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Frida Kahlo Proving that a lady unibrow can be sexy.
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Cara Delevingne Cara is singlehandedly responsible for the bold-brow hysteria, which has resulted in multiple breathless tutorials on beauty webs... more
Cara Delevingne Cara is singlehandedly responsible for the bold-brow hysteria, which has resulted in multiple breathless tutorials on beauty websites and a serious uptick in sales of eyebrow-thickening products.
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Michelle Obama Watching how Michelle Obama’s eyebrows have changed over the past six years of her husband’s presidency has arguably been even mor... more
Michelle Obama Watching how Michelle Obama’s eyebrows have changed over the past six years of her husband’s presidency has arguably been even more fascinating than her fashion choices. Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images
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Bert From
Sesame Street Despite the fact that his unibrow moves as a single unit, this jaundiced Muppet still manages to express an affecting am... more
Bert From
Sesame Street Despite the fact that his unibrow moves as a single unit, this jaundiced Muppet still manages to express an affecting amount of emotion.
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Brooke Shields Before there was Cara, there was Brooke , whose bushy, dark, strong brow was 30 years ahead of its time.
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Brooke Shields Before there was Cara, there was Brooke , whose bushy, dark, strong brow was 30 years ahead of its time.
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Marilyn Monroe The pointed arch gave Monroe an air of surprised innocence, but the contrast with her blonde hair made the overall effect va-va-vo... more
Marilyn Monroe The pointed arch gave Monroe an air of surprised innocence, but the contrast with her blonde hair made the overall effect va-va-voom.
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Grace Jones Depending on which pictures you look at, Grace’s brows are either eerily erased or drawn on in a line that almost reaches her ears. E... more
Grace Jones Depending on which pictures you look at, Grace’s brows are either eerily erased or drawn on in a line that almost reaches her ears. Either way: fabulous.
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Gwen Stefani '90s and Now While her platinum hair has remained consistent, her brows sure haven’t. After years of skinny pencil lines in the '90s... more
Gwen Stefani '90s and Now While her platinum hair has remained consistent, her brows sure haven’t. After years of skinny pencil lines in the '90s, she now has a tasteful Hollywood arch.
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Maleficent Angelina’s Maleficent brows have nothing on the animated version.
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Joan Crawford The high, dark, rounded arches look all the more imposing when one is raised haughtily.
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Jennifer Connelly Low set on her upper orbital bone, Connelly's brows somehow radiate smart-girl vibes.
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Tyra Banks One cannot possibly smize efficiently without the right brow framing.
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Cristiano Ronaldo When manscaping goes awry.
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Vanilla Ice When manscaping went awry in the ‘90s.
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Lauren Bacall Bacall's arches were consistently perfectly arched and groomed in every single image you see of her. It’s uncanny.
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Lauren Bacall Bacall's arches were consistently perfectly arched and groomed in every single image you see of her. It’s uncanny.
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Selena Selena’s brows were perhaps not the ones nature gave her, but that’s okay. The Sharpie inkiness was striking.
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Selena Selena’s brows were perhaps not the ones nature gave her, but that’s okay. The Sharpie inkiness was striking.
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Chanel Runway Fall 2012 Runway Brows If you could sell brows on Etsy, they might look like these beaded and bedazzled creations from Chanel's the... more
Chanel Runway Fall 2012 Runway Brows If you could sell brows on Etsy, they might look like these beaded and bedazzled creations from Chanel's then-creative director Peter Philips .
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Halle Berry When you have a pixie cut , immaculate brows are imperative. Halle knows this, obviously.
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Lourdes Leon Pre-Grooming It’s really too bad Lourdes waxed her baby Frida brow — she was a total doppelgänger for the artist. Minus the mon... more
Lourdes Leon Pre-Grooming It’s really too bad Lourdes waxed her baby Frida brow — she was a total doppelgänger for the artist. Minus the monkey. Photo: Bruce Glikas/Getty Images
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Madonna Circa
Who’s That Girl Yes, it was an homage to Marilyn , but one look at daughter Lourdes and it’s clear strong-brow genes run in the Cic... more
Madonna Circa
Who’s That Girl Yes, it was an homage to Marilyn , but one look at daughter Lourdes and it’s clear strong-brow genes run in the Ciccone family.
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Rita Hayworth She obviously went to the same salon as Lauren Bacall .
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Angry Bird These birds sure are pissed off. You can tell from the signature black V lowered over their beady eyes.
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Angry Bird These birds sure are pissed off. You can tell from the signature black V lowered over their beady eyes.
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Jack Nicholson in
The Shining It’s a toss-up between what’s scarier here: “REDRUM” or Jack’s devilish brows.
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Greta Garbo These thin, often penciled-in brows looked best when paired with a jaunty hat .
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Rooney Mara in
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo No one could have predicted that baby bangs, a nipple piercing, and bleached eyebrows would make ... more
Rooney Mara in
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo No one could have predicted that baby bangs, a nipple piercing, and bleached eyebrows would make Mara a fashion darling , but it happened. Photo: Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
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Audrey Hepburn The poster girl for gamine’s eyebrows are fuller than you’d expect.
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Whoopi Goldberg Nonexistent brows are a bold statement unto themselves. Photo: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images
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Lily Collins Forget that her dad is Phil Collins — she deserves every bit of fame she’s achieved based on the strength of her brows alone. They’r... more
Lily Collins Forget that her dad is Phil Collins — she deserves every bit of fame she’s achieved based on the strength of her brows alone. They’re like a pair of adorable, fuzzy caterpillars.
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Groucho Marx Accented with greasepaint, these brows were an essential part of the comedian’s schtick — and an incredible boon to the costume indu... more
Groucho Marx Accented with greasepaint, these brows were an essential part of the comedian’s schtick — and an incredible boon to the costume industry.
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Cruella de Vil Is arch height proportional to evilness?
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Marlene Dietrich Look at enough pictures of the iconic screen star and you’ll want to start penciling your brows on. Photo: Keystone-France/Getty... more
Marlene Dietrich Look at enough pictures of the iconic screen star and you’ll want to start penciling your brows on. Photo: Keystone-France/Getty Images
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Camilla Belle If there was a Hollywood brow template, she could be the model, thanks to the consistently perfect arch and shade combination.
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Camilla Belle If there was a Hollywood brow template, she could be the model, thanks to the consistently perfect arch and shade combination.
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Liz Taylor The black, slightly rounded arch was the perfect frame for her famous violet eyes. (Camilla Belle might actually be Liz reincarnated —... more
Liz Taylor The black, slightly rounded arch was the perfect frame for her famous violet eyes. (Camilla Belle might actually be Liz reincarnated — brow-wise, at least.)
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Ali MacGraw in the ‘70s The perfect girl-next-door brows.
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Amber Rose Amber’s brows alternate between thin and pointy and thick and groomed — instead of changing her signature buzz cut, she changes her br... more
Amber Rose Amber’s brows alternate between thin and pointy and thick and groomed — instead of changing her signature buzz cut, she changes her brows.
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Rachel Weisz Her brows are eerily yet beautifully old-school Brooke Shields –esque.
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Mr. Spock/Leonard Nimoy Those brows are not … logical.
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Zachary Quinto It’s actually a shame they had to Spock -ify his majestic original brows.
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Megan Fox It’s worth peeling your eyes off the rest of her to study her pleasingly symmetric brows.
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Dorothy Dandridge These softly tapered arches would definitely not look out of place in 2014.
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Emilia Clarke Whether playing Khaleesi or walking the red carpet, she has the haughty yet flirtatious one-eyebrow-raised thing down to a science.... more
Emilia Clarke Whether playing Khaleesi or walking the red carpet, she has the haughty yet flirtatious one-eyebrow-raised thing down to a science.
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Albert Einstein Such small brows for such a huge brain.
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Carrot Top Is he vying to play a cartoonish villain in the next comic-book live-action film?
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Pam Anderson Pam has been penciling on her brows since her Tommy Lee days. Never change, Pam. Photo: Venturelli/Getty Images
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Christina Aguilera Her brows have gotten (thankfully) softer over the years.
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Andy Rooney Leave the hat and sunglasses at home — the arches on this noted curmudgeon look like they must have provided all the shade required.
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Andy Rooney Leave the hat and sunglasses at home — the arches on this noted curmudgeon look like they must have provided all the shade required.
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Lil' Kim Well, at least her brows have pretty much stayed the same, unlike the rest of her face . Photo: Dave Hogan/Getty Images
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Eugene Levy The round glasses enhance the magnificent dad brows.
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Kerry Washington Even though she’s a relative newcomer compared to some of the women featured here, we fully expect to see her make a “50 Best Ey... more
Kerry Washington Even though she’s a relative newcomer compared to some of the women featured here, we fully expect to see her make a “50 Best Eyebrows” list 50 years from now.
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North West North’s eyebrows are so perfect that everyone on the internet accused mom Kim Kardashian of waxing them. Which she would never do, ‘ka... more
North West North’s eyebrows are so perfect that everyone on the internet accused mom Kim Kardashian of waxing them. Which she would never do, ‘kay? Photo: Marc Piasecki/Getty Images