STEP 2: Fill in the brows, to create the illusion of real brow hairs
Use a dark brown eye pencil to shade/ fill in between the lines you drew. The correct technique is to fill, using short and light hair-like strokes in the direction of the brow hair growth. Use short, light feathery strokes (one stroke at a time, not long strong lines), while along with your natural brow shape and arch. This would make sparse or thin brows appear fuller while adding definition to the brows. In place of an eye pencil, you can also use an eyeshadow or brow powder, using an angled brush.
3. How to Draw/ Fill Eyebrows Better (Video Tutorial)
STEP 3: Brush out and repeat
Use a spooly-brush or an old mascara brush to brush out the eye pencil colours. This will spread out the colour pigment and make the brow filling look even lighter and more natural. Continue brushing out with the spoolie or old mascara wand/ brush until the brows are in the shade you desire.
STEP 4 (Optional): Clean Up the Edges of the lines with a Concealer
This is the step that makes your brows look excellently done – use concealer to clean any mistake. Take some concealer in a small flat brush, and apply to the under / bottom of your brows to clean up the edges and remove excess or overdrawn colours or mistakes. This will give a clean, professional definition to your brow bones and also highlight the brow top.
*Be sure to blend the concealer downward and brush out the from the front of the brows. This would make the applied eyebrow colours spread out evenly and look more natural, you know, a gradient effect. With that, you’re done!
MORE BEAUTY HOW-TO TUTORIALS:
- How to Apply and Blend Eyeshadow Step by Step (Video)
- How to Apply a Perfect Makeup From Scratch (From Applying Foundation and Everything in-Between)
Materials Needed: List of Eyebrow Products Used in the Video Tutorials
- Eyebrow pencil (a shade or two lighter than your eyebrow. Dark brown is great. Avoid black and reddish eye pencils) OR brow powder – Mary kay eyebrow pencil – Brunette | Mary kay eyebrow pencil – soft black/ dark brown or NYC Eyeliner ‘Dark Brown’ #922
- (optional) Eye shadow (brown colour) – Mac eyeshadow – Embark.
- Spoolie brush (aka mascara-type brush) – Mac Spooly (mascara-like brush). Hint: any old mascara brush will serve okay
- Concealer – Mac studio finish concealer – most dark Nigerians use Nw45 and some light ladies use NC35 (this should be different, depending on your skin colour/shade)
- (optional) Eyelid Primer – ELF or any other one
- Makeup Brushes: Concealer brush (for cleaning up below the brows) | Eco tool bamboo angled eyeliner brush | Sigma E65 eyeshadow brush | Blending brush
Hint: Jordana makes some of the most affordable, good eyebrow makeup products available in Nigeria. They have assorted cheap makeup including eye primer, eyebrow powder, brow pencils. Mary Kay eye makeup products are also widely available in Nigeria.
Why You Need to Do Better Eyebrows
A good-looking set of eyebrows are key to achieving a flawless makeup overall. The finished look of your makeup depends on your ability to fill your brows right. No matter how good your foundation, contour, and lips look, if your eyebrows are not on-point, you’ll look not-put-together. The way you fill your eyebrows can either make you look older, younger, bland or sick.
Unfortunately, many women struggle with drawing their eyebrows well enough to enhance their facial looks. Even if you don’t wear foundation or makeup, it’s still important to get your eyebrows looking good. As I said before, the condition of your brows can make you look like a better version of yourself or like a crappy version of ‘you’. You definitely want to look better, I know.
Go Ye and Slay With Your New, Better Brows
RECAP: The above videos and explanations showed you how to draw a better and natural-looking eye-brow shape using pencil and also using eyeshadow (or brow powder in the colour of your natural brows). Also, you learned how to use concealer to clean up the brows and reveal a sharper, defined eyebrows,
So, now you have 3 techniques for doing or drawing perfectly shaped and natural-looking eyebrows. Hopefully, your days of badly drawn brows are over. You also have a list of the tools and products needed to achieve better-looking eyebrows. Throw away your black eye pencils, if you had them – because they’re a no-no. No more very black brows that don’t look natural, right?
Now you learned how the pros do it. A professionally filled eyebrow makes the eyes pop, and can transform an ordinary-looking bride or wedding guest from ‘just okay’ to ‘flawless’. Your eyebrows frame your eyes, add expression to your face. They also define the face beautifully and significantly improve your overall look. Besides, a well-shaped eyebrow that is filled or drawn to the right shape can make you appear younger.
Perfect Eyebrow Tutorial: Your Takeaways
That’s it for our easy steps to having your brows done and filled like a pro. Follow along with that video tutorial a couple more times and you’d be good to go – even if you don’t have a makeup artist at your traditional wedding ceremony or even at your white wedding reception, you’re covered.
Now, tell me: how did that go, practicing along with the above eyebrow video tutorials? You’ll need to watch and practice more before becoming perfect. Now, tell me in the comments below – did you use an eye pencil or brow powder or eyeshadow to draw a perfect eyebrow?
Am very light skinned..like an albino,so makeup tends to look a little too showy on my face.(if you know what I mean).asides from finding the right foundation color,lipstick color etc,I also have problems finding the right eye pencil color!!…its really frustrating.
And also the fact that I can’t seem to get the brow shape no matter how hard I try,…doubly frustrating.
Pls help!!
Dear Stephanie, I feel your struggles – trust me, you’re not alone. Here are my suggestions – in fact methods that I used myself:
(1) One of the best ways to find the right foundation shade, as well as the best lip/ eye makeup colours is to visit a big makeup shop where they offer testing to help customers find matching shades.
(2) Another way is to go to a makeup artist store and pay for a makeover. Makeup artists usually have so many foundation shades for diverse skin shades, including your cute albino shade; plus they know and have the eye pencil colors that will match different skin shades (even yours). >The makeup artist will test different foundation shades on you, until s/he finds the one that matches you. >>After they do the makeover on you, ask them the names and colour shade of every single item used on your face (foundation, lipstick, eye pencil, eyeshadow etc.). Write them down and keep buying those. >>A good idea is to take a snapshot of that look, and then try to recreate it by yourself, from time to time.
(3) On the brow shape: Just watch how they do it for you at the makeover, and look at the photo or selfie you took that day, and then try to copy that eyebrow shape.
Hope those tips help.
Me I Dnt Knw How To Draw Atall
Hahaha. That’s why this video is here – to teach you how to draw eyebrows-on-fleek. Lol. Watch it, watch again and again and practice along.
Did you not know that all the experts who spot flawless eyebrows were once beginners (like you or maybe worse). So, you too can…
I am dark skinned, I hard get my brows to be very obvious, how can I achieve that…?
Hello Cassie, if you follow the steps in the videos above, you will see that when your draw your eyebrows, they will be ‘obvious’. Maybe your current eye-brow pencil is too light for your complexion, try using a good dark brown eye-brow pencil (not black) – cheap but good brands that are largely available in the markets include Jordana and Davis, or you can buy any of the ones mentioned in the videos above. So, follow the video steps and tell me how it works.
Please hw do i download your video. Really love it.
Hi Rita. I have no idea how to do that. But you can bookmark/ save this page link, so that you can come back here and re-watch it as many times as you like, and any time. Thanks for watching our featured video on how to do eyebrow makeup.
*Be sure to check out the many other makeup videos on this blog.
This is beautiful, i used to think i was hopeless in anything that had to do with makeup but practicing along with ur videos has indeed helped me! Thanks a lot!
Thanks, Omone. Haha – you’re not alone, my dear. I’m happy to know that our featured eyebrow-drawing turorials have been of help to you. Be sure to check out our other beauty and makeup how-to video tutorials.
Wow!!! This is so amazing…..exactly what I’ve been looking for.Thanks dear,you are a life saver.You said any old mascara brush will do just fine? keep up the good work up. I’m glad to have bumped into this.
Thanks a million
You’re welcome, Darlene. I’m glad that this article helped you – have fun giving your eyebrows a lift.
Wow!!! This is so amazing!!….exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thanks dear,you are a life saver. You said any old mascara brush would do just fine.?
I’m glad to have bumped into this. keep the good work up!!!
i hv a small lips, pls which type of lipstick makeups can i use?
Hi Marcyndy, all lips – small and big – are cute. Generally, bright coloured lipsticks will make your lips appear bigger AND dark lipstick colours generally make lips look smaller. So, you can buy lipstick colours depending on how big or small you want your lips to look. Try it out and let’s hear how it went.
Thanks for commenting.
Wow so easy but please I have problem with drawing the arch. How do I draw the arch.
Thanks, Celia. The steps on how to draw the eyebrow arch is inside the above videos – watch again. Just re-watch them again and practice along until perfect.
me I don’t know Hw to draw at all I want to learn from u guys
Hello Elizabeth. If you follow the above videos and practice as you watch, soon you will begin to do better at drawing your eyebrows. Many of our readers have told us how they used our featured videos to learn – and so can you.
thank for good job, this is what I have been looking for long
Hi Ada, I’m glad that our eyebrow tutorial is just what you were looking for. Hopefully, with a few practices, your eyebrow skills would be on top of its game. Thanks for commenting and be sure to read our other wedding beauty tutorials for brides, wedding guests and every other person.
Just what I have been longing for .Good job
Haha – thanks for your feedback, Doreen. I’m glad you found these eyebrow video tutorials to keep your brows on fleek, baby:)
please I need to know a good powder and a good eye pencil to be used. thanks
Hi Favour, Mac Studio Fix is a good Powder, and mac eye pencil or jordana twist eye pencil are good – buy dark brown or coffee brown colour. Also, I listed all the makeup products used in the above eyebrow video tutorial here (click).
my face is oily…..I can’t draw eyebrows. please help….love this site
Hi Favour, you can learn from the above video. Watch and practice along a couple of times, and soon you will be able to draw your eyebrows perfectly. (2) About your oily skin, putting some PRIMER and an oil-absorbing (mattifying powder) will help you minimize looking shiny in your makeup or any time of the day.
please how can I get the materials in drawing a perfect eyebrow because at times when I try to draw it with only eye pencil it doesn’t give me d perfect shape and look and what are d materials bcus I only use eye pencil buh I don’t get it well…#TNKS
Hello Temmy, you should get a concealer – it makes a big difference when doing eyebrows; it is what gives that sharp, defined look to brows and make them look professionally done. Click here to see list of the materials used, and watch the videos to see how to use eyebrow pencil together with concealer (it’s STEP 4 in the explanation I linked).
Wow! I love this..hw cn i qet more tutorial?
lve dis its a very nyc one plz keep it up
Thanks, Nikki.
pls i want to know tje name and have some picture necssary for all kimds of makeup
Rachella, the names of the makeup used in the eyebrow tutorials are listed at the end of this article, you’ll need to click to go to page 2 to see it.
i have been trying to view your video no way. how can one veiw ur video pls. is not clicking
Hi Anita. I just tested the page and videos, and they are all playing okay. I believe the problem is from the phone/ tab or PC you were using, AND I suggest that you try viewing the page/ videos again using another phone/ tab/ laptop/ computer. Sorry that you eralier had a problem viewing the eyebrow tutorial videos.
Thanks I ve gotten an answer from one of your videos now. thank you so much am very very happy for this
You’re welcome, Marychi. I’m happy to know that you have got the answers you needed. Be sure to check out our other beauty how-tos videos (click here).
Pls I like to get the names of items used like like d brush, what and for an ebony dark skin like me what colour of powder and foundation should I go for. Thank you and once more God bless.
All the makeup/ items and colours used in the above eyebrows video tutorial can be found at the end of this article (page 2). They are also mentioned in each of the videos. I suggest you rewatch the videos again, and also look at the article end. Hope that helps…
Having a black eyebrow,how do I try out other colors on it? Thanks for having this blog.
Colours? I am not sure I understand your question, Dickson. I suggest you watch the above videos, and follow along the eyebrow tutorials – to learn how to draw and define your eyebrows perfectly. Hope that helps?
This is good! Been looking for something like this. Perf steal!
Thanks, Oriname. I’m glad you like it.
Seriously am in love with this site. God bless the editors
Thanks for your feedback, girl! God bless you too – we love ya more.