Rachel Brosnahan Has A Genius Trick For Enhancing Your Natural Brow Shape

The art of full yet natural-looking brows is just that—a sort of craftsmanship that takes equal amounts of skill, practice, and a steady hand. And if you fell victim to the over-tweezing phase of the early 2000s, your poor eyebrows plucked pencil thin, the venture is a bit of a grind. You're longing for those fluffy face framers, but without just the right flick, they can easily look drawn-on and fake. 

"A trick that I learned recently is actually to brush them down so that you can see the shape of your brow as you're filling it in," she says as she guides the wisps with a spoolie. Once the hairs are pointing downward—just kissing the bottom of her brow bone—she uses a brow pencil in soft, upward strokes inside the outline of her bone structure. 

It's a trick that may feel odd in the moment (brow experts typically recommend brushing upward to reveal any sparser areas), but when you think about it, it makes total sense: See, by brushing the hairs out of the way, you can clearly identify where your brow bone sits—and, more importantly, where it ends. That way, you'll stay inside the outline of your natural eyebrow shape (be it round, upward, straight, or another shape listed here) and won't risk extending too far up the forehead.