Mine don’t arch as much as yours, and there’s only so much shaping that can be done with them, because they are so sparse. But threading every 6 weeks over the past year has really helped – as much as is possible. The woman who does mine now gives them a natural shape that I think is appropriate for my face – even if that shape is not enviably arched!

Sal – I agree with Angie that this is one of those things you should at least do once! Whether threading, waxing, etc… my first time was in 2005 – at a dermatology salon recommended by my hairdresser. But, that session (threading) was quite expensive. Howover, the results were quite dramatic. I was able to tweeze and trim on my own for many months afterwards to maintain the shape. I did not go back again because it was too expensive and by appt only.

So I was thrilled when the threading kiosk opened up in the mall!! So much cheaper, and no appt necessary. The only thing is that everyone in the mall can watch you having it done! But who cares; you get over that quickly.

Good to know, Val. Again, if a cheaper product works just as well – go for it.

Sal, I thoroughly encourage having your brows attended to professionally at least once. I can’t stress enough how much of a difference it makes to one’s face. It’s radical.

Nicole, I would not describe you as fair skinned. I’d say that you probably turn quite dark if you tan. I’d say you’re sort of a light olive if that makes sense. A medium skin tone. Shiny, Tanya and I are what I’d call fair skinned. I’m so fair, I’m virtually blue.

I will have to see if my Macy’s has a brow bar, somehow I doubt they will. I tweeze my own but there are always little ones popping up that my tweezers can’t get. Since they are so dark and my skin is fairly light, the untweezable hairs are very noticeable.

I use hair gel when tweezing to give my tweezers a little extra grip. I don’t think I do the greatest job shaping because one eye has a much higher arch than the other and I don’t know how to compensate for it. I could definitely benefit from a trained professional!

Hey now that some of you have seen me in RL, what would you all say my skin tone is?

Threading (they actually use a sewing thread) is perfect for those of us who have sparser eyebrows. I never had an issue with my eyebrows – until I hit my 40s. Then they started growing unruly on me, but still relatively sparse. Waxing would probably leave me browless!

Threading gives the control and precision of tweezing, but is faster because they can rip out more hairs at a time instead of going one by one, plus they get all the little fuzzy hairs too.

And they also spend a lot of time cutting my eyebrow hairs down to size…. I don’t know what it is about your 40s…. my eyebrow hairs grow like weeds! Interestingly, my right eyebrow grows faster than my left. I’ve always wondered why that is….

Angie, the eye brow lift pencil sounds great! I may have to check that one out. I do like the effect of a subtle white shadow just under my brow.

Glad you had a good experience, Tara. Whether you use a pencil, or powder to fill in your brows depends on your brows. I definitely prefer the look of pencil for my brows because it’s more natural. I’m sure that powder for other types of brow shapes and thicknesses is natural looking too (just not for mine).

Shana, your exotic features leave you with beautiful brows that need the occasional shape and nothing else. You lucky fish! If hair gel works just fine, I see no reason why should switch to a pukka brow product. It’s probably all the same stuff anyway.

Julie, I haven’t had my brows done down at the Anastasia counter in Nordstrom yet . I’m pretty good at shaping my own brows and have not needed to seek the service of a beautician. I checked out the Benefits Brow Bar so that I could share my experience. I should check out the Anastasia one as well to compare. Stay tuned.