Having good eyebrows is important to many women, but eyebrows in general - whether shaped
or not - are actually a quite practical addition to your face.
Eyebrows serve two main purposes and one is pretty obvious - to help keep things out of
your eyes.
Eyebrows also play a significant role in communication.
We all recognize a furrowed brow to indicate displeasure or raised brows to signify surprise.
Beyond just helping us demonstrate and understand emotion, eyebrows are useful for facial recognition.
It's no wonder, then, that celebrities who have changed their eyebrows have also dramatically
transformed their entire look.
Here are some of the most noteworthy transformations to date.
Drew Barrymore
Actress and entrepreneur Drew Barrymore has been in the spotlight since she was just a
little kid, so fans have gotten a peek at her many transformations over the years.
Nevertheless, her eyebrows may have had the most impact.
By the mid-'90s, her previously full brows took a turn to follow the trend of the decade,
which was to be seriously tiny.
Just as Barrymore's rebellious years are long behind her, her itty-bitty brows are also
a thing of the past.
Although she hasn't embraced the super thick brow look that's on trend these days, she
has taken to a much more natural and neutral appearance - both in how she shapes her brows
and applies her makeup.
Barrymore's style has also evolved since the aughts, making for a very well-rounded and
incredible transformation.
Lucy Hale
When Katelyn Tarver posted a throwback photo of herself with Lucy Hale from the 2003 Teen
Choice Awards, fans were struck by Hale's high-arched eyebrows.
The early 2000s were a different time - that's for sure.
In interview with People, Hale explained,
"I over-plucked mine and they just looked crazy."
That's certainly not the case anymore.
The Lucy Hale of today looks vastly different than her former self, and much of that has
to do with her big, bold brows.
“I have pretty thick brows naturally, but everyone needs a little help now and then.”
Kim Kardashian
Reality TV icon and Instagram Queen Kim Kardashian has gone through many transformations over
the years.
It may be hard to imagine that eyebrows could have such a drastic effect on her appearance,
but it's true.
In the late '90s, Kardashian embraced much smaller and tightly shaped eyebrows.
In a throwback Instagram photo shared by Kris Jenner, Kardashian is hardly recognizable
with her former arches.
That's not to say it's easy to go from thin to thick brows.
In fact, Kardashian's routine is quite complicated.
She revealed that Anastasia Soare, a famous brow artist, is the expert in charge of her
brows.
Soare gets to work by waxing and trimming, applies both eye cream and foundation around
the brows for definition, fills in any hairless areas with a brow pencil and, last but not
least, sets them in place using brow gel.
Whew.
Jennifer Aniston
In the ‘90s, when Jennifer Aniston starred as Rachel in Friends, her haircut gained major
attention.
Despite nearly everyone becoming obsessed with "the Rachel," as it became known, Aniston
wasn't a fan.
“You know, Friends was like five million and five years ago.
So, I think we've just gotta move on.”
But the iconic haircut isn't the only thing Aniston regrets from that time.
In an interview with Elle, Aniston recalled bleaching her eyebrows for her very first
Cosmopolitan cover shoot.
She told the interviewer,
"I was so new and naïve in the business, I didn't know that I could say 'no.’
I had to paint in my eyebrows for three months with brown shadow."
Eek!
Thankfully, Aniston's eyebrows have recovered from their days of being over-plucked and
lightened.
Gwen Stefani
Pop superstar Gwen Stefani has always had an epic sense of style.
She seems to be much more likely to set trends than to follow them.
But even Gwen fell victim to the tiny brow.
In 1998, she attended the MTV Video Music Awards with her hair dyed cotton candy blue
and with a bindi and studs framing her eyes.
Her thin arched painted-on eyebrows were on full display.
In 1999, Stefani's brows seemed to get even thinner.
In an interview with Refinery29, Stefani said she agreed to having her brows bleached to
achieve the skinny brow look.
Once they started growing in, she decided to have it done again, but this time she ended
up in the emergency room with chemical burns.
Scars and all, Stefani achieved brow-goal status in 2015 and has been rocking thick
brows ever since.
Paris Hilton
Can you imagine the early 2000s without Paris Hilton?
There were no limits to the heiress' style in those days.
From tracksuits to tiaras, Hilton was obviously not afraid of trying - and creating - new
trends.
While her outfits may have varied greatly, her brows remained mostly unchanged, which
meant they were thin and blonde for a very long time.
Hilton has defended the choice telling InStyle that hers weren't quote, "beyond thin," and
she says she’s embracing a "thicker brow" these days.
She revealed that she now gets her eyebrows dyed.
Her thicker, darker brows are definitely on point, which means we can't help but say…
"That's hot."
Angelina Jolie
Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is living proof that you can recover from both
a really regrettable tattoo and super tiny eyebrows.
Jolie's full brows are so amazing, it's hard to imagine she once dove into the thin eyebrow
trend headfirst.
In fact, Jolie has managed to capture such perfect arches that her brows were in the
top 15 most googled celebrity eyebrows of 2017, according to Harper's Bazaar.
While Jolie's eyebrows are not the super-thick variety that's become quite popular in 2018,
her brows are shaped in a way that looks natural, while not looking untamed.
Of course, that's not necessarily surprising for Jolie, who told Harper's that her philosophy
on beauty and aging is quote, "being as natural as possible."
Kylie Jenner
For most of her teen years, Kylie Jenner favored thin brows.
Although they were never quite as twiggy as the '90s style, they were a far cry from her
modern day arches.
In 2014, however, Jenner hosted the MuchMusic Video Awards and her brows quite literally
began to take shape.
With long lashes and expertly defined brows, Jenner was starting her evolution to Brow
Queen.
By the time she attended the Met Gala in May 2017, Jenner's brows had officially reached
the peak of perfection.
Much like her half-sister, Kim Kardashian, Jenner has a brow artist to help her out.
In an interview with StyleCaster, Jenner's brow guru, Erin Bryant, explained that fuller
brows give off a youthful appearance.
Of course, at 21 Jenner may not be too worried about looking old, but her brows look phenomenal
nonetheless.