USE DYE TO HIDE THIN PATCHES

Cathryn SmithSon Whitehead, 57, a manager, lives near Lincoln with her farmer husband hugh, 57. they have two grown-up children.

CATHRYN SAYS: I’ve never had a complicated beauty routine and I don’t wear much make-up, other than a trusty lip balm.

But I’ve always plucked beneath my brows for tidiness — and, of all the things I miss about my youth, it’s my low maintenance, but nicely shaped, brows I long for the most.

As I’ve got older, my mousy blonde hair has gone salt and pepper and my eyebrows have become thinner.

BROW EXPERT JENNA TREAT SAYS: This is a dramatic result and demonstrates perfectly how eyebrows can change the face. Cathryn’s brows were the same colour all the way across and almost completely invisible.

To complement her hair colour, we used a graphite-coloured tint, then tidied up the fine, unnecessary hairs — to do this, specialist Jaimineey Patel threaded around them (this method of hair removal involves using twisted cotton thread to glide across the skin, removing hairs in the process, and allows for greater control of the final brow shape).

Finally, I used a subtle, ash-toned brow-sculpting pencil to delicately create the illusion of thicker hair.

PRODUCTS: Hourglass Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil (£29, spacenk.com/

uk); Benefit 3D BROWtones Eyebrow Enhancer mascara (£20, benefit cosmetics.com/uk).

CATHRYN’S VERDICT: I’m a bit thrown by my ‘after’ look — it seems very thick and bold — so it’s something I’m going to need to get used to!