Plenty of celebrities have followed the trends over the years, but they are now quite grateful to embrace the natural look of their thick eyebrows. For celebrities like Lucy Hale, thick eyebrows have even become their most recognizable feature. Let's take a look at some celebrities who were totally transformed by an eyebrow change.
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00:00Having good eyebrows is important to many women, but eyebrows in general, whether shaped
00:05or not, are actually a quite practical addition to your face.
00:09Eyebrows serve two main purposes, and one is pretty obvious — to help keep things
00:13out of your eyes.
00:15Eyebrows also play a significant role in communication.
00:17We all recognize a furrowed brow to indicate displeasure, or raised brows to signify surprise.
00:23Beyond just helping us demonstrate and understand emotion, eyebrows are useful for facial recognition.
00:29It's no wonder, then, that celebrities who have changed their eyebrows have also dramatically
00:33transformed their entire look.
00:35Here are some of the most noteworthy transformations to date.
00:41Drew Barrymore
00:42Actress and entrepreneur Drew Barrymore has been in the spotlight since she was just a
00:46little kid, so fans have gotten a peek at her many transformations over the years.
00:51Nevertheless, her eyebrows may have had the most impact.
00:55By the mid-'90s, her previously full brows took a turn to follow the trend of the decade,
01:00which was to be seriously tiny.
01:02Just as Barrymore's rebellious years are long behind her, her itty-bitty brows are also
01:07a thing of the past.
01:09Although she hasn't embraced the super-thick brow look that's on trend these days, she
01:13has taken to a much more natural and neutral appearance, both in how she shapes her brows
01:18and applies her makeup.
01:20Barrymore's style has also evolved since the aughts, making for a very well-rounded and
01:25incredible transformation.
01:29Lucy Hale
01:30When Kaitlyn Tarver posted a throwback photo of herself with Lucy Hale from the 2003 Teen
01:35Choice Awards, fans were struck by Hale's high-arched eyebrows.
01:40The early 2000s were a different time, that's for sure.
01:43In an interview with People, Hale explained,
01:46"...I over-plucked mine, and they just looked crazy."
01:49That's certainly not the case anymore.
01:51The Lucy Hale of today looks vastly different than her former self, and much of that has
01:56to do with her big, bold brows.
01:58"...I have pretty thick brows naturally, but, you know, everyone needs a little help now
02:03and then."
02:06Kim Kardashian
02:08Reality TV icon and Instagram queen Kim Kardashian has gone through many transformations over
02:13the years.
02:14It may be hard to imagine that eyebrows could have such a drastic effect on her appearance,
02:19but it's true.
02:20In the late 90s, Kardashian embraced much smaller and tightly shaped eyebrows.
02:25In a throwback Instagram photo shared by Kris Jenner, Kardashian is hardly recognizable
02:30with her former arches.
02:32That's not to say it's easy to go from thin to thick brows.
02:35In fact, Kardashian's routine is quite complicated.
02:39She revealed that Anastasia Soiree, a famous brow artist, is the expert in charge of her
02:44brows.
02:45Soiree gets to work by waxing and trimming, applies both eye cream and foundation around
02:50the brows for definition, fills in any hairless areas with a brow pencil, and, last but not
02:56least, sets them in place using brow gel.
02:59Whew!
03:01Jennifer Aniston
03:02In the 90s, when Jennifer Aniston starred as Rachel in Friends, her haircut gained major
03:08attention.
03:09Despite nearly everyone becoming obsessed with the Rachel as it became known, Aniston wasn't
03:14a fan.
03:15You know, Friends was like five million and five years ago, so I think we've just gotta
03:21move on."
03:22But the iconic haircut isn't the only thing Aniston regrets from that time.
03:26In an interview with Elle, Aniston recalled bleaching her eyebrows for her very first
03:30Cosmopolitan cover shoot.
03:32She told the interviewer,
03:33"...I was so new and naive in the business, I didn't know that I could say no.
03:38I had to paint in my eyebrows for three months with brown shadow."
03:42Eek!
03:43Thankfully, Aniston's eyebrows have recovered from their days of being overplucked and lightened.
03:49Gwen Stefani
03:51Pop superstar Gwen Stefani has always had an epic sense of style.
03:56She seems to be much more likely to set trends than to follow them.
04:00But even Gwen fell victim to the tiny brow.
04:02In 1998, she attended the MTV Video Music Awards with her hair dyed cotton candy blue
04:08and with a bindi and studs framing her eyes.
04:11Her thin, arched, painted-on eyebrows were on full display.
04:15In 1999, Stefani's brows seemed to get even thinner.
04:19In an interview with Refinery29, Stefani said she agreed to having her brows bleached to
04:25achieve the skinny brow look.
04:27Once they started growing in, she decided to have it done again, but this time she ended
04:31up in the emergency room with chemical burns.
04:34Scars and all, Stefani achieved brow goal status in 2015 and has been rocking thick
04:40brows ever since.
04:44Paris Hilton
04:45Can you imagine the early 2000s without Paris Hilton?
04:49There were no limits to the heiress' style in those days.
04:52From tracksuits to tiaras, Hilton was obviously not afraid of trying and creating new trends.
04:59While her outfits may have varied greatly, her brows remained mostly unchanged, which
05:04meant they were thin and blonde for a very long time.
05:07Hilton has defended the choice, telling InStyle that hers weren't, quote, "'beyond thin',"
05:13and she says she's embracing a thicker brow these days.
05:16She revealed that she now gets her eyebrows dyed.
05:19Her thicker, darker brows are definitely on point, which means we can't help but say,
05:24"...that's hot."
05:26Angelina Jolie
05:28Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is living proof that you can recover from both
05:33a really regrettable tattoo and super tiny eyebrows.
05:38Jolie's full brows are so amazing, it's hard to imagine she once dove into the thin eyebrow
05:43trend headfirst.
05:45In fact, Jolie has managed to capture such perfect arches that her brows were in the
05:49Top 15 Most Googled Celebrity Eyebrows of 2017, according to Harper's Bazaar.
05:56While Jolie's eyebrows are not the super thick variety that's become quite popular in 2018,
06:01her brows are shaped in a way that looks natural while not looking untamed.
06:06Of course, that's not necessarily surprising for Jolie, who told Harper's that her philosophy
06:10on beauty and aging is, quote, "...being as natural as possible."
06:16Kylie Jenner
06:17For most of her teen years, Kylie Jenner favored thin brows.
06:21Although they were never quite as twiggy as the 90s style, they were a far cry from her
06:25modern-day arches.
06:27In 2014, however, Jenner hosted the MuchMusic Video Awards, and her brows quite literally
06:32began to take shape.
06:34With long lashes and expertly defined brows, Jenner was starting her evolution to brow
06:39queen.
06:40By the time she attended the Met Gala in May 2017, Jenner's brows had officially reached
06:45the peak of perfection.
06:47Much like her half-sister Kim Kardashian, Jenner has a brow artist to help her out.
06:52In an interview with Stylecaster, Jenner's brow guru Erin Bryant explained that fuller
06:57brows give off a youthful appearance.
06:59Of course, at 21, Jenner may not be too worried about looking old, but her brows look phenomenal
07:05nonetheless.