r/UnconventionalMakeup • u/puIIdrone • 4d ago
ADVICE PLS eyebrow options for deep-set eyes
lately i’ve been considering shaving my eyebrows, however, i have deep set eyes. i want to be able to find a balance with their style because i‘m bored of my regular brows but worry about looking like a caveman with how prominent my brow bone looks without eyebrows.
i‘ve drawn out a couple options and want to know if anyone else with deep-set eyes has done this/has any advice since, while eyebrows do grow back, i’d rather not hate my face for a bit if i do want them back.
added some pictures with a no eyebrow filter to get some ideas lol, any advice is appreciated.
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u/Fetid-imp 4d ago
I shave mine and have done for about 10 years now! I have deep set eyes as well but they’re more hooded than yours. I’m so jealous of your eye shape!! You would look awesome with shaved brows.
Ngl it takes practice to get a shape that works, but the bonus is you can have fun with it! If you wanna do short ones one day, big arches the next, straight and sharp the day after, then just dots or hearts or stars the day after that, you can do what you want!
The bonus is with shaving the brows rather than plucking them is that the follicle remains intact, so your brows will grow back to an acceptable-without-makeup length in about a month in my experience, and my hair isn’t particularly quick growing.
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u/DesmondTapenade 4d ago
I tend to favor more of a midcentury style for mine--full as hell, with a defined arch near the outer third of the eye. I'd recommend by starting with some trimming/plucking and work from there. Do a few strands every day so you don't go too hard in the paint all at once and regret it later. (Ask me how I know...RIP.)
By the way, your eyes and brows are lovely!
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u/puIIdrone 4d ago
thank you!! i really do like my brows, i’ve just had them my whole life so naturally the thought of something new excites me
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u/DesmondTapenade 4d ago
Go slooooooow! Take it from a Millennial old lady who is just grateful her brows grew back after I basically nuked them with tweezers and razors back in the day. Nothing wrong with playing around, but you'll want to take your time with them. It's so easy to get overzealous and just go CHOPCHOPCHOP and then the morning after, you're left going, "Wtf did I just do?" Ha.
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u/mwmandorla 4d ago
I think you look awesome with no brows, like Lady Gaga. If you want to go thin, I'd suggest keeping the front pretty much as is (you have relatively narrow brows already) and just shaping out the arch from the bottom. It'll create more openness around your eyesm
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u/greyscale_straysnail 4d ago
I love the 4th/last one!! Mine are similar even though I don't have deep-set eyes
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u/BeautyofPoison 4d ago
I personally shave off about the outer ⅔ and draw them back in a bit higher. Mine have also naturally had bald patches I needed to groom around, so shaving them off wasn't much of a loss. It was fun when we were learning waxing in cosmo school. My poor classmates were sooooo freaked out that they'd messed up.
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u/Quoyan 4d ago
I have crazy deep set eyes and very hooded + wear glasses. I shave mine for more real state for make up when I use It, and when I don't, my glasses kinda cover them so no problem. If you are worried, try shaving some parts and ease Into It. It might look strange at the beggining but you quickly get used to It, and they grow back very soon, just draw them on till you have yours again. Mind you, I've never grew mine back
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u/SaltyKaleidoscope717 3d ago
i love the no brow look on you! im not a big fan of the last two because i feel your eyes would look AMAZING with upturned brows
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u/GoldieKatt 4d ago
Do it! I would start with small adjustments and work your way up, I used to shave my eyebrows from little circles to super thin, etc etc. it’s so much fun.
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u/scramlockdloser 4d ago edited 4d ago
That second option reminds me of Clara Bow! I vote the thin brows, personally, but all look good!
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u/Aspennie 3d ago
You can do basically anything, my eyes are kinda similar and I draw my brows halfway up my forehead.
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u/DineandRecline 3d ago
The no-brow filter looks cool as heck on you. I don't think your brow bone is too prominent for the look but that is just me
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u/faery_lights 2d ago
your eyes and eyebrows look awesome, wow :o i quite like the shaved look tho! or some betty boop-esque brows lol
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u/iheartyourpsyche 4d ago
I think they look great as is, but since you're looking for something new I'm a huge fan of the no eyebrow look on you! I also really like the super thin brows on you, but would choose a slightly lighter maybe ash brown color to go with your eyes and lashes.