Your brows are perhaps the most essential feature of your face, and a well-shaped brow can make or break your appearance! When used properly, they may provide the face with much-needed structure and balance! We’ve learned over the years on our blog ‘Eyebrow trends over the decades’ that ‘one brow shape does not fit all,’ and this blog is dedicated to exploring eyebrow forms for various face types in order to help you choose which shape is ideal for you!
Understanding your face shape is the first step in creating the right brow form.
To determine which brow form is best for you, you must first determine your individual face shape. Face shapes may be detected by enclosing the face in an imagined picture frame. The brows create the top of the frame, the jawline forms the bottom, and the temples and jawline make the sides.
Brow shaping enhances your facial characteristics
By adjusting the form of our brows, we may subtly alter the proportions of our facial features, producing the illusion of a slightly different face shape. This can be accomplished by altering the contour of the brows to raise, lower, or lengthen the upper frame. For instance, you may lengthen a short square face simply by lifting the brows and creating an arch.
Similarly, by lengthening the brow tails, the brow region seems broader, which in turn makes the jawline appear thinner in proportion. Those with wide-set eyes might bring them closer together by maintaining a close-set brow. Additionally, this can be used to make the bridge of the nose appear smaller. Fuller brows may make the entire face appear smaller, rounded brows can make the entire face appear rounder, and softer contoured brows can soften an angular face. By adding sharper angles to your brows, you may bring structure to a softer, rounder face. It’s all a little of deception accomplished deftly through brow shaping.
Finding the ideal brow shape for different face types may appear to be a difficult process, but it really is a matter of determining which characteristics you like to emphasize and emphasize, or conversely, which aspects you need to take attention away from.
Shapes of brows for a ‘Round’ face
Rounded brows on a round face will only serve to round it out. The goal is to create the illusion of a longer face and a narrower jaw with this face shape.
To create the image of a larger face and thinner jawline, go for a softly raised arch and a prolonged tail.
Suggestions:
- Avoid straight, flat brows on a round face; they will detract from the face’s proportions and make it appear shorter.
- Avoid a round brow, since this will accentuate the roundness of the face and its features.
- Avoid harsh, angular shapes that contrast with the contours of the face.
- Maintain delicate brow contours that are gently curled under the arch.
- To achieve equilibrium, brush the hairs in the front upright to provide an angular aspect to the brow contour.
- Increase the arch height to extend the face.
- Maintain a closer arch to the brow’s center to give the face a more oval appearance.
- Increase the length of your brows to create the illusion of a smaller jawline.
Perfect brow forms for a ‘Square’ face
A square face is more likely to have angular characteristics. Our aim is to lengthen this facial shape and narrow the jawline.
Choose a softly raised arch and a prolonged tail to help extend the face and thin the jawline.
Suggestions:
- Avoid round brows on a square face since they would look out of place with the face’s characteristics.
- Avoid having flat brows on a square face, since this will make the face look even shorter and more square.
- Maintain angular brow contours, i.e. a squarer front and straighter lines.
- Balance the form by including a curved piece beneath the arch.
- Increase the arch’s height to extend the face.
- Maintain a closer arch to the brow’s center to bring attention to the face’s center.
- Increase the length of the brows to provide the appearance of a thinner jawline.
Brow forms that are appropriate for an oval face
The oval face shape is considered the best face shape since it complements a wide variety of brow types. Having said that, there are a few principles to follow in order to create the most appealing brow shape on an oval face.
Suggestions:
- Avoid using oval brows on an oval-shaped face. This may be avoided by ensuring that your arch does not rest in the center of your brows.
- Maintain a gentle contour for the brow shape to prevent giving the brows an appearance of being too harsh or angular.
The best brow form for a long face
A long face is generally oblong or rectangular in form and is rather thin, with close-set eyes. Our goal is to visually shorten and widen this facial shape.
Choose a flatter curved brow shape with a shallow arch and longer tails to visually lengthen and widen the face at the temples.
Suggestions:
- Avoid adding height to the brows as this will lengthen the face.
- Maintain flatter brows to avoid the illusion of a shorter face.
- Maintain soft and curving qualities to match the features.
- Maintain a larger space between your brows to deflect attention away from the center of your face.
- The arch’s tallest point should be further away from the brows’ center.
- Arc the brows downward rather than upward to open up deep-set eyes.
- Increase the length of the tails to create the illusion of a broader face at the temples.
The ideal brow shape for a face with a ‘Heart-shaped’ form
If your face is heart-shaped, you’ll notice that the forehead is the broadest area of the face, while the chin point is the narrowest. Our goal is to make the forehead appear narrower, which will soften the chin and make it appear less ‘pointy’.
Choose a gently formed brow with a very small curvature and a shorter length and tighter spacing to attract attention to the center of the face and balance the proportions.
Suggestions:
- Avoid round brows on a heart-shaped face since they will emphasize the form of the heart.
- Avoid having flat, straight brows, since they will create the illusion of a triangular face.
- Maintain shorter brows to provide the illusion of a more narrow forehead and to balance the jawline.
- Maintain a tighter relationship between the brows to bring attention to the center of the face.
- Maintain a closer arch to the brow’s center to bring attention to the face’s center.
Hopefully, this brief review has prompted you to evaluate your brow form in relation to your face type…
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