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Eyebrow Grooming Tips For Men

By Realmenrealstyle.com
Health & Fitness Photo credit - Huffington Post
NOV 23, 2017 LISTEN
Photo credit - Huffington Post

Eyebrow Grooming Tip #1 – Plucking
The easiest of all options, plucking means taking a pair of tweezers (go for the angled kind that come to a point) and plucking out any eyebrow hairs that don’t fit your desired look.

It has the advantage of simplicity. It’s also a bit painful, however, and can be time-consuming if you’re doing more than a little light maintenance.

For best results, give your eyebrows a quick dab with a chemical-free wash or a liquid skin toner, then stroke them both lightly from the outside toward the center, so that the hairs stand up. Look for any that stick out noticeably further than the rest, and pluck them out.

Don’t worry about leaving bald spots. Eyebrow hairs grow in natural cycles, and are meant to fall out over time. Plucking one or two out here and there won’t disrupt the brow as a whole.

Plucking is also a good way to clean the edges of your brows up, and to clear out the middle if you’re verging on unibrow territory.

Plucking doesn’t leave dark-colored stubble the way shaving does, because you’re taking the whole follicle out, root and all.

Eyebrow Grooming Tip #2 – Trimming
Eyebrow trimmers exist, and they are quite a cost effective method of eyebrow grooming.

You can find them in just about any drugstore — although you may have to look in the female cosmetics aisle. (Don’t panic, though. Your eyebrows grow and trim just like lady eyebrows. The same products will work, regardless of whose face is on the packaging.)

Trimming kits usually consist of a short, comb-like tool to pull the eyebrows out straight, and an electric cutter to run along the comb, cutting everything down to the same length.

Eyebrow Grooming Tip #3 – Waxing
Eyebrow waxing kits exist, but you’re probably better off leaving it to the professionals, unless you’re very confident in your ability to self-apply hot wax in straight, smooth lines.

This is a common treatment that, like plucking, pulls hairs out as an unbroken whole, meaning you don’t get dark spots where the hairs are still lurking under the

skin.
Unlike plucking, it all happens at once, and pretty quickly.

Waxing is a good option for men who need to clear a lot of skin, either at the center of their brow (above the nose, to avoid a unibrow) or at the edges (to trim extra-wide eyebrows back in a bit).

Waxing usually lasts anywhere from a couple weeks to a couple months, depending on your skin type and hair growth.

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