Guybrows

I've always considered myself a metro-sexual. Nevertheless, there are certain territories into which I do not/have not ventured - speedos (not anymore, at least), boots, suspenders, waxing... eyebrow shaping - till about 3 months ago, to be exact. 

Now, dressing well and personal grooming is all fine and dandy. But like any other straight guy, I yearn to maintain a reasonable sense of manliness - in other words, I don't want to go to such lengths of metro-sexuality so as to be consistently mistaken for a homosexual (this comes with absolutely no disrespect to all homosexual friends/readers). But with the aid and coercion of my wife, I recently succumbed to one session of eyebrow plucking. I experienced two revelations after my fateful showdown with the tweezers: 

1. Eyebrow plucking HURTS

nevertheless,

2. Eyebrow plucking is ESSENTIAL

Pain and necessity - now who'd have thought I'd be linking the two in one breath. Rhetorical question.

The reality is many straight men are afraid. Afraid of anything that exceeds the vanity level of combing their hair, slapping on moisturizer and putting together a decent outfit. Anything that exceeds the aforesaid vanity level instantly falls into a threshold of discomfort where many a straight man would never dare venture. 

But fellas, I'm telling you - man to man, heart to heart - get those eyebrows plucked.

Sure, the initial pain might be slightly uncomfortable - but it won't kill you (being badly groomed in today's dog-eat-dog world, though, might). The eyebrows are only one of the most important, defining facial features God laid down on that mug of yours - eyebrows serve as the curtains of the windows to your soul (your eyes). A neatly shaped pair adds aesthetic definition and intensity to the surrounding area; and healthy, well-groomed eyebrows also serve as a subconscious indicator of health and youthful vigor. Try it - chances are you'll be pleasantly surprised how much a little eyebrow tweaking can do for your entire outlook. 

Plucking your eyebrows can create a very desirable 'natural-arch' which creates an intense 'James Bond'-esque stare

That being said, caution must be exercised when performing the said procedure - overly shaped, over-the-top eyebrows as opposed to natural-looking, tidy eyebrows only serve to make you look more like Prince instead of Pierce (Brosnan) . When it comes to guybrows, the guiding principle is not so much to "shape" them as to just "cleaning them up". My advice is to go to a salon that specializes in men's eyebrow shaping as opposed to a general salon that is likely to have done most of its work on female clients. 

And to all my compadres who have been blessed with the gift of the unibrow - you're first in line.