work on the inner brow. It can also help to brush the brows downward after you’ve trimmed the first time to ensure you catch any long hairs you might’ve missed. Finally, make sure to use a regular mirror rather than a magnifying mirror for this; the latter will throw off the proportions and your perception of your brows, making hairs that are already in place seem problematic. This could lead to over-trimming.
