Beauty

[pattypeep]

Looking for opinions. Do you believe that our eyebrows should be lighter than our hair, darker than our hair, or match our hair? TIA

[Himi lover]

I think a little darker.  I have light blonde highlights in my hair and use a taupe eyebrow pencil, then go over the taupe color with a light brown powder because the pencil skips in places.  I think it looks very natural.  At least it does in pics I've seen of myself.

[suzyQ3]

I think it should be a close match.  I find dark eyebrows distracting on someone with light hair.

[jlkz]

Mine have stayed naturally almost pure black while the hair has greyed---the thick front streak is pure white while the rest is colored very dark.  Always get compliments on it.  The brows need to be darker for balance.

[ctinaw]

slightly darker

[MarthaStewardess]

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@suzyQ3 wrote:

I think it should be a close match.  I find dark eyebrows distracting on someone with light hair.

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That's my preference too.  I think it always looks odd when the eyebrows stand out so much and also when they are so obiously drawn on, like Jamie from IT.  I have a neighbor that draws her's on and they look like the McDonald's arches.

[PINKdogWOOD]

@MarthaStewardess  This is funny Ms Martha, re your neighbor.  WHile I did chuckle, I hope she's not a regular here.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

I think a close match to our hair color, or slightly darker.....But very slightl, I think someone with black hair and light brown brows looks weird, and the same goes for blond hair with dark dark brows!!!!!!

[Lipstickdiva]

I read in a magazine years ago that eyebrows should be one shade darker. I started to notice peoples' brows after reading that and realized that I think brows that are lighter than someone's hair look funny to me and brows that are the exact same color just look off.  No one's brows are identical to their hair color and it screams dyed and fake to me.

I also really dislike when someone has fake blonde hair and their brows are really dark.   

[sonechko]

A lot would depend on other factors also, i.e. skin tone, eye color, heavy or delicate facial features.... in another words - one should try for herself which shade/intensity of eyebrows make her look better and more beautiful.

Eyebrows are single most important feature on the face - they "frame" the rest of your face! So they either beautifying or making one look ..... fill the blank

Not too many of us can say that our natural eyebrows are perfect. Not even among young women, they can be too bushy, misshapen, or overgrown. With blonds or older women it's another story - scarce, not visible, or plain - non-existant!

So most of us have to make our eyebrows work.

Back to the original question asked - lighter, darker or matching hair.

Well, this is from an article I've read, and I happen totally agree with it from my own observations - for blonds eyebrows should be darker, as dark as her face would take without looking like a "witch" or clownish. For very dark/black hair women, eyebrows should be lighter than hair.

The article did not mention anything about same color as hair.