With the UK currently on lockdown, people are asked to stay at home as much as possible to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Many businesses have been forced to close as a result, including our go-to beauty and hair salons.
This has seen some people take drastic action and attempt to cut their own hair and others try and groom their own eyebrows.
But before you go reaching for the tweezers or an at home waxing kit, you should probably have a read of some expert advice on the matter.
Beauty pros from Cosmetify have been sharing their top tips for doing your own eyebrows.
Speaking to stylecaster.com they advised letting your brows grow out fully, before doing any grooming.
And while this might not sound ideal, what better time than to let your brows get bushy then while you're stuck at home and not seeing anyone?
They explained: "It’s best to allow your eyebrows to fully grow out in order to figure out their full, natural shape."
Then once your brows have grown out, you can determine how long they should be and where the shape starts - and to do this, all you need is a pencil.
"To determine the length, hold a pencil up to your left/right nostril and point it straight up towards your forehead," the pros instructed.
"This indicates where your brow should start. Turn the pencil diagonally, still holding it in line with your nostrils to figure out where your brow should end, ensuring it is past your eye’s outer corner."
When it comes to working out the length, you'll be using that same pencil once again, only this is where it gets a little more complicated.
Hold the pencil next to each nostril at a 45-degree angle. According to the experts, your natural arch should begin wherever the other end of the pencil lands.
The pencil should be going just past your pupil.
Once you've worked out where exactly you need to be grooming/shaping, it's time to get going with the tweezers or wax.
Make sure you're starting with a clean, dry canvas, advise the Cosmetify experts.
They add: "That means no traces of brow pencils, gels or powders and try to avoid applying anything that’s oily or greasy beforehand, such as self-tanners or serums."
And it's important to remember that brows should be sisters, not twins, as focusing too much on making them identical could lead to over-plucking.
Try not to get too "tweezer happy" and pluck everywhere. Instead stick to rogue hairs in the middle of your brows, under the brow bone and around the eyelid.
You also shouldn't be plucking your brows everyday, instead they suggest doing it every three days or so, depending on how quickly your hair grows back.
And if you're really worried about being precise, you can always use an eyebrow pencil to draw your preferred shape onto your brow and use it as a guideline when tweezing.
Any mistakes you make aren't the end of the world, as you can always just fill your brows in with a product - plus you've got plenty of time to kill while the hair grows back.
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