For multiple decades women had multiple perspectives on beauty. Whether it's the hair, shoulder or lips. One category of beauty manage to emerge in this era: Eyebrows. Women today are so obsessed with their eyebrows that the millenials dubbed it as: "kilay is life"
Eyebrows have been a cosmetic product ever since the ancient Egypt. Pharaohs use it as a sign of power. Cleopatra used the carbon-lined eyebrows and since then the style has evolved. From the pencil-like style of Marlene Dietrich in the 30's. Audrey Hepburn had her defining eyebrows in which they are thickened to emphasize her doe eyes in the 50's. Glossy eyebrows were a trend when Marie Helvin introduced it in the 70's and the bushy brows by Brooke Shield in the 80's. The 90's was all about the pencil thin look inspired by Pamela Anderson. In this era, the thicker the better, inspired by Cara Delevigne. The only recorded era where eyebrows were not much of a deal is the Victorian Era of London where a wider forehead is a sign of beauty and the women plucked their eyebrows.
Women are aware that they will be judged especially about their looks and it is not only the male perspective but also their peers. Since eyebrows are also about power and self-definition they try to perfect it as much as possible. The shape and depth of eyebrows are crucial since it defines and expression or that girl's mood for that moment. The thing about eyebrows is that they can be shaped even what state of living you have since they are pretty cheap and safe. Unlike the false lashes or the lip filler of the Kardashians.
This trend or obsession or fetish whatever you call it is pretty normal in my opinion. I can go as far as to even calling it an art form. Although in my own experience stumbling upon how the girls do those eyebrows, bothers me a lot. I've seen women do their make up at keep. Instead of having eyebrows "on fleek" they looked like the scribbled back page of a notebook. Another moment is when we have an activity for Political Science and Trends, I didn't get a chance to speak because the time allotted for the forum was taken by the time they are doing a photo shoot and doing their eyebrows. I know "kilay is like" but "kilay" will also be the reason I want to take their lives away from them
In a guy's perspective, I couldn't care less about their eyebrows. Additionally I never heard a guy say "She's cute, I like her artificially crafted eyebrows. I'm going to court her". It's really not that appealing to guys but in that statement I realized something.
Women fix their eyebrows to please no other than themselves and I see that as a positive thing. This trend on eyebrow drawing maybe a step toward girls learning their self-worth because I really do not get the concept of the dress code the society has on women. Girls of today need to learn that they don't have to be the cover girl magazine or dress to impress guys. They simply need to be comfortable with their own skin. Sure eyebrows drawing are artificial but if it can boost a girl's confidence why not?
"Kilay is life" is a term often misunderstood as egotistical, flirty or ludicrous but I guess every girl has the right to make herself beautiful.
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