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To hate having dark brown eyes

138 replies

Bigcitylife778 · 18/11/2023 22:40

And feel plain

OP posts:
PerspiringElizabeth · 18/11/2023 22:56

YABVU dark brown eyes are stunning and unusual.

Try boring old blue(/grey)! The most common in this country!

Ineedaholidaynowplease · 18/11/2023 22:56

I love my dark brown eyes, they are probably my best feature. Have always received compliments about them , would never change them

Butchyrestingface · 18/11/2023 22:57

@Bigcitylife778 Buy coloured contacts.

There! First world problem solved.

underneaththeash · 18/11/2023 22:58

there seems to be a lot of fishing posts tonight - I wouldn't respond to this one.

Jewelspun · 18/11/2023 22:58

Either buy some coloured contacts or stop being a ninny and appreciate the fact that your eyes are a functional part of your body and be grateful that you are not blind.

Emeraldsanddiamonds · 18/11/2023 22:58

I have blue green eyes and I always admired really blue eyes. I have lots of eye issues though so if your eyes are healthy you should be grateful. I'm fairly sure you wouldn't want to swap with me.

RampantIvy · 18/11/2023 22:59

YABVVVVVVU.

I have dark brown eyes, dark brown eyelashes and dark brown eyebrows. I don't need to wear eye make up for my eyes to stand out.

The number of threads I see on MN from women with fair eyelashes and eyebrows wanting advice on what make up to wear on holiday makes me thankful that I don't have to bother.

I find dark eyes more attractive BTW.

Anygoodidea · 18/11/2023 22:59

Big browns? Literally the prettiest eyes I can imagine.

I’m sure yours are lovely and I doubt you’re plain.

agent765 · 18/11/2023 23:00

I'd love brown eyes. My half-sister has them which is how I discovered she wasn't my full sister.

My half-sister's brown eyes are beautiful. Mine are dishwater blue and always look red and tired. She can wear smokey-eyed makeup, I look bruised.

pinkdelight · 18/11/2023 23:00

Can't imagine giving such a thing any mind at all. As if it matters. Be glad they work.

Kirova · 18/11/2023 23:00

I have very dark brown eyes, blonde hair and non-tanning freckly skin. Apparently this makes me a genetic mutant! But I like my brown eyes! Mind you, when I was a child, my sisters would always get complimented for their lovely blue eyes, followed by "and that one has brown eyes... How unusual". I was definitely jealous of their beautiful cornflower blue eyes then!

Baneofmyexistence · 18/11/2023 23:01

I have very dark brown eyes and I love them. They are my best feature and I’m not normally very confident about myself, but my eyes are good! They don’t make me feel plain at all.

PickAChew · 18/11/2023 23:01

Dark brown eyes are beautiful.

Blue eyes are beautiful, too, but bloody useless when the sun is on the horizon for 3 months of the year.

Anygoodidea · 18/11/2023 23:02

Ihaterhymingrabbit · 18/11/2023 22:50

It’s really not.

Totally with you.

SecretVictoria · 18/11/2023 23:03

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.

I bleach mine (naturally dark brown)to cover the grey 😁.

TheMarzipanDildo · 18/11/2023 23:03

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 🤷‍♀️

It sounds like you’re incredibly striking!

we all want what we’ve not got.

SweetFemaleAttitude · 18/11/2023 23:04

So buy some coloured contacts. This really is not the big problem you think it is.

NewtonPulsifer · 18/11/2023 23:05

pinkdelight · 18/11/2023 23:00

Can't imagine giving such a thing any mind at all. As if it matters. Be glad they work.

This.

coldcallerbaiter · 18/11/2023 23:06

Big brown eyes with massive eyelashes are the most striking I have seen, particularly if contrasted with pale or olive skin.

I like all colour eyes, but on women especially, big eyes are a sign of beauty in all cultures.

SallyWD · 18/11/2023 23:06

My daughter has dark brown eyes and is beautiful! Plenty of beauties with dark eyes.

Kirova · 18/11/2023 23:08

coldcallerbaiter · 18/11/2023 23:06

Big brown eyes with massive eyelashes are the most striking I have seen, particularly if contrasted with pale or olive skin.

I like all colour eyes, but on women especially, big eyes are a sign of beauty in all cultures.

I'm not 100% sure I agree, as I have these with pale skin, and through most of winter I just look unwell 😉

SallyWD · 18/11/2023 23:09

I have wishy washy grey/blue eyes. I think dark eyes are much more striking.

Squirrelsnut · 18/11/2023 23:09

I genuinely feel that the beauty of eyes comes from the expression in them, the way they crinkle when you smile, how they show your mood.
Sorry to be cheesy - but their colour really isn't important.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 18/11/2023 23:11

I’ve got brown eyes and people tell me they’re nice.

jc12689 · 18/11/2023 23:12

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!

Well she's taking about how she feels about herself not how she feels about the rest of the world's population who have brown eyes.🙄

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