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Eyebrow trends have been collaborating with makeup trends for years, and in this digital age, Instagram is rapidly taking over magazines' places as the world's leading communicator of styles to consumers. To some, trends are fun ways to dip your toes into the attitudes of fashion. To others, they're nothing more than fads run by dollar-vampire companies whom collected advice from the CSR.
But whether you love them or hate them, fashion trends have always made their marks in history, rendering them fascinating visuals which dress up each era.
From the Victorian era to the flapper girl; the flapper girl to Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn; and more of Old Hollywood to 2002 Christina 'Xtina' Aguilera... it goes without saying that eyebrows are a massive part of these trends throughout the times.
Let's take a look~
Christina Aguilera![]()
Ah, yes. Our grand opening. Christina Aguilera's thin brows are so iconic, they can be considered their own version of thin:
[at the beauty salon]: "I want my brows thin! But... not Xtina thin."Xtina has always kept her naturally light blonde brows small, but she's let them blossom just a tad more in recent years (with all of that plucking, 'a tad more' may be the best they can do). She's found to often thicken them with a good brow pencil - a tool she doesn't lack experience with, as evident in the left photo.
Beyoncé![]()
Like many others coming up on this list, Yoncé was a victim of the noughties invisible brow trends. Luckily, Queen B didn't go overboard and kept up a good shape. Some may argue that the brows actually suited her more before.
Either way, she manged to bust out some amazing furry brows that can be seen as more welcoming on her soft features.
Jessica Alba![]()
If you were born before 1995, you may feel that
Jessica Alba is a name synonymous to 'sex symbol'. Agree or disagree, it was shoved down your throat either way.
Jessica was, without a doubt, a beautiful girl, and has grown into an even more beautiful business woman with her own empire who manages to be a badass without the 'Dark Angel' action scenes. Like her brows, she just keeps getting better; they went from washing out her features to being the bow that neatly keeps together everything underneath.
Lauren Conrad![]()
Lauren Conrad has a safe, photogenic face that can be treated like a blank canvas; you can paint any picture you want (be it makeup or eyebrow thickness) and it'll make a drastic change that manages to somehow be just subtle enough to make you tilt your head to the side.
Lauren went from looking like a guest star in The O.C. during the early 2000s to a woman whose confidence is as full as her glorious brows~
Scarlett Johansson![]()
Scarlett has steered clear of being an ONTD favourite, even amongst the lovely Marvel stans, but she is still wildly considered a sex symbol outside of our favourite purple sanctuary, so here we are.
We have yet another example of what the thin brows preyed on, but the consistency of their thickness and decent shape probably could have gotten away with staying put. Scarlett's current brows have grown slightly (both in height and length) since the before photo, and appear to lean more on the timeless side of today's current brow trends.
Miley Cyrus![]()
Smiley Miley is probably the current queen of transition, but her brows have more or less stayed consistent. Their thickness levels have upped a few notches since her teen years, but their straight form has always remained.
Nevertheless, they clean her up well!
Mila Kunis![]()
Like Hannah Montana's ghost above, Mila Kunis got into showbiz at a very young age, being just 14 years old when she started on 'That 70s Show'. So her eyebrow mistakes, though quite minor, are pretty forgivable with this fact.
Along with skinny line hairs for brows,
the arch was another trend brought back at around the same time, and many people tried to rock them both. Mila was seemingly one of those people, but being in the business of beauty and trendsetters has taught her a lot in terms of brow care, and it definitely shows.
Olivia Wilde![]()
Speaking of the arch... here we have its Sovereign. Olivia Wilde has one of the wildest (omg) examples of what that trend is. Olivia has piercing eyes and a bone structure that could cut a tree, so such a harsh brow actually enhances her strong features.
She has toned them down through a bit of paint and some growth, but the arch ain't goin' nowhere, which isn't a complaint.
Kaley Cuoco![]()
One of the better upgrades on this list, Kaley Cuoco once embodied one of the worst brow trends... the
sperm brow, which gets its name from its shape. Calling it a 'trend' is arguable, as it often originated from a longingly-unknown mistake made by the inexperienced.
Her current eyebrows are nothing outstanding, necessarily; they merely seem to have drifted away from the trends and settled into a state unique to Kaley. They suit her well, they are lasting, and they serve as the eyebrow version of a 'sigh of relief' when comparing them to their past. Four for you, Kaley Cuoco!
Source: Me!
what do your brows look like, ontd?![]()
