How to Achieve Natural-Looking Eyebrows: A Comprehensive Tutorial

A well-groomed eyebrow is the easiest way to look better, fresher, and more polished in minutes. The art of the brow is a favorite accessory, especially now, and polished, natural-looking brows don't have to be high-maintenance. This eyebrow tutorial compiles tips and tricks to help you achieve the natural-looking eyebrows you've always wanted.

Understanding the Basics

Eyebrows are made up of hairs of slightly different tones; some are lighter, and some are darker. To achieve truly natural-looking brows, blending is key.

Essential Tips for Natural Eyebrows

Here are some essential tips to guide you through the process:

TIP 1 | Nostril Alignment: The start of your brows should line up with the sides of your nostrils (not the nose itself). This can be a game-changer for facial balance.
TIP 2 | Reference Photos: Look through old photos to figure out what brow styles work best for you.
TIP 3 | Clean Up: Use a peach fuzz razor to clean up around your brows.

Achieving Volume and Shape

TIP 5 | Glycerin Brow Gel: Use of Glycerin brow gel is easier to apply and safer ph for skin and brows vs soap brows, but adds similar volume.
Even if you're not filling them in and are simply using a clear brow gel, brush your eyebrow hairs up as much as possible.

Color Matching for a Natural Look

TIP 7 | Match Natural Brow Color: For filling in gaps and sparse areas, match your natural brow color and undertone, not your hair color. Your brows will either be cool or warm.

The "Feather Stroke" Technique

This tutorial emphasizes a technique called "feather stroke," where individual brow hairs are recreated, drawing them in the same direction they naturally grow. The feather stroke has a more sheer finish than a traditional brow fill technique, where the whole eyebrow is drawn in.

Step-by-Step Guide to Filling in Your Eyebrows

Product Control:
- TIP 8 | Controlled Application: Take a small amount of pomade out of the pot with your brush and place it on top of the dipbrow lid. Draw strokes across the lid to wipe off product until the brush has the correct amount of pomade to create thin, brow-like strokes. Dip back onto the lid as needed and repeat the wiping motion. This helps control how much product you have on your brush and will be easier to work with.
Creating Hair-Like Strokes:
- TIP 9 | Stroke Length: Keep brow strokes under 1/4 of an inch.
- TIP 10 | Direction and Pressure: Use light to medium pressure to draw small lines in the same direction your brow grows to create brow-like "hairs." Fill in the gap areas first. This way, you'll end up using less product and get more natural results.
- Use a super-fine tipped pencil like Brow Ultra Slim Defining Eyebrow Pencil and "draw" in little hairs.
Shaping and Defining:
- Rather than filling in your brows front to back, start at the center, where your arch is, and fill in the tails first. Brows are stronger and shapelier at the front and tend to fade out past the arches.
- TIP 11 | Polishing the Arch: If needed for very unruly brows, draw a light line under the arch of your brow to polish the look.
- TIP 12 | Building the Arch: If you need to build up the arch of your brows, brush the top of your brow arch down, then draw 1/4″ strokes down and towards your ears.
- TIP 13 | Front of the Brows: At the front of your brows, draw the brow strokes straight up and a bit spaced out.
Blending for Naturality: Fill in sparse areas where needed, then take a spoolie and brush color into brows over and over again. The more blended-in, the more natural-looking.

Final Touches

TIP 14 | Matching Hair Color: If your hair color is different than your brow hair shade, now you can add a brow gel that matches your hair color.
TIP 15 | Clean Up: Clean up under the bottom arch of your brow with matte highlighter brow pencil or concealer one shade lighter than your skin tone. This cleans up the look of your brows.