From sparse to filled-in-yet-natural-looking brows: My budget-friendly routine

The first time I got my eyebrows done, the lady who did my brows still filled them in with a defining pencil at the end. That's how sparse my brows are. It did not even take long since there were only a few stray hairs to remove. From then on, I started doing my own eyebrows since I realized that I would have to fill them in everyday anyway.

In filling my eyebrows, I only use three products. I can't remember how much they cost exactly but I am pretty sure that they won't empty your pockets. I use an Eyebrow Defining Pencil from Avon. Mine is in the shade black. I believe this will only cost about $2. It will probably be even cheaper whenever Avon is having a sale, which they do have almost every month. I use mine a lot so as you can see, it's already short. My concealer is from Elf. It is in the shade Ivory. It's a few shades lighter than my skintone since I use this to cover my under eye dark circles and for highlighting my brow bone as well. I forgot how much it costs but I'm pretty sure it's affordable so no worries. The slanted-brush-and-spoolie-in-one that I have is from Marionnaud. It's the N*38 brush.  It will cost less than $2 dollars as well.

Let's start!

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I prefer do my eyebrows first before applying any other type of makeup just because it's my most favorite thing to do. Please note that all pictures in this post were not filtered. The lighting in my room is not really good so my skintone may look different in each shot. :)

This is how sparse my eyebrows are.

First step is to brush your eyebrows with a spoolie.

Next, you'll have to get the product onto your brush. Obviously, it will be easier to use a brow powder. I'm just making use of what I have. I don't apply the pencil directly to my brows because I tend to mess up when I do it that way. You can use it directly if you have better hand control than I have.

Apply it now to your brows. Make sure to use short, gentle strokes and to follow the direction your brow is growing for a more natural look. You can draw a straight line and define your arch if you want. I just like how imperfect mine looks when it's done. It's like your natural brows but better.

Now, you can highlight your brow bone. You can also use the concealer to correct any mistakes. Definitely use it if you're going for the perfectly defined brows.

Please excuse the bad lighting but here you go! It doesn't look sparse any more. It looks natural but it's not. This is what I do if I'm just going out and I don't want to look like I've spent too much time getting ready. I didn't really spend much time though since you can definitely do this within a minute especially when you're used to it already.

I haven't fixed my hair since it's not yet dry but here's my full makeup look.

Here's a before and after picture that I edited a few months ago. See the difference?

Here's another shot. You can probably tell by now that I love filling in my eyebrows. :)

Thanks for reading!