When doing male to female makeup, you probably focus a lot on your eyes and lips. But what about your brows?
Eyebrows are one of your most defining facial features – they can completely change the way your face looks.
For crossdressers and MTF transgender women, well-groomed brows make a big difference in achieving a softer, more feminine appearance.
In this post, I’ll share tips on shaping, grooming, and using makeup to feminize your brows so you can 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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I like thin eyebrows but i’m worried on what they will look on me, my eyebrows matter to me because i want to look my as pretty as i can, while staying my steriotype.
I have a Very understanding hair stylist that wax and trims my eye brows
in a female style and cuts my hair in a female shape but not to attract to much attention since i still have to deal with the outside world. This is done every 6 weeks. Not sure what is going to happen now that this disease is going around.
I use Yes or Solotouch (recent) to thin the hair on my eyebrows. Thick makes me look evil, too manly & others could point me out as a crossdresser & I hate “thick eyebrows because they bother me, & tend to itch. So when they get thick, it’s time to groom those “bushes” above my eyes. Ha Ha I like making jokes about them. Comments or questions tell me about it! Love to receive your thoughts!!
Is there a Pluck video?
Eyebrows vary as much as people do! The seemingly “in” look of precisely drawn thick eyebrows looks so unnatural, awkward, and ugly to me. The thick part is ok; it can look good, but the painted-on look is un-ok.
I have such light brows that if I do nothing they are invisible.
so I can draw them any way I want, and if I don’t match actual contours it’s not very obvious. My natural contours are pretty much what I like anyway, the right width, tapering nicely toward the outsides. But I still do some shaping, plucking the occasional maverick, and grabbing the scissors when they get too ambitious. A light brown works for me. I like a crayon-like pencil. Once for a festive occasion I used lipstick on them. It wasn’t bad!
Speaking of plucking, being an old gal with not enough hair where desired, and too much in unwanted places, I sometimes have to pluck my upper eyelashes, too. I hope you all don’t have to do that!
Oops! I noticed I wrote plucking upper eyelashes. I meant eyelids.
Wandering Joan
I. New to makeup
Do I look to manly ? My eyebrows? Its ok to text me at 605 467 9198.its ok.
. I’m just a lonely south dakota queen .
Hi Dianne! My name is Danielle and I’m from SD also! I’ll send you a text with my contact info as soon as I get in cell service. There is no service where I live west of Hill City. Email is stratmeyerd@gmail.com if you want to contact me.
I had my eyebrows microbladed, and the “wild” growth removed with electrolysis. My eyebrows are now maintenance free.
I use the flawless eyebrow trimmer, once a week, to keep my brows neutral / unisex. Then just concealer to shape them when i’m in fem mode, along with a bit of color. I have a scar over one of my eyes, so makes my brow grow funny.
Here is one of my Looks.
I just bought the Flawless eyebrow trimmer. Can’t wait to try it!
Go easy, it’s easy to hack away to much 🙂 also great for nose and ear’s 🙂
And this is my more vamp look