Eyebrows

I have a few long strong hairs that I cut. I keep the brows well washed with soap and water then some nivea. I wipe them and paint on some wetted eye shadow using a best quality sable brush. I prefer Maybelline in a soft greyish taupe.

It's like using water colour paint. I think the effect is quite natural. At my age I aim simply to sort defects, not to look glamorous.

Yes, apparently, the last third of the eyebrow often disappears for those who have hypothyroidism. I have it and have a few friends with it and it seems to be true!

I draw in my very thin eyebrows with a grey eye pencil. I am very fair skinned so brown or black are no-nos for me - far too striking, obvious and just wrong! I am so lacking in hair that I have never had thick eyebrows. Someone accused me once of shaving my arms because the hair is so fair and sparse.

Now I am older I have sparse brows, and noticed that unless I draw them in I look strange in photos! Not sure if the products mentioned would work for me or create too strong a brow definition.

The 'fat slug' look for brows seems to be over, thank goodness!

I tint mine every month and then drawer/shade in any patches with a grey and brown pencil. Makes a huge difference to your whole face.

A few years ago, on Gransnet, somebody asked the same question and a few people recommended 'Wunderbrow'. I have used it ever since and it is the one thing in my makeup bag I wouldn't be without. It is waterproof, smudge-proof, transfer-proof fibre filler and lasts up to 3 days I started off with brunette but now have blonde as I don't like my eyebrows too dark.

I get mine threaded and tinted. I have brow hair but a lot of it has gone grey so makes them look sparse but the tint on them seems to fill in what I thought were bald patches!

I go to the stand in Superdrug costs about £15 every 6-8 weeks

Well, I've drawn mine on for years because my brows have always been pathetic - sometimes I get it right (not often though!) but most times I just look like Groucho Marx.

But I persevere. If I don't draw them on then I have no reference point as my eyes are so titchy and piggy I wouldn't be able to find them.

I have blonde and grey eyebrows. Used to have them tinted but it was usually too dark and only lasted a few days.

Now I use Avon glimmersticks in shade blonde. It's excellent. Get them waxed and thinned about every two months.

The glimmersticks are about £6 each but I get mine off eBay and Amazon for half the price with free postage.

I had my eyebrows microbladed last year. They look great and am so glad I had it done. It was quite expensive and they need topped up every couple of years but well worth it.

I have gaps in my eyebrows (another overplucker when young and stupid) which are brownish. I’ve found l’oreal blonde works best for me. It’s the only light coloured pencil which doesn’t leave what’s left of my eyebrows with a reddish tint.

I also went for microblading last year, and am thrilled with the result and time saved every morning
However, it is only semi permanent and I am already saving up for the next session in about 2 years time!

Hello Hymnbook due to over-plucking when young and chemo a few years back my eyebrows will never be the same again. I use Maybelline Tattoo Brow which is a bit pricey but is sometimes on special offer - I got three for two at Tesco a little while back. It works reasonably well.
You paint it on (not as thickly as the girl in the ad) and leave it for a couple of hours, then peel it off. It looks very dark until the 'peel off' - getting the right shade is quite tricky as is the eternal problem of getting a perfectly matching pair. You can leave it on for a few days each time.

Thank you to everyone for your help advice and suggestions for products etc l've bought 2 Rimmel products today but up close they look false From afar they look ok like every other product l've bought. I've spent a fortune on products to try and get my eyebrows to look good they do frame the eyes. I suppose l shall have to keep on trying but it's costing so much most of these products will end up in the bin what a waste of money which l don't really have.

I used to have dark, lustrous eyebrows. They’ve gone thin and grey. I tint them with Swiss O Par. Takes a minute to do. Have looked into the micro-blading option. But expensive and probably painful. I miss my brows.

When I was a teenager with dark blond. (mouse really) hair I was advised to get a grey eyebrow pencil. -8d I think it was
My hair is still the same colour (although I have highlights ) and a grey pencil still looks more natural than a brown one.

For the past 15 years (after menopause, eczema and a bit of over plucking) my eyebrows have been very sparse so I usually just grow my fringe to cover them but I'm now going to try the RapidBrow recommended by Camelotclub.
I looked at the Amazon reviews (1400 + with a 4 star rating) and thought I'd give it a try.
I hate the thought of the 'badly drawn old lady' eyebrows ....

I’m the same by I have underactive thyroid my brows are. Dry sparse I’m trying to grow them to have hd brows which I think look lovely if they are done correctly

I had microblading last year and love it completely changed my face

My sparse eyebrows disappeared completely in my mid40s. Now have them cosmetically tattooed (been advised against microblading). Only need 'topping up' about every 18m/2y. Best thing I ever did.

I h
ad mine tattoo'd so when the brows grow I shave them off leaving just the tattoo.

I just have a few stray hairs where my brows should be through over plucking over the years.

They never grow back, no matter what products you use.
Except for a few grey ones. They always manage to see the light of day.

I have given up, mainly because pencils or shadows look so fake.

I have only a few eyebrow hairs left but I also no longer have arm and leg hairs, few under arm hairs. Do others? I thought was just due to being older but the last comment has ne wondering.

Cosmetic tattooing is what I had done then it topped up once a year

Mine are sparse and not from over plucking. I have them tattooed every three years or so. It’s worth every penny. I had tried every sort of makeup going prior to the tattoos and am so glad I don’t have to think about how my brows look.

I lost 95% of my thick bushy eyebrows (and over 30% of my hair) after someone close to me died unexpectedly - funny how the body reacts to trauma - and they have never grown back. They take most of my "getting ready" time as i only use eye makeup and lipsticks not skin makeup. But getting them even is a craft i am still struggling with.

Every months or so I have my eyebrows dye, it makes what I have look thicker and its not expensive.