When you do your makeup, you probably put a lot of focus on your eyes and your lips. But what about your brows?
The eyebrows are one of your most important facial features. In fact, they have the power to completely change the look of your face.
For crossdressers and MTF transgender women, this means you can’t ignore your brows!
In this blog post, I share tips on how to feminize male to female eyebrows, including shaping, grooming, and using makeup to create your most feminine look.
Tips For Shaping MTF Eyebrows
As you can see from the photo of Laverne Cox above, gorgeously shaped brows add so much definition and feminine beauty to the face. Here’s how to achieve this effect for yourself:
Have your eyebrows professionally shaped
My #1 tip is to have your eyebrows professionally shaped if possible. An eyebrow artist will know exactly how to shape your brows to create the best shape for your face.
While eyebrow waxing is popular, I personally prefer eyebrow threading. This creates a more precise shape. It also tends to be more cost effective.
You can often find affordable eyebrow threading kiosks at the mall or in shopping centers. Just be sure to read reviews to find the best providers.
Shape your own eyebrows
If you prefer to tweeze your own brows, you can get great results if you follow some simple principles. The last thing you should do is start plucking random hairs without a plan.
Before you start tweezing, you need to figure out the shape of your eyebrows, including where the arch should be and where the brows should start and end. This is called “brow mapping.”
Using the above diagram for guidance, follow these steps to determine your ideal eyebrow shape:
- Hold an eyeliner pencil along the outer side of your nose. This line indicates where the eyebrows should start. (Note: The pencil should be aligned with the “bulb” of your nose, not the outer edge of the nostrils.)
- Then, angle the pencil across your eye, directly in front of the pupil. This is where the eyebrow should arch.
- Finally, angle the pencil from the outer edge of your nostril to the outer edge of the eye. This is where the tail of your brow should end.
After you have mapped out your brow shape, you are ready to start tweezing.
Use an eyebrow brush or spoolie to brush your brow hairs straight up. Then carefully tweeze any hairs that fall outside your ideal shape. Pluck the hairs one-by-one, tweezing in the direction of the hair growth.
It’s very important not to overpluck. Step back and look in the mirror every few hairs to check your progress.
How To Groom Your Brows If You Can’t Tweeze
While beautiful feminine brows can transform your face, I understand that this can be challenging if you have to maintain a male appearance. It might not be practical to completely reshape and feminize your brows.
If you can’t give yourself a complete brow makeover, you can still groom your brows. This will make you look better in female AND male mode. Here is how to do it:
- Use an eyebrow brush or spoolie to brush your brow hairs straight up. This will allow you to see any long hairs that extend past the top of your brows.
- With a small scissors, trim any hairs that extend out past the rest of your eyebrow. (Be sure to cut away from the brows so you don’t accidentally cut a hole into the eyebrows.)
- Tweeze any stray hairs that fall outside the natural perimeter of the brows.
The most important thing is not to over-tweeze your brows, especially if you are trying to maintain a masculine eyebrow shape. The goal here is to clean up the brows rather than completely reshape them.
Also, be sure to refer to the brow map above and keep in mind where the brows should begin and end.
Eyebrow Makeup Tutorial
After you have shaped or groomed your brows, the last step is to fill in your brows with eyebrow makeup. This is the finishing touch to creating perfect MTF eyebrows.
See the video above for step-by-step instructions on how to fill and feminize your eyebrows – featuring makeup artist Chris Scott.
In conclusion
Beautiful brows are a powerful tool for achieving your best female look. So, play with these techniques and get ready to wow the world!
As always, I’d love to hear what you think in the comments below. Take my poll and then show us your best eyebrow look by sharing a selfie!
Love,
Lucille
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Good tips, and thanks for passing them along! I’m lucky enough to have a bit of an arch to my brows, and milady is ecstatic that I no longer have brows that curl over my glasses – tweezing and trimming are very much the way to go!
Lucille,
I could NOT agree with you more about eye brows. They are definitely a must do for us girls. The photo I’ve included to show how I plucked them. Yes, I did it myself. The secret of course is to pluck from the eye side of the brow and not the forehead side and don’t do too much. I get lots of compliments whether I’m enfemme or out drab – my wife hates I get sooooo many nice compliments from the ladies on my eyes. They’re a little blood shot in this photo, but it shows what mine are like. I never regretted doing my brows and all can see them. It was a big fear to overcome since I’m not out to everyone. Do it a little at a time if you have this fear and in the course of a couple months, it will be so gradual no one will notice. You can be made when you go to work that you’re a crossdresser and I have been, but I am so glad I did this little thing. My eyes look bigger and brighter than the old way. It doesn’t take much to do though, but I suffer thru maintenance like all the GG’s do now. Not writing a book here. I could though! LOL! Just be ready for the change and how you’ll handle it, especially if you’re not serious about your femme side. I am serious about it as I can be though so I threw cuation to the wind.
C.Kelli:
You have done a great job with your brows. ..beautiful. Yes, they are a huge part of having the Fem Face we are All looking for.
I, at 71 yrs, had my “lids tucked” for vision & cosmetics.
What do you think? ? Blow up pics to see eyes. ..
As with all the things you have taught us girls, thank you so much for this. i am going out tonight so i will try it and let you know how it works
As Always,
Love
Geisel
shaping my eyebrows makes me look straight (or more femme than I want to be). We trans lesbians have it really hard. xD (not really but sometimes it feels like that).
Hi Lucille,
Awhile ago I purchased the fem secrets guides, shortly before you added the new updated material that you advertised. A short time passed and you sent me a link to download the new stuff however it required a password! I am totally clueless what the password was or who to go about getting the updated information. Would it please be possible to send me the link again on hoe to do this and hopefully my password so that I can get to it?
Thank’s,
Cassidy
cmedicinehorse@gmai.com
Hi Cassidy!
I’m sorry about this. You should have received an email with the new login page and password a couple weeks ago. I will have my assistant email you the info asap!
Love,
Lucille
Thanks for sharing this, Lucille! You’re like a guardian angel to all us girls.
xo
Christa
Wax is better by far ESP if you are serious on things
Dear Lucille: It is so wonderful to have a friend like you looking out for people like me. You make me feel normal, sexy and worthy of love. Thank you so much for sharing your information on how to shape and make my eyebrows look feminine.
While I have gone out a few times in public dressed, my eyebrows are always a feature I am wondering about. In the next few weeks I am planning a vacation and will be going out dressed, with my wife, for a few evenings while in Honolulu. It is so exciting to think about and I am very nervous. My wife is helping me select and buy outfits, but makeup and accessories are a weakness for us both. Your site has helped tremendously.
My wife discovered by dressing by accident just this past summer and has been very supportive. We are slowly growing into this lifestyle together.
All my love and thankfulness to you.
Sincerely,
Grace
Thanks for the kind words, Grace! I’m happy to hear about your experience, especially about how supportive your wife has been. Give Chris’s eyebrow technique a try in Honolulu. I think you’ll like it. 😉
Love,
Lucille