Eyebrows | My History

I can't deny that this is never something I thought I would do, but looking back at some of these photos has been less cringe and more 'at least I've changed'. So, with that in mind, I thought I'd let you guys in on the history of my eyebrows. It's an interesting ride.

A quick brow summary:

My natural brows are very bushy, the front half being the colour of my hair, and the outer halves being a lot more fair, even more so since I've begun abusing them. I pluck my eyebrows (mostly because of a horrible fear of letting anyone else touch them), and often trim them because the hairs are fairly long.

Let's start with a baby Nikki in July 2009, aged 15. I'd go back earlier, but these are my natural caterpillars before I started messing about with them. At this point, I was in high school still and only really just discovering make up. I hated my eyebrows. Little did I know how much I'd wish for them later.

 My oldest profile picture on facebook. #dustymirrorselfie

 Still rocking the slugs in at the end of year 11 in 2010. By this point I think I'd discovered the wonder of brown eyeliner pencils, because my eyebrows are pretty fair and look non-existant towards the ends. 

 The first year of A levels saw a full fringe in play, so obviously there aren't many shots of my actual brows. Or my face, for that matter. Apparently I got camera shy. By this point I'd started to try and tame them, but nothing too drastic had happened. Oh why did I change. 

 The start of the changes. Gone are those big bushy slugs, hello pencil brows. I don't remember making the change, but it seems to have happened overnight, and apparently I really liked my tweezers. These are the years of no hair will be out of place and a strong belief in a pencil. The main one I remember using is one from 17 so I had a rummage around in my archive for documented evidence and found these- item a: what's in my make up bag, or item b: lazy day make up

 Do I really need to explain what's wrong here? Those brows though. Looks like I was keen on the one hair thick kind of style.

 A little grainy but here we're finally into the university years. I seem to have started to let the front half grow out a bit more, but the outer half wasn't so blessed. I also seemed to have developed a slight wonk in one and not the other that I'm still trying to grow out. Less sisters more distant cousins.

 Last october I finally realised that I actually missed my old caterpillar brows, and all the constant plucking to keep them this thin wasn't fun. I also realised that the shape of my brows needed to change. They are meant to line up with the inner corners of my eyes, which clearly mine weren't loving the thought of.

 February began to see something like I wanted returning... we're now also safely into the MAC omega years, which I think I find a lot easier to get a more natural brow with.

Finally we reach the present day, with a stunning selfie (one of many I kindly left on my friends phone, that she then put on facebook. Loving life). I feel like I'm finally getting there, but there's still some growth to go. One hair at a time, hey?

I hope you've liked this slightly longer post, and the dilemma of my eyebrows. I really loved putting this post together so I hope it was worth the read!

How's your eyebrow history?

n xx