For gender transformation and a lot of gender exploration makeups, eyebrow covering is an important step.From my research I know that men naturally have a lot thicker and lower brows than women so they need to be covered a re-drawn to create a realistic female or a drag makeup. There are a few different techniques with different products for this.
Wax
Using a small amount of wax I spread this across the brow and smoothed out the edges to completely cover and flatten them. This would then be covered in sealer so the wax becomes hard and other products can be applied on top. Although this technique works well to fully cover all the brow hairs, it can be quite thick and therefore look unnatural when trying to go for a natural feminine makeup. The sealer also makes the area hard meaning it turns shiny and loses any skin like texture which can look odd when other products are applied on top. It's useful for fully covering very thick brows but has drawbacks in how natural it looks
Pros-aide
The pros-aide method involved using a mascara wand dipped in the glue and pushing this through the eyebrows, in both direction to coat all the hairs then when it's gone slightly tacky, flattening the brows down. This would then be powdered so it doesn't remain tacky. This method is a lot more natural than the wax method as it isn't adding lots of products on top of the skin, it makes the brows extremely flat and as it's a glue remains in place well. However it doesn't fully cover the brows and with other makeup on top it is still possible to see the individual hairs.
Prit-Stick
This method is very popular amongst drag queens and is used regularly. It involves taking a small amount of prit-stick and smoothing it over the brows. I feel this is a good inbetween from the wax and the pros-aide as it coats over the brows like the wax but is much thinner and easier to stick the brows in place like the pros-aide. When I experimented with it there were a few lumps in the brow but I think this has to do with my glue stick being slightly old then the method itself. It leaves the surface hard but not too shiny and is very good at staying in place.
