Guide

The one-minute brow

The kits are built around a fixed order, and the order is the trick. Fork-tip pen first, drawn upward in short flicks where the arch runs thin -- that's the skeleton.

Pomade second, pressed through the body of the brow with the angled end of the brush; it shades the gaps the strokes left and waterproofs the whole thing.

Liner is optional and last, and the spoolie pass at the end is not optional -- ten seconds of combing is what turns four products back into one believable brow.