Some of the most haunting images from the ’90s and noughties depict barely-there brow hairs, void of rhyme or reason. Picture the pencil-thin arches of Christina Aguilera on her Dirrty (2002) album cover or the overly-arched framers on Drew Barrymore at the Scream (1996) premiere.
Were they a look at the time? Absolutely, yes. Do they have any business coming back en vogue in 2022? Well…
Indeed, in our pro-big-brow world, it’s hard to imagine regressing back to the days of over-plucked arches. Naturally, any notion of reviving the polarising trend has been largely met with horror and general upset.
“Why would anyone ever want to bring skinny brows back!?”, you ask. “It took me twenty years to regrow my eyebrows and they still aren’t fully recovered!”
Listen, we hear you. Skinny brows had us all in a chokehold back in the day, and the ramifications of the trend on the everyday girl were plentiful and painful. That said, as with most trend revivals that have come back into style in recent memory, the 2022 skinny brow revival is a more timeless take on the trend. It isn’t about plucking your brows bare for the sake of it—there’s a theory to the madness now.
Specifically, it’s about taking advantage of the distinct arched elegance that a skinny brow can offer—namely, the exaggerated lift it gives the eye shape. A good example of this can be found within the ethereal beauty of fashion’s favourite muses old and new, from Kate Moss in the ’90s to Bella Hadid in our modern day.
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You see, when done right, it’s actually not too difficult to see why this trend has started to gain traction in certain circles. It helps that this big revival isn’t about drastically altering the shape of your natural brows, either—rather, the trend has been refined to help those with naturally thin brows to embrace their features.
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Further, unlike the OG trailblazers, our Y2K-obsessed generation has the power of hindsight in our favour—gone are the days of sparse and shapeless thin brows. In its place will be structured skinny brows that incorporate techniques like brow lamination and microblading for maximum sculpt and definition. In short, it’s about balancing out your facial features as opposed to concealing them.
Ahead, find the best skinny brow inspo to inspire your dive into the trend:
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