Can I get an eyebrow arch?

[oobiecoo]

I''ve been letting my eyebrows grow back in from the many years of tweezing and waxing because I really want to reshape them. I''d like to get a more defined arch... right now they are just kind of curved and I don''t think its incredibly flattering. I''ve always heard (and keep reading) that you aren''t supposed to tweeze above your eyebrow, only below. Well, if I don''t touch the upper hairs then I don''t know if I can really get an arch. I plan on going to a waxing salon for my eyebrow-remodel lol but don''t want to bother if I''m just going to come out with curved eyebrows like I''ve always had.

I guess I''m wondering... do you/does your waxer ever take off any upper hairs? Has anyone had good luck with turning a slightly curved brow into a defined arch just by waxing the underneath hair?

I need to get this done soon... I''m starting to look caveman-esque and it AIN''T pretty!

 

[lyra]

I think it really depends on the natural shape of your brow, and the coarseness/fineness of the brow hair. One of my daughters has lots of fine brow hair, and she can achieve a decent arch through waxing done by a professional. I have sparser but much coarser thicker brow hair, and I can get a partial arch only really, because my natural eyebrow shape is flatter. My other daughter has lots of brow hair, but it is slightly coarse and she can have more of an arch than me, but less than her sister. I say don''t sweat it too much. You have to work with what you have. My technician rarely ever plucks above, but does do in between the brows (no unibrow, but whatever!) and to make it more embarrassing, sometimes she trims the actual length of the brow hair with a little comb and scissors. And you thought you were hairy...

But that gives a nice tidy look at least. Good luck.

 

[honey22]

Ditto lyra. It really depends on your natural shape.

I wouldn''t let anyone touch them without a clear understanding of what look you want to achieve. I have learnt the hard way not to be very clear and specific when it comes to eye brow waxing, and it wasn''t pretty. Even if you sound like a broken record player, repeat repeat repeat what you want, and get them to repeat it all back to you. That way you both know what''s going to be the outcome. As you would know, it takes a long time for them to grow back

 

[Italiahaircolor]

Ditto about the natural shape of your brows.

Some techs will take hair from above the brow...I know mine does (I get threaded though, not waxed). I have naturally thick eyebrows, and I have a very small arch...it's not dramatic by any means...so taking much off the top may not fix the problem. But, a cosmetic brow lift will (just kidding).

You can ask for an artifical arch...where they take more brow hair in certain areas...creating a fake arch....but they kind of look silly, IMO.

 

[cara]

"Only below not above" has not seen what my father gave me in that department.

How much of an arch you can get, and have it look like it fits your face, depends on the starting material. Both how much brow coverage you have, your bone structure, and where your eye fits into all that. In particular, the bone underneath your eyebrow is a limiter - if you put the brow too much off of that line, it will just look drawn on or disproportionate. Also if the eyebrow hair isn''t thick enough on top, you can''t lift the eyebrow too much for an arch it will look scraggly and require some penciling in to look full enough. At least this is what I find for my face.

 

[D&T]

I have really thick coarse eyebrows caveman like , and when i was in high school plucked it wrong from the top, funny thing is when I would move my eyebrows, you can definitely see where my eyebrows were because of my muscles there, anyhow, a year later, i let them all grow back in and started again, this time I plucked from the underside only where i wanted my arch to be sure enough it looked better and I have a definite arch. but again, it does depend on your bone structure as well