Growing up, my mom regularly took my younger sister to get her eyebrows threaded. According to her, my sister, who has thick, dark brows, needed regular upkeep. But because I had blonde, barely-there brows, there was nothing the technician could do for me. I’ve since mastered filling in and defining my eyebrows, but I recently realized that all brow types can benefit from a specialist. Through research, I learned about eyebrow treatments like microblading and tinting — both of which define lighter, sparse brows. Unsure of what would be the best for my brows, I decided to book an appointment with celebrity brow expert Joey Healy. Not knowing what to expect, I put complete faith in him — and he completely transformed my eyebrows. Keep reading to learn about my experience with eyebrow shaping and tinting and for tips on maintaining your brows at home post-appointment. What to Expect During Your First Eyebrow AppointmentOn a rainy Friday morning, I headed to Healy’s New York City eyebrow studio. From the moment I walked in the door, he made me feel at ease. As we chatted, he examined my eyebrows and took into account my eyebrow preferences (I wanted them to still look natural, but have some more definition). “Your brows are light, but there’s so much potential in them,” Healy told me. He then proceeded to explain that using a warm, chestnut tint would give my eyebrows more definition without looking over-the-top. “This will give you a version of a bold brow that works for you and your features.” After that initial conversation, I sat in the chair and let Healy work his magic. He started by cleaning up the area — using tweezers to pluck out any stray hairs and a mini dermaplaning razor to shave away peach fuzz and define my brow shape. “There’s an inherent roundness in your brow shape, so we’re leaning into that while still creating a little bit of an angle to define the arch,” he explained as he shaped them. Once the initial shaping was complete, Healy mixed a custom dye color to tint my eyebrows. He painted the dye onto my eyebrows and let it sit for a few minutes before wiping it off and repeating the process three times. “We repeat the process to make sure that all the baby blonde hairs pick up the color,” he explains. During the third round of dye, the color was focused on only the ends of my eyebrows to ensure all the wispy hairs were covered.
