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To hate having dark brown eyes

138 replies

Bigcitylife778 · 18/11/2023 22:40

And feel plain

OP posts:
DinoRaar · 18/11/2023 22:42

YABU. Dark brown eyes are beautiful.

DuplicateUserName · 18/11/2023 22:42

Fair enough if that's how you feel but you can't change them unless you consider contact lenses maybe?

Thedogscollar · 18/11/2023 22:43

What significance does having dark brown eyes have on feeling plain?

TeaKitten · 18/11/2023 22:43

Do you think other people with brown eyes look plain? YABU

Holidayhell22 · 18/11/2023 22:44

I suppose the ideal beauty standard in the west is blonde hair and blue eyes.
However your eyes are probably beautiful op.

laclochette · 18/11/2023 22:44

I love my brown eyes! Maybe you could treat yourself to one of those makeup consultations at a department store, the kind where it's free if you buy a certain value of products, and get some new makeup that makes the most of them? MAC and Charlotte Tilbury concessions tend to have well-trained staff.

SkaneTos · 18/11/2023 22:46

Why are you in pain? In your eyes?

(Ooops, read that as "pain" not "plain". Don't mind me!)

Dark eyes are beautiful!

Namerequired · 18/11/2023 22:46

Huh I have dark brown eyes and have been complimented on them all my life. I like my eyes. Now the rest of me…

iggyy · 18/11/2023 22:46

Omg brown eyes are my absolute favourite!!

CandyflossKid · 18/11/2023 22:47

I've always wished I had brown eyes

TeaKitten · 18/11/2023 22:47

Holidayhell22 · 18/11/2023 22:44

I suppose the ideal beauty standard in the west is blonde hair and blue eyes.
However your eyes are probably beautiful op.

Is it?

burblish · 18/11/2023 22:47

Dark brown eyes - you mean like the majority of the world’s population? Just think about what you are implying there. I’m sure you don’t mean it to sound that way, but come on!

SecretsOfSunshine · 18/11/2023 22:48

I have nearly black hair and very ‘cold’ eyes. Basically, you can always be told you look bad. I’ve always wanted the dark eyes to match my hair and tanned skin tone, velvety dark brown eyes. Instead I have that very colourless blue, not a pretty blue, I look dead eyed 🤷‍♀️

thistimelastweek · 18/11/2023 22:48

My grandson's dark brown eyes are just beautiful.

My other grandchildren have lovely blue eyes but his are stand-out amazing.

Holidayhell22 · 18/11/2023 22:49

Yes I think it is. Otherwise why do so many women bleach their hair? They don’t have blonde roots.

TeaKitten · 18/11/2023 22:49

Holidayhell22 · 18/11/2023 22:49

Yes I think it is. Otherwise why do so many women bleach their hair? They don’t have blonde roots.

Plenty of women dye their hair brown too. I think you are stuck in a different decade with that view.

Fizzadora · 18/11/2023 22:50

Is this like one of those Facebook posts where someone enigmatically says they are fuming/broken hearted/sad/fat just for likes and attention?

TomatoSandwiches · 18/11/2023 22:50

I've always wanted dark chocolate eyes, a lot of my family have them including my mother and her dark skin and hair, I find them so much warmer than my own colouring.

I suppose we all want what we don't have.

Ihaterhymingrabbit · 18/11/2023 22:50

Holidayhell22 · 18/11/2023 22:44

I suppose the ideal beauty standard in the west is blonde hair and blue eyes.
However your eyes are probably beautiful op.

It’s really not.

LoveThisDog · 18/11/2023 22:51

I hear you OP (or rather I see you). I have dark brown eyes and dark brown hair. I've always felt so plain and dull. Boring brown.
I always wished I had bright blue or green eyes, the sort of colour that looks like it sparkles.

RudsyFarmer · 18/11/2023 22:52

I like dark brown eyes.

DP and my kids have matching light brown eyes and I’ll admit I don’t like that colour much 🥴 I have green eyes which I like.

StarDolphins · 18/11/2023 22:52

I have dark brown eyes & really like them!

YerAWizardHarry · 18/11/2023 22:54

Love my brown eyes! I’ve gotten complimented on them my whole life fairly regularly. My son has them too

Lesina · 18/11/2023 22:55

I am sure your eyes are lovely. Please don’t judge your worth by how you look. You are so much more than that.

NearlyMonday · 18/11/2023 22:55

I have brown eyes and I’m fabulous! 😜

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