What wide-set eyes change about the brow front

Where should eyebrows start when the eyes are far apart

I'm Jisun, the owner of London Brow in Seoul. The brow front is the part people with wide-set eyes ask about most, usually in the form of 'should my brows start closer together?' Before I answer, I look at two things: where the first hairs of each brow actually begin, and how wide the bare gap between the two brows is when the face is relaxed. The eye spacing matters, but the brow has its own starting point, and that point is usually the right place to begin.

You can find it in a mirror. Stand straight on in daylight and look at the inner corner of one eye. Then look up to the brow and find the first real hairs, not the fine down that fades toward the nose. One common check is to imagine a line straight up from the side of the nose through the inner corner of the eye. I treat that as a starting point for the conversation, not a rule, because on many faces the hairs begin a little inside or outside that line, and the hairs win.

Why I do not simply move the front inward

The usual instinct is to close the gap: draw the front further toward the nose so the brows frame the eyes more tightly. On some faces a small step inward helps. On many it does the opposite of what was hoped. A front that starts well inside the natural hairline has no hairs to blend with, so it reads as a block of color. Two blocks close to the nose draw the eye to the center of the face, and the space between the eyes starts to look busier, not more balanced.

There is a second problem. The front of a brow is the softest part of a natural design, because the first hairs grow upward and sit lightly. When the front is pushed inward and filled, that softness is lost first, and the whole brow looks heavier than the rest of the face. For wide-set eyes, which already give the face an open feeling, a heavy front is the quickest way to make the brows look drawn on.

What I adjust instead of the starting point

With the start left close to where your hairs begin, I work on three smaller things. The first is the direction of the front strokes: slightly upward, following the hairs, so the front reads as a gentle beginning rather than an edge. The second is fullness: a front that is a little fuller than the middle of the brow gives the inner edge more presence without moving it. The third is height: where the lower edge of the front sits in relation to the middle of the brow changes how close the brows feel to the eyes.

If there are fine hairs that continue a short way toward the nose, I may follow them with light strokes so the front begins a touch earlier without a hard edge. If there are none, I do not invent a new start. That is the point where a design stops being natural. How much of this applies to you depends on your own hairs and the rest of your face, and it is settled in the mirror during the consultation rather than from a general rule.

What to check before you message me

Take one photo of your bare brows, straight on, in daylight, with your face relaxed. Look at the inner edge of each brow and note whether the first hairs start in the same place on both sides; they often do not. Then look at your usual makeup. If you draw the front inward every morning, bring that photo too, because it tells me what you are used to seeing, and we can talk about how much of it to keep.

Consultations at London Brow are translation-assisted over WhatsApp, so plain words help. You could write: 'My eyes are quite far apart. I usually draw my brow fronts closer together. I would like to know whether to keep that or let the front start where my hairs start.' In the studio, ask me to show you both options with a pencil before anything is decided. The difference is easy to see once it is drawn, and your own reaction to it matters more than any rule.

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