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The right brow shape can lift your eyes, slim your face, and take ten years off your look...instantly! Makeup expert Carmindy, star of TLC's What Not To Wear, shares her best secrets for youthful, natural, and perfectly-groomed brows.

Trim and Shape
Before plucking, your brows may need a trim. Grab a spooley brush and a pair of small scissors. Brush your brow hairs straight up, and if there are hairs that go beyond your natural brow line, carefully snip them away.

Easy Tweezing
Carmindy suggests having two types of tweezers: one with a very fine tip and one with a slanted tip. You can use the slanted ones to grab a few hairs at once. The needle-nosed, fine-tipped tweezers are good for precision plucking and getting those tiny, hard-to-reach hairs.

Where to Start
"Everybody's brows are different, so if you're not sure where to start plucking, try this: Hold a makeup brush vertically along the side of your nose. Then use the side of the brush as the marker of where the brow should begin," explains Carmindy.

Finding the Arch
Angle the same makeup brush outward so that the bottom end is against your nose, and the top and is even with the iris of your eye--the brush now marks the point where the brow should arch.

Where to End
Angle the brush out even more toward the outermost corner of your eye--that's where the brow should end.

Mind the Gaps
"Not everybody's brows are totally perfect, so you may need a little brow corrector to fill in any gaps. A waterproof liquid brow corrector can last the longest," says Carmindy. Starting at the inside edge and working your way out, feather on a light brow color to fill in any sparse areas.

Voila!
Now your brows are groomed to perfection! Having well-defined, well-groomed brows really makes your face look finished. All you need to do is trim, pluck, and correct, and you'll have perfect, face-framing brows.

Brooke Shields
She was one of the bushiest-browed babes back in the Eighties, and she's right on trend now. You'll notice with her, as with most of the famous faces here, that the brows are full, but still well-groomed. Letting your brows get thicker doesn't mean you can let them grow willy-nilly.

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Scarlett Johansson
These brows are impeccably groomed, but we're loving how they're thick from the middle all the way to the outer edge. They frame her face and bring more attention to her eyes. Because, be honest -- how often have you really noticed her eyes.

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Keira Knightley
This time around, Keira has been one of the best examples of how to wear a thick brow. She keeps a feminine arch, but doesn't sacrifice fullness. So sexy -- this is the picture we're taking to our waxer.

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Jennifer Connelly
Well, we're thinking these might be a tiny bit much -- this is the caterpillar brow back in full force. However, it's also a distinct possibility that J.Conn is just ahead of her time, and in another six months or so, we'll all be aiming for this amount of growth.

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Sienna Miller
Sienna's eyebrows might be the best example of how a thicker brow can help your face look more youthful. This is the best we've seen her look in a while. Also, take note of how the darker brow still works with her highlighted hair.

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Drew Barrymore
Drew shows us that blondes can still have fun with this trend. Unlike Sienna, who left her brow dark, Drew took her brow color down when she dyed her hair. It works, because it works with her coloring -- but you don't want to do this at home. Only a pro should apply dye near your eyes.

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Isla Fisher
Look at the length of these babies -- they're not super thick, but they definitely make a statement.

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Beyonce
You know, these brows live up to Beyonce's new "fierce" reputation -- they're bold, and they're beautiful, and while the shape is perfect, it also looks natural. You can't fight your natural shape if you're going "full out."

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Ashley Olsen
She might be rather diminuitive, but this twin's eyebrows are anything but. The thick, dark brow gives brings out her face, even when her hair is hanging over her eyes.

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Camilla Belle
Dark and a little devilish -- these brows look youthful, but still darkly seductive. And you know what? They're powerful, and that just might be why we find ourselves drawn to these thicker brows in more trying times.

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"The angularity of Obama's brows was lending a look of intensity that some pundits, such as Bill O'Reilly, construed as anger or severity on the campaign trail," wrote Wendy Donahue in this week's Chicago Tribune. Donahue and others have noted a softer shape to Obama's eyebrows in recent weeks -- perhaps a response to that criticism.

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Liz Taylor's lush brows were always expertly tweezed and trimmed, and at the time, her low arch and tapered line was considered the height of glamor. To get a similar look, use an eyebrow pencil to create a rounded, square shape at the beginning of the brow, (very) slightly overdraw your own natural line, and extend the ends with tiny strokes by a centimeter or two.

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"High School Musical" star Zac Efron's bushy eyebrows are always stringently maintained, likely inspiring other men to learn how to use a new tool: the tweezers. Still, not everyone appreciates his hirsute look. (There's even a Facebook group called "Zac Efron's Eyebrows Are Disturbing.")

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Burlesque star Dita von Teese's eyebrows are as theatrically vintage as the rest of her pin-up girl accoutrements. The siren is never seen with a hair out of place. And really, only a perfectionist could consistently achieve her movie-screen-perfect brows.

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Brooke Shields' eyebrows have become almost as famous as the actress. When the future Calvin Klein model became a young star in the 1980s, her wildly untamed brows helped sparked the thick, bold look that became de rigeur during the decade, and propelled her to icon status.

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Mezhgan's philosophy is that the goal of wearing makeup is to get compliments on how pretty you look, not how good your makeup looks. This week she has some tips to help you look stunning without looking like you're wearing a lot of makeup, like our beautiful model India De Beaufort.

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
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Start With A Great Canvas
Most importantly you want to have a great canvas to start from. This is where your foundation comes in. Mezhgan recommends using a liquid foundation over a primer because it makes it go on smoother and last a bit longer.

Model: India De Beaufort
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Makeup artist: Mezhgan
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Apply Foundation for an Even Tone
You want to use your liquid foundation to even out your skin tone, not necessarily cover any flaws. This is where so many people go wrong!

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
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Concealer for Extra Coverage
Use a concealer to take care of anything that needs a little extra covering up, like blemishes or dark circles.

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
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Powder Sets the Canvas
Set your make up by gently brushing on translucent powder, which won't alter the color of your foundation. This method leaves you looking flawless and gives you coverage where you need it when you need it instead of all over.

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
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A Bit of Blush
Next dust a bit of a subtle blush color starting at the apples of your cheeks and sweeping through the hairline. Be careful not to go too far in on the face close to the nose. It will look unnatural. You can also mix a highlighter along the top of your cheek to give a subtle glow.

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
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Brighten Your Eyes
Take a light shadow color and dust across the lid to brighten the eyes and open them up a little.

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
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Subtly Define Your Eyes
Smudge a taupe or brown shadow/pencil in your natural lash line. This will define your eye but still not look like you are wearing liner.

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
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Embrace the Eyelash Curler
Use an eyelash curler to curl your lashes. This instantly opens up your eyes!

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
Products: me by (me)zhgan
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Enhance With Mascara
Follow up with a few coats of mascara to further define your eyes. Make sure to replace your mascara often to avoid clumping, not to mention bacteria!

Model: India De Beaufort
Photographer: zaazphotography
Makeup artist: Mezhgan
Products: me by (me)zhgan
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We've all been there. You pluck one eyebrow, and then you do the other, but they're not quite even. So, you pluck a few strays off the fuller one, and then clean up the other ... and suddenly, you look permanently surprised for the next month or two while they grow back in. Unless you're super handy with the eyebrow pencil, but even then, you'd better hope you don't get invited to a pool party. So what's the obvious solution? Eyebrow transplants!

Okay, in all honesty, if the overplucking is a one-time event, this probably isn't for you. However, if you've been plucking and waxing for years, or are lacking brows for any other reason, this could be an option.

Bosley offers eyebrow transplants as a simple procedure, and their before and after photos are pretty convincing (read on to see some of them). However, since we have no trouble growing full, Brooke Shields-esque brows, we'll have to pass. As a matter of fact, we're off to ward off a unibrow right now.

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Patient Kelly Becker was born with almost no brow hair, so she underwent the "Restore" treatment.

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Here's the after photo - looks pretty good to us!

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Patient Tara Bilbao was looking for a fuller brow line.

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Here's her after photo -- it certainly looks better to us. What do you think?

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Patient Leone Izumi was trying the "restore" treatment to undo some of the damage she'd done through plucking over the years.

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Her brows are certainly more shapely. The question is: Are better brows worth surgery?

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