skinny brows
The eyebrow trend from the 90s is making a comeback
Skinny Brows: Actress Barbie Ferreira has discovered the trend for herself.
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The millennials still know them: The eyebrows plucked thin to infinity à la Pamela Anderson are back.
Hardly any beauty trend triggers as much “panic” as skinny brows. Most millennials still haunt the memory of excessive plucking. The thin eyebrows of turn-of-the-century it girls like Paris Hilton, 41, Drew Barrymore, 47, and Angelina Jolie, 46, led to a love-hate relationship with tweezers for many of us. The moment Cara Delevingne (29) made her runway debut in 2011, a veritable renaissance of bushy brows began. Many celebrities are now presenting themselves with the less-is-more look again. #thineyebrows has millions of views on TikTok. So it’s official: thin brows are making a comeback.
Why are thin eyebrows making a comeback now?
The trend carousel continues to spin, and after years of bushy brows à la Cara Delevingne, it seems that this aesthetic has lost some of its fervor. The comeback of narrow eyebrows began gradually. Barbie Ferreira, 25, from Euphoria rocked those glamorous 1920s brows at last year’s Met Gala. But the look really took off this year when the series ‘Pam & Tommy’ came out, which brought Pamela Anderson back to our screens from the ’90s. And, of course, the groundbreaking element of the Baywatch icon’s beauty look is her famously thin brows.
Bella Hadid (25) has also long been a fan of thin eyebrows. But not only her. Model Lila Moss (19) often doesn’t bother to fill in her naturally thin eyebrows. show that Snapshots on Instagram. But we all know by now that a trend isn’t a trend until it makes its way onto TikTok. Skinny brows first gained real attention on the app with the Thin Eyebrow filters, which turn even the fluffiest of brows into a thin line.
How is the skinny brow trend working today?
Eyebrows are very individual. As trends come and go, there is always the best brow for your face. So skinny brows don’t have to automatically mean that we repeat our plucking trauma of the ’90s. Rather, it is time to less emphasize the eyebrow make-up and to emphasize the natural shape. It is best to start with a brow pencil at the upper arches to lift the entire eyebrow.
A defined shape is achieved by filling in any gaps and sparse areas with a product fine enough to give a natural finish. So when it comes to eyebrows, this trend makes us prefer to work with what we have. This relaxed, natural approach reflects a greater focus on individuality and we remember: subtle improvements rather than blatant changes.