You beauty! Blink Nourishing Brow Oil

Let me ask you something: can you cut your own hair? Not just a fringe trim but a proper restyle? Now, can you shape your own eyebrows? Are you absolutely sure about that?

I just don’t think that we possess the visual perspective to go about it properly. Plucking the odd rogue sprouter, sure. But standing back, taking stock and working on the detail of these crucial pieces of facial architecture? Not me. And home-plucking can never achieve the clarity of an expert threading.

Eyebrows frame the face, open the eyes and add glamour. If you want to go make-up-free, then work on your brows as much as you work on your skin. In terms of priorities, they should come before fake tan, false lashes and teeth whitening.

If in doubt about your brows, my advice would be this: grow them for a month and apply Blink Brow Oil every night. The sweet almond oil will condition the hairs (do not underestimate the value of a glossy, nourished, unmade-up brow) and the rosemary will stimulate growth. Do. Not. Tweeze. Them. At all. You need them as bushy as possible so you can carve out the best silhouette. Do this while you still have a summer tan — that way you’ll look a bit feral rather than a bit mad. Then pop into the Blink Brow Bar on Ledbury Road, populated by experts, and sort yourself out.

Blink Nourishing Brow Oil, £16 (blinkbrowbar.com)