Eyebrows

I do agree that the slug like massive unnatural brows look silly but I am a microblading / semi permanent make up artist and I specialise in recreating brows that have been lost (illness / hormones etc) and a very natural look

It can honestly be life changing. People underestimate the difference that great brows can make to a face.

They are being photographed at the salon to show them at their most. 'Perfect. In real life they can be brushed up and look way more fluffy and natural.

Agree with @Diddykong on this. We'll be back to thin eyebrows next.

It's like all fashion - just when everyone thinks they've got the hang of it, the goalposts change. It's almost like it's a money making industry... 🤔🤣

@Banana1979 the mind your own business makes no sense. If everyone minded their own business AIBU wouldn't exist 😆😆

lots of people have nanoblading ect it looks nice but doesn’t last long
and expensive
I want to get it done as my brows are patchy won’t grow because had them threaded for years, which absolutely ruined them
i have naturally very black very thick hair so lining them underneath looks ridiculous as the pencil is obvious and wipes off during the day
maybe let people do them 🙄🙄🙄

Agree! One of my dds already has skinny brows 😯

The only "controversial" thing here is why you think it's ok to slag off other women anonymously for doing something that has literally no impact on you at all.

I get my eyebrows dyed. It looks better than the long straggly greys in the middle. You can go swivel if you think I'm going to stop because you don't like it...

My eyebrows are microbladed. I don't wear any make-up apart from mascara when I can be bothered to, and they look as natural as the rest of my face. It helps that the artist worked completely within my natural brow shape so that the hair strokes are all under my eyebrow hairs, giving them a fuller look rather than a different shape.

Yes, I had never seen it up close in real life before, but a new young PA in my office has them and I couldnt' stop looking at them. They are very very odd looking in real life.

I think that at the moment the desired look is "false" and the more false the better. I saw a friend who had the most natural eyelash extensions, I assumed she'd just discovered an amazing mascara, a few years back. Roll on a couple of years and the girls all have these heavy looking, intense black, comical lashes that look totally weighed down and caked, and brows like pained on caterpillars - absolutely bonkers to this ol' gal. Give my a nicely shaped Lauren Bacall / Megan Fox brow any day

we this doesn't make sense as Megan Fox doesn't have natural looking eyebrows amongst other things.

Eyebrows by Crayola is a look that should never, ever come back in fashion.

What about the nasty fake lashes that everyone’s wearing. Unnatural looking mops sitting on their eyelids.

I have mine microbladed. I over plucked, and I'm very fair, so I looked like I had no brows, especially in photos. I get very close to my patients, and none have realised they're not real.

When there's no regulation, literally anyone can do a day course on how to scratch in dye, or inject fillers, to another's face. It's an art, so just like anything, if you pay cheap, you get cheap results. Mind you, some like the cheap look.

Rather than judge what people choose to do with their brows, I am rather judgemental about people who think they know what looks good and then proceed to describe one type of brow and declare all micro bladed brows are ridiculous. I defy anyone to say these brows looked better before and/or are poorly done. They just look groomed and elegant and far better than scrappy brows. Certainly not ridiculous and I doubt the naysayers would even realise they were 'done'

i think they look better after but I would maybe prefer something in between. To me they do look "done" though because brows aren't that uniform & neat in real life for the vast majority.

The reality is like anything there are good and bad versions. People have been tinting their eyebrows for generations, it can look really subtle or really bad. The same goes for micro blading.

Most of the times you notice the bad ones but you don’t notices the good ones.

Rather than judge what people choose to do with their brows, I am rather judgemental about people who think they know what looks good and then proceed to describe one type of brow and declare all micro bladed brows are ridiculous. I defy anyone to say these brows looked better before and/or are poorly done. They just look groomed and elegant and far better than scrappy brows. Certainly not ridiculous and I doubt the naysayers would even realise they were 'done'

@Brunoandthebigfoot My friend recently had chemo so lost her brows. She’s had them micro bladed and honestly, they look great. Just the right size, not too dark etc. The big bushy look is a choice but they don’t have to be that way if you don’t want them too.

How do you reconcile your judgemental views with posts like this?

You don't totally agree at all. The op says they think micro bladed brows are ridiculous. You then proceed to say how you want them but can't . You have a folder full of images and like Megan fox brows (which are clearly tattooed). You obviously life good micro bladed brows. The op says they think all micro bladed brows are rubbish so you don't agree at all

You see the obviously fake ones and can tell they are obvious and fake. You see the really good ones and don't have a clue they are done because they don't look obvious and fake. I can't understand how people don't understand this very simple principle.

Exactly this .

I don’t know, I think I prefer them to that look of rolls of flab, encapsulated into far too tight clothes, that 2/3 of the population seem to favour. They would save a fortune if only they didn’t keep eating so much.

See how rude it is to comment on other people’s appearance op?

I had microblading about 5 years ago so it's all gone now. Couldn't afford to have it done again so resorted to the eyebrow/lash growth stuff and it's really worked. I look much better with a bit of eyebrow !

I don't have natural eyebrows. I had some done via microblading six years ago, and they faded to red/purple. They were also slightly wonky. I have had to go back to drawing them on. Pencil doesn't last, they smear. Liquid eyeliner is the only thing that works. So yeah, I have drawn on eyebrows. I've perfected it over the years so they really are almost symmetrical every single day (none of this sisters not twins rubbish).
I am judged daily, but also wear a lot of black eyeshadow so it's all open fire. I honestly couldn’t give a fuck. I prefer having eyebrows than a bald brow. My hair is black, so are my drawn on eyebrows. I get that you're taking aim at a different audience that doesn't really include me but it really does feel shitty to be judged daily by random people, looked at like you've got three heads - when to be fair, if you had to do three sets of eyebrows on all three of your heads every day, those people could fuck off back into obscurity x 3

She was the bad example I thought of when reading OP.

Of course it can look good if done subtly/well and is great for those who want replacements or some definition, but the thick dark smears are awful.

I see 16 year olds with the eyebrows, OTT contouring, overfilled lips (how can anyone do this to someone so young?) and ridiculous talon nails and it makes me so sad.

My friend recently had chemo so lost her brows. She’s had them micro bladed and honestly, they look great. Just the right size, not too dark etc. The big bushy look is a choice but they don’t have to be that way if you don’t want them too.