Benefit's Step-by-Step Guide to Perfect Eyebrows

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Welcome to Ask an Expert, a series in which we ask pros in the beauty and fashion biz to give us a video tutorial on one of the many things they're great at.

Eyebrows are a tricky thing—a set of jittery hands and one wrong move later and you've completely altered the shape of your face for the worst. Tweezing, waxing, and even tinting are best left to the professionals, which is why we paid a visit to the Benefit Brow Bar on the Upper East Side.

In the video tutorial, Benefit Boutique Proprietor Erin Hanna demonstrates how to find your arch, maintain your shape between appointments, and fill in overly plucked brows so that you can, as their moto says, "fake it 'til you make it." Watch her transform the sad issue that is Racked NY Editor Tiffany Yannetta's eyebrows above.
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