There’s no perfect brow. There’s the brow that suits the face it sits on, and that comes down to bone structure, not whatever’s trending this month.
Before a thread touches your skin, we’re working out three points: where your brow should start, where it should peak and where it should finish. We line them up against your own features, the side of the nose, the outer edge of the iris and the outer corner of the eye, then adjust for the way your brows actually grow. Hair doesn’t always agree with geometry, and a good shape works with your growth rather than against it.
Reading the face
On a round face we go for a lifted, slightly angled arch with a clean tail. It adds length and structure, where a very soft brow can make a round face look flatter.
Oval faces are the easy ones. A soft, natural curve with a gentle arch suits almost everyone with this shape, so we’re mostly following what’s already there.
A square face with a strong jaw needs a brow with a bit of weight to it, curved rather than sharp, so the face doesn’t read as all corners.
Heart-shaped faces suit a rounded, lower arch. It softens a narrower chin and stops the forehead taking over.
On a longer face, a flatter, straighter brow makes the face look shorter. A high arch does the opposite, so we keep it low.
Arched or straight?
The straight, fuller brow, the so-called boy brow, has had a long run, and it suits plenty of people. It looks natural, it’s forgiving and it can make a face look younger. On some faces, though, a long one especially, it sits heavy and flat.
A defined arch opens up the eye and lifts the face, but take it too high and you look permanently surprised. Most people suit something in between: a soft lift that follows the brow bone. If you’ve set your heart on one or the other, tell us, and we’ll get as close as we can while keeping it right for your face.
Why we thread it
Threading lets us take one hair at a time and stop exactly where your face tells us to. A wax strip takes everything underneath it. When the shape is the whole point, that matters.
Growing out a shape that never suited you
If your brows have been over-shaped in the past, the fix is patience and a plan. We’ll map the shape you’re aiming for, take only what’s outside it and let the rest come back. It takes a few appointments. Our guide to growing your brows back has the rest.
Not sure what suits you? Ask at any of our bars. It takes two minutes.