The history of eyebrows

 We decided it would be interesting to look at the The history of eyebrows

If you ever wondered how are eyebrows compare to ancient time you will find The history of eyebrows interesting

The history of eyebrows is interesting and some bits funny  and sometime just plain weird;

1. In Ancient Egypt Queen Nefertiti,  was well as  other Ancient Egyptian women sported arched brows darkened  which they would then darken with powders made from minerals, mush like today.
2. But if ancient Greece  when a cat died in a home, everyone who lived there would shave their eyebrows in mourning.
3.  In both Ancient Greece and Rome it was considered very attractive to have a mono brows  and if they didn’t have one they would use black paint to create one.
4. In the middle ages  the forehead was the most important feature of the medieval period, which is why women often removed their eyelashes and eyebrows.
5. Later in the 15th century, during  Queen Elizabeth rein  people would dye their eye brows  strawberry’ blonde regardless what colour  their hair was.
6. During the Victorian era  it was frowned upon to wear lots of make up and would quite often be thought of as prostitutes  the upper class would leave their brows quite bushy and untamed so they did not get that lable
7. 1920′s – 1930′s women wore their eyebrows extremely thin and straight by way of extensive plucking, lending to a dramatic, pensive look.
8. 1930′s -1940′s eyebrows were still  dark, shiny and severely tweezed brows, but rather than just be  straight lines, they started to be  dramatic high, rounded arches, which sometimes extended all the way to the temple.
9. 1940′s -1950′s a  softer, more natural look came into popularity in the ’40s with heavier, prominently arched brows.
10. 1950′s – 1960′s thick, dark brows that were often penciled in to achieve a bolder, more enhanced look. They retained similar arched shapes to the brows of the ’40s, but the effect was stronger and more pronounced as the defining feature of the face.
11. 1960-1970: Sophia Loren had the most storied brows of the decade, and for good reason: She shaved them off entirely, then would painstakingly pencil them back in using super-short, precise strokes.
12. 1970-1980: A handful of brow looks were favored during this time, including thicker, more natural brows as worn by the hippies of the decade and the thinner, more pronounced arches worn by disco enthusiasts.
13. 1980-1990: Bushy brows were the ticket to ’80s glamour, with Brooke Shields as the cover girl .Thick, un-groomed “caterpillar” brows were all the rage, and a heavy, almost disheveled look was desirable and emulated with the help of brow pencils and powders.
14.   1990-2000: Anyone who came of age in the ’90s will remember the super-thin, over-tweezed brows than  was very popular in this  decade, with stars like Drew Barrymore and Pamela Anderson rocking teeny-tiny arches that often resulted in a perpetually shocked-looking expression. The ’90s were not a good decade for eyebrows.
15.   2000-Present: The early aughties held onto the past decade’s thin brows, but we’ve since gone the opposite way of over-plucking, instead favouring thick, lush looks and natural arches.  brows dominate the catwalk, with everyone from celebrities to regular people using pencils, waxes, powders, gels, and more to emulate the bold, dark, statement brow effect. We’re also seeing a lot of bleaching, both on and off the runway, for a bizarre, otherworldly look.

We hope you have enjoyed looking at The history of eyebrows as much as we have.

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