The quirky brow trends that made the news in 2017
Christmas tree brows are the latest of several unorthodox eyebrow trends to have come and gone over the course of this year, following on from ‘brow crowns', ‘squiggle brows', and ‘braided brows'.
Christmas tree brow. Picture: 666ba.be Instagram
The “brow crown” made waves recently when it became one of the latest quirky eyebrow look to go viral on social media, but 2017 has seen several unorthodox brow trends come and go.
We take a look at three of the biggest (and oddest).
Brow crowns
The regally bizarre “brow crown” hit the news earlier in November, courtesy of aspiring Danish makeup artist Sofie Petersen.
The beauty fan created the look by brushing her brows upwards to form pointed tufts, before adorning the tip of each point with a gemstone sticker for a dazzling result that has received over 12 000 likes on Instagram. The reaction was mixed, but has also sparked more than one copycat look since going viral.
Squiggle brows
Squiggle makeup first took off back in September after beauty vlogger Promise Tamang shed light on the new trend.
To master the controversial “squiggle brow”, beauty fans crafted the eyebrows into a wavy shape and used makeup to exaggerate their artistry by covering up the outlines with concealer and layering up eyeshadow colours underneath the brow. Some fans ‘squiggled’ the entire brow, while others just got creative with the ends, but hundreds of beauty experimentalists took to social media to show off the results via the hashtag #squigglebrows.
Braided brows
September also saw the birth of the “braided brow”, which teenage makeup artist Eros Gomez inadvertently started as a reaction to the rise of the “squiggle brow”.
Since braiding the eyebrow is as impractical as it sounds, Gomez kickstarted a trend for people digitally altering their brows for Instagram, or using makeup to paint on braided effects instead. “I spent almost an hour using things like hair gel and spirit gum in an effort to braid my tiny brow hairs with no avail,” he told Allure at the time. “Once I realised it wasn’t going to work, I decided to just edit the braid on.”
Christmas tree brows
Yes, 2017 is almost over, but the internet has decided that there is still time for one last bizarre eyebrow trend before the New Year. Enter: ‘Christmas Tree Brows’.
The quirky concept is catching on amongst the online beauty community, with several makeup artists and bloggers showcasing their spin on the festive look on Twitter and Instagram.
The trend appears to have been kickstarted by YouTube lifestyle vlogger TayTay, who recently uploaded a tutorial to her channel detailing how to get the look. The video and associated social media posts have received over 127 000 views and thousands of likes, setting the wheels in motion for the holiday-themed trend to go viral.
While they look elaborate, Christmas tree brows are actually fairly simple to recreate, as demonstrated by TayTay’s tutorial. Having brushed her brows into a tree shape using eyebrow gel, she then applies hair wax to set the hairs in place and using concealer to create the illusion of a tree ‘tip’.
Using tinted eyebrow gel, she draws on a tree stump at the outer corner of her brows, and glues gemstones in various festive colors along the brows to represent baubles. A gold star at the inner corner completes the effect.
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