All that to say, if you can hang tight for a professional to tend to your brows, we suggest waiting it out—unruly brows be damned. But if your brows do fall on the really bushy side, you might need some extra cleanup care in between sessions. However, you can use this at-home guide to trim any glaring stragglers you just have to get rid of. Just follow the steps below: After brushing up the hairs, you should see where the majority of them lie along the hairline, and where a few stragglers pop up and over. Those are your guys to trim! Make sure to cut at a downward angle (similar to point-cutting your ends) rather than shearing straight across: “Don’t trim across in a straight blow, as the finish is too blunt,” Healy says. “You want to do one hair at a time to maintain the fringy, feathery line while controlling the length.” Another word of caution, from Healy: “Some people comb up to trim, but then they comb down to trim. Don’t comb down—there’s a chance you can give yourself holes or gaps.” Unless you comb your brows downward on the regular (most people tend to brush them in an upward style), there’s no reason to trim them that way. In other words, be super careful when trimming the outer edges. Remember: You can always cut more, but you can’t glue on regretfully snipped hairs. To finish the look, Halpin also suggests filling in with brow pencil, if that’s part of your regular rotation. Especially if you’ve unintentionally snipped a few gaps in the brow—pencil is your friend.
