How do I do eyebrows?

[Trinity]

Keeping in mind that it will be blended in appearance, how do I fix my eyebrows? I plucked the stray stuff out, cut them down with the beard trimmer to shorten the hair, but I have no idea what I am doing.

It needs to be subtle, and both male and female when I am done, right in the middle of the diamond tightrope of gender.

Advice?

[Kira]

Do them slowly, not too much at a time, give it a day or two in between remodelling them and while you do them, look at them close up, then from a meter or two, over and over as you shape them.

Each eyebrow has different possibilities; any eyebrow shape has to sit inside the shape that is there already (obviously), so when my daughter asks me to do her brows 'just like yours' I can't because my eyebrows have a different possible range than hers. Try and see the shape that you want inside the shape that is there and slowly remove some of the un-needed ones to get a step closer.

Don't remove too much in one go, you need time to see how it sits and feels.

Don't try and make them perfectly symmetrical, its a waste of time, practically impossible and you will end up removing too much; eyebrows are sisters, not identical twins.

Once you have a base shape to work with, use an eyebrow pencil and pencil them in a little, not too much, but enough to define the shape a little more. That will also highlight where there are hairs that are not contributing properly to the shape.

There are angles that generally people work to, but make sure you only take this as a guide as every face is different:


Slowly and steady wins the day.

Once you have a reasonable shape, its relatively straight forward to remove stragglers, but do beware that repeated removal can and often does, permanently change the shape of the eyebrow, so again, go slow.

[Trinity]

Wow Kira this is great!

I mean seriously, I so needed this.

Sheesh, I'm a 57 year old teenager... and staying out of trouble

Yup I'll take it super slow, got some ideas so I can still pass as all three genders and have it work right.

LOL. Yes three.

This is terrific darling.



Trinity

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Kira showed the basic perfect way to do your brows.

One word of advice though. Do not use a beard trimmer. Use cuticle scissors and comb the hairs up and cut them at the brow line. You will lose the thickness in between and the hairs will all be the same length which will mess up the shape.

More andro brows though then keep a medium thickness and like Kira said a little at a time to shape. Hell Brook Shields brows are thicker than mine.

Check out some youtube videos on eyebrow tutorials. They have them for guys and girls and find a happy medium. Guys usually aren't tapered into a point at the outer brow but mine are. Mine aren't necessarily too thick or too thin. What you can do though is get an eyebrow razor and shape them using that at first. Shaved hair will grow back, plucking constantly may eventually make them where they hairs don't grow back. Either way though. It seems to be an everyday ordeal. For me every tree days I have to pluck the strays. and then those little bastards that look odd but hard to pluck. Then you get a hot washcloth and hold it over your brows to open the pours and follicles a little and they do come out easier.

Also Trinity. You can buy brow templates. All you have to do is use some good concealer and then place the templates where you want them and use a dark eyebrow pencil to fill in the templates. Take them off and see if it fits you good. If not use makeup remover and repeat with a different template.

Or you could go get them done professionally and then it's just basically upkeep. But forget the beard trimmer and use the comb and cuticle scissors. You may have to use hairspray or gel but they will come out way better. And then just remember upkeep, upkeep and more upkeep. Those strays will look sloppy so check everyday. But if you do go to a professional then make sure it is a trans friendly place and let them know you want something in between male and female and they should give you what you want. then all you gotta' do is upkeep.

If you do decide to do them yourself then just like Kira said. A little bit at a time because it is really easy to mess them up. It's not really hard but one wrong hair plucked will make a hell of a difference. And then you have to make the other side match. Then there is a chance you may pluck one hair too many on the other side and then have to go back to the other side to make them match.

All this beauty stuff is a pain in the butt but I wouldn't trade if for anything else in the world. A guy can jump in the shower and take five minutes to soap down, wash their hair, dry off and go on with their day. No 5 o'clock shadow for me fortunately. Then exfoliate then shaving then washing and conditioning my hair. Then when finished patting dry wrapping my hair in a towel, cooling off before I moisturize my skin. Not to mention putting all the shit in my hair after the shower and cooling off like detangler, leave in conditioner, and frizz control products. then let that somewhat dry and now using a straight iron to fix my fringe. So a shower and getting ready takes me at least an hour at least. Mostly an hour an a half. But then again. I'm a little bit of a primadonna. So I do shave everyday, shower in the morning and sometimes take a bath at night.

There is a lot of upkeep and maintenance. But damn well worth it. For me anyway.

[Trinity]

Lol somemes i forget face shaving.. Just keep the mirrors away...

Seriously great tips im doing it. My eyebrow ridges are nuts, but the wig covers. When i want that part.

It will be subtle. I work that middle ground and do really enjoy that...as long as i can still always see the sh'e part in the mirror. Thats huge for me.

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it's a rule of thumb to remove them from the bottom, not the top, shape them from the bottom.
i get lazy and use a trimmer every once in a while, but they never look good, just trimmed.
i push them up an towards the center and use a good sharp cuticle scissor, curved ones, and take them down some and then do that a couple more times to get them even.
just getting the length down first gives you plenty of time to see how you'll shape them for yourself.
never ever look to copy anyone else's, it rarely works. you'll see the ones on the bottom side that can be plucked.
hot moist towel as you do it, a few at a time, i spent a good year in taking my time to shape them, very androgynous, fit my face, so they look natural.
and it is every few days to pluck the ones that grow back. that will vary, they grow faster and slower all the time.
i started plucking the unibrow ones years ago, they never grow back now. they do seem to give up after awhile, at least they become finer over time.
use the nose over the eyes as a guideline, use a ruler, or something narrow but clear so you can see if a little here or there wouldn't fit your face better.
use a mirror that is 90 degree so you don't see the usual backwards face looking back at you. nobody's face are symmetrical, your eyebrows won't be either.
remember they need to look like they fit your head, not just your eyes. it takes time, you take off to much and they quickly start to look wrong.
look at other peoples faces and how they fit them as a person as well. some very feminine looking people have thicker eyebrows, they fit them, look natural.
filling them in a little with an eyebrow pencil can make a big difference, a little goes a long ways, i have thin light ones at the ends that just a little darkening fills them out nicely, though i usually don't mess with that very often, but it does feel right some days more than others.
The length is just as critical as the basic shape, take your time.

[Trinity]

Not knowing better and using the beard trimmer it actually came out pretty good.

Then took a couple from below, and a couple from the middle.

Now, resting, but have my eye on some lower ones on the outside on the bottom. LOL looking for the bottom groove here...

There are a couple I want to take from the upper corner over the nose, and a pointy stray on the left top peak, they go up like little arrows when my eyebrows go up. My face is very expressive.

If I do just that, those little edges, and the bottoms near the edges, just a little, I think it'll nail it.

I never was going to do this, figured it would take me over the edge with the wife. But subtle, that will work, she should be ok.

Maintenance is a pain in the ass. I went about three weeks without epilating, was too busy. That was not a lot of fun after three weeks.

Should have done the armpits years ago. Fear stopped me so many times, but it probably saved my marriage. So no regrets.

Thanks, I'll take the advice.

Trinity

[Trinity]

LOL it looks like a racing groove, I see where it wants to be.

Like finding the groove, going where it wants to, not where I'd force it to.

Excited about this

Trinity

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Also Trinity, follow your natural brow line too along with the reference points that was posted. One good thing though is that thicker brows are in on the feminine side and guys are getting on board and getting rid of the unibrow and the outer edges and just are looking more groomed. So it does seem that brows are becoming more unisex.

Unfortunately I do have to pluck some from the top to flatten them out a little over the arch. And also the upper insides because they are uneven naturally so I even both sides up. Just remember though to invest in a good pair of cuticle scissors, a couple of good pairs of tweezers, one pointed and the normal everyday tweezers and a good magnifying mirror. I like the lighted ones too. The sharp tweezers are priceless with the smaller strays and precision. The flat pair is really good on the edges and the middle and pulls multiple hairs easily. I hate running my fingers along the groomed part and feel those tiny hairs that are stiff. That is where the lighted magnifying mirror and those sharp tweezers come in really handy.

[Trinity]

There is a rounding off to do in the center near the nose. LOL one starts a little farther from the bridge than the other. Maybe two or three hairs and it'll round it instead of starting like some kind of rectangle thing. Under the brows on the edge, right at the sockets, there is where things can be neatened up as they trail off and lighten up naturally, and there are a couple on the top center that look out of place that can go to create a smooth line on top, only a couple hairs and its done.

That's all I need to do. Hormones will do the rest.... and those wigs purposely were bought to cover my forehead enough to take out the aging and hide some of the brows.

God I love this place.

Sh'e is very strong tonight, sh'e wants attention. And I will give to h'er. Sh'e deserves it, we have waited long enough to be free.

LOL nobody uses this pronoun... HAH

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Nov 19, 2015 6:48:00 GMT 8 Trinity said:

There is a rounding off to do in the center near the nose. LOL one starts a little farther from the bridge than the other. Maybe two or three hairs and it'll round it instead of starting like some kind of rectangle thing. Under the brows on the edge, right at the sockets, there is where things can be neatened up as they trail off and lighten up naturally, and there are a couple on the top center that look out of place that can go to create a smooth line on top, only a couple hairs and its done.

That's all I need to do. Hormones will do the rest.... and those wigs purposely were bought to cover my forehead enough to take out the aging and hide some of the brows.

God I love this place.

Sh'e is very strong tonight, sh'e wants attention. And I will give to h'er. Sh'e deserves it, we have waited long enough to be free.

LOL nobody uses this pronoun... HAH

Yeah. Well grow that hair and then you can hide the edges or have your own bangs to hide your brows. Just pay attention to fashion though.

Yeah mine in the center sux. I have to pluck and I personally start at the corner of my inner eyes. My right brow in the middle grows straight up and my left grows toward the left.

Just remember though. Splurge a little on yourself. We deserve the best of the best and it sure makes things much easier. The only thing I don't splurge on is razorblades and shaving cream. I use the guy shit because it seems to work so much better. Hell I have an antique razor, on of the old Venus Razors with the wide handle and use Gillette XL blades. Only two blades. I tried the new stuff but it just don't seem to work or gives me razor burn so Gillette Foamy and hair conditioner for added lubrication works just fine.

Let H'er out. You go G'irl.???  

[Trinity]

G'irl.  Lol i like it.

Morning face 2 day beard but this is where this trans teenager is on the work in progress.  Im following everyones advice carefully.  Started with caterpillars here.  Maybe i need a weed whacker ot a mower.

[Trinity]

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[Trinity]

Work in progress. I see more in the pic than in a mirror. Still its a little better...


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That last pic is looking pretty good. What are you going for though. A metrosexual male type style or a totally feminine style or something in between. If you wanna' go more in between then maybe a little more of an arch underneath and a little thinner and tapered to a sharper point toward the end. They do look pretty tapered on the ends though. But.. A little trick? You can use concealer and then a brow pencil to accentuate more of a feminine style. Yes you will have strays but how many women get theirs too thin and have to use a brow pencil to fill in because they overplucked? Quite a few. Fads do come and go and one day thick brows are in and the next pencil thin brows. I like your shape now. Stick with it and then use a brow razor to go thinner if you want or the fad changes again. Yeah it will be an everyday ordeal but at least the hair will grow back. Over plucking sometimes the hair don't grow back or continues to get thinner. I used to have a freakin' unibrow that I had to clean up everyday, after years then the hairs as so minute that I don't really need to pluck but I still do because. Well just because.  Well I hate to feel the fuzz there.

It's the same way with my brows period. If I feel a stray I hit the magni mirror and the precision tweezers and go for it. Sometimes it may take ten pulls but... Eventually I get the little bastard. It's just me I guess. I don't want anyone to be drawn to outgrown strays just like stubble on my legs.

But if the trend for women get thinner then just use a brow razor and then you have the upkeep but at least when they get thicker you won't be stuck with thin brows because of constant plucking.