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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A lot of people, both men and women shape their brows nowadays. I’ve never tried waxing. Plucking is fine with me. I don’t worry about messing them up, they grow back fast!
I tried the brow makeup route and never was able to get that “lift” look mentioned in the vid. Now I’ve gone and done it though – over plucked my brows and I look fem even when I have to be drab. I should be female anyway even by my Mother’s words who oft times said I should have been a girl. I kinda like my ultra fem brows, thin and arched. Was the best I could do and I have no regrets. Men I have worked with never even noticed what the difference was, but the women sure did and said I did a great job and they are not aware of my fem side. So, I can only believe in myself, wear my brows as I made them, leave the self conscience junk behind and go full ahead. I didn’t like the makeup route as it didn’t work for me. It does now though! I sometimes draw on some wider brows for different looks and have fun with it.
I am a CIA woman but I look manly what can I do to look feminine
OMG! Marie…..what are you doing? Much as I’d LOVE to talk with you, just sending a note is not good enough. (see photo)If I can go from male to this photo in 45 mins, I would love to work with you so you can do it too. My suggestion is to find someone around you who is doing makeup lessons and self image. JC Penny’s has that Sephora makeup place and they’re helping girls like me learn the ropes for free! The instructors are pretty good and everyone’s been really nice there, women included! Makeup, honey, is a powerful tool we have in our arsenal to look pretty and very feminine. Look, I mean really look at fashion mags, at the faces and the clothing to get ideas of what YOU want to look like as the woman you are. You can’t please everyone so do not try to. BE YOU! BE WHAT YOU FEEL IS FEMININE! Enhance it with a soft side of you, bring Ms. Softer side out! Let HER shine thru. It takes some time to perfect a look but you’ll get it. Just don’t expect it in the first couple tries and you will find a way to suit your feminine self and you’ll develop her until she becomes your best friend in the mirror and she’ll be totally in your soul. She’s a beautiful woman inside you to say the least. Good luck sweetie!
Wow, how helpful! Just starting make up so that I can step out in June. Thank you so much
tell me please , How my eyebrows look like ?
Gee girl…love ya look…those brows are hawt
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Video was fascinating to watch and helpful to understand what it is that creates the feminine appearance. I have begun to have my brows shaped via waxing when my body hair is waxed. I like the look the esthetician is creating, but I want to push it further. The video will help me talk about shaping at the next wax appointment. Thank you.
Janine: read & agreed with your “brow “comments.
At 71, I had surgery to raise my eyelids, not to sag off my lashes. ..big improvement ; cosmetically & visionwise. Brows are a big part fasciaI Fem….T.J.
Video helped. But im still not ready to step out. Cuz I need more clothes and yet to get makup
Thank you…..I’m transitioning more and more every day…..really and truly love the woman I was born to be……