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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I had laser hair removal done and I dont need plucking or waxing.
I pluck mine, but hate it, cuz its sooo tedious a process! But ya gotta do it if ya wanna be a sexy bitch! (: Thanx Lucille!! Xoxo
did a excellent job. love to learn more
I do pluck my eye brow also they have gone away with the hairs so I can just used a brow pencil to darken them to a find line that look like a woman brows Robin
The absolute best video on eyebrow shaping I have seen. Can’t wait to try it…! My brows are not particular bushy, but they are fairly curly. How can I make them look more feminine?
xoxo, Becki
Instead I have to say that I found this video helpless for me…As i pluck my eyebrows, i would have liked a video where they can teach you to do the right things.
But anyway this video is good for people who doesn’t pluck the eyebrows…
But being realistic, very few women these days wear their eyebrows so bushy.
I have a request: A video tutorial where the eyebrows are plucked, and the best shapes for every face and personal taste? 🙂 it would be awesome
Eyebrow maintenance is a must! Minimally, what is needed is to tweeze unneeded hairs that look like weeds in a garden, like ones that are way too long and go in the wrong direction. Then I would be careful with over-tweezing, as a lot of those hairs are slow growing, and will take months to come back if you screw up and over-tweeze.
If there is any doubt about how much you need to do, look at women in your age group, and see how theirs look. You would be amazed how LITTLE you have to do in order to fit in. Remember, like makeup, less is more.
Cheers,
Eliza
Thank you for all the advice-it has helped me become the woman I wish to be. I still need more help and will still keep reading ever thing on your site. Thank you
thank you so much i have been a crossdresser most my life and now i meet you its been a lot easer for me i love you web site it is veary helpful when i first stareted your site my brest was nothing now look at them nice and ferm and veary sexy i have been told by outher thank you lots ill seand more pics latwer if its ok