Eyebrow Shaping Lunar Calendar
The traditional best days to pluck, thread or wax your eyebrows by the Moon. Shape them on the waning Moon in the right sign and the stray hairs are said to come back slower and finer.
How to time eyebrow shaping by the Moon
Shaping brows is hair removal on a small scale, and lunar tradition times it the same way. Take hairs out while the Moon is shrinking and they are said to return slower and finer, so a clean shape lasts. The sign the Moon is in refines the result.
Waxing vs. waning Moon
- Waning Moon (shrinking): The window for plucking, threading and waxing. Regrowth is said to be slower and finer, so the shape holds for longer.
- Waxing Moon (growing): Hair is said to grow back faster and stronger. A good time to let sparse brows fill in, not to thin them.
If you are growing your brows out, reverse the advice: leave them alone on the waning Moon and let the waxing Moon do the work. The New Moon is a sensitive day for skin, and better skipped.
The Moon's sign: the deciding factor
On a waning Moon, the sign decides how fine and slow the regrowth is:
Tips for brows that keep their shape
- Best of all: a waning Moon in Capricorn, Taurus or Aries.
- For the fine hairs between and above the brows, and on the upper lip: a waning Moon in Pisces, when they are said to return thinner.
- Avoid Leo and Virgo, when hair is said to grow back quickly and coarsely.
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These are traditional lunar-beauty associations compiled and reviewed by our editorial team: offered for interest and fun, not as medical, dermatological or professional advice. Moon sign, phase and lunar day are computed from real astronomical positions. Explore more in our lunar beauty calendars.