Eyebrow pencil help

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My eyebrows are pretty thick and bushy and unruly but I overplucked the beginning of them years ago so they start really suddenly (and are totally slugs).

I finally bought an eyebrow pencil today and it just looks like crayon on my skin? How the hell do I make this look natural and feathery?! The tutorials either use thousands of different products or they use a pencil and it looks fine but most tips are on the main eyebrow part? My bald bits are in a really odd place there's no tutorial out there with the same problem

Use a brush or old but clean mascara wand to comb through.

Yeah, use a spooly to brush through.

Also, the trick is not to draw blocky at the beginning.

I line the bottom of my brows, then use a spooly to brush upstairs so the line is blended.

I use Benefit Precisely My Brow and find this the best (been using eyebrow pencils 10+years)

I also use Benefit Gimme Brow mascara to build them up to look all them fluffy and realistic, and keep in place

Thanks, the pencil I bought was blunt when I got it and it's even moreso now so this may be a factor. It had a brush on the end but that just seemed to wipe it off as there are no hairs where I'm pencilling in. I'll sharpen it and see if I can improve the results before buying better gear.

Fine is right, get yourself an eyebrow mascara to use with the pencil. Benefit one is great! Rommel do a pretty good one if you're on a budget.

It will take practice...take your time.

Do you know which Rimmel one you would recommend poster? I bought a Maybelline which I'm really not impressed with but a lot of that could be my technique.

Definitely sharpen it. That’s why I like the Benefit one, it’s a twist up so no need to sharpen and the bib is tiny which allows you to draw on hair like flicks.

Whichever eyebrow mascara you get, you need one with a tiny wand.

*nib not bib!

Search inn youtube for a tutorial, or Benefits instagram

OP- it's Rimmel Brow this way.

You could also use a clear mascara.

Sharp pencil, then tiny delicate strokes towards your temple to replicate hairs.

Rimmel Brow this way.

Used that one too, would recommend.

Would also recommend the Benefit Gimme Brow though, it gives a really natural and realistic look as it has fibres that cling to the hairs you do have to make them look thicker

You draw tiny little lines to mimic hairs and then blend in.

The beauty journalist Sali Hughes has today recommended the NYX one (£5.50). Her article is in the Guardian.

Thanks all, I just reviewed the one pencil I bought and it's an all round shite one so I'm happy to look into these alternatives on the basis I may not be inept with the right product.

Just bought the first cheap one I saw which is usually always a waste of time.

The £2.50 Kiko ones are amazing!! Very thin, with a little brush on the end, and they come with a sharpener.