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Latinas On Twitter Are Regretting The Plight Of Being All Haired Up And Nowhere To Go Now That They Have Coronabrow
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Latinas On Twitter Are Regretting The Plight Of Being All Haired Up And Nowhere To Go Now That They Have Coronabrow
We all know that the choice to keep hair or remove it is our own. BUT in the time of quarantine, many of us out here are becoming more and more aware that our options on removal have become extremely limited. Long gone are the days of booking and rescheduling our European Wax Center appts. Goodbye, for now, threading lady!
As salons remain indefinitely shut down, those of us who have long subscribed to a regular professional threading and waxing regimen are left to wonder how to deal. And you better believe the Latinas and WOC of color on Twitter have thoughts on the matter. Check them out below!
So many chicas are feeling nostalgia for the pain of a good wax.
We never thought we’d miss it, but here we are DREAMing of the day we get that wax burn.
Mostly because we never thought we’d miss it so bad.
Bikini waxes, the wax lady… I’ll never reschedule an appointment again.
Because truth be told it’s not just our tweezers that have their work cut out for them.
Thank you for your service.
Some of us are resorting to the unbelievable.
Desperate times y’all…
But you better believe when the quarantine is over we’ll be balling out on grooming.
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Of course, there is an upside to every sad story.
Some of us are living for the regrowth of the brows we messed up in the early 2000s.
And its one of those moments of just being like live, laugh, love ya know?
Or live, laugh, grow.
Truth is this whole thing has made so many of us appreciative.
Like so much respect to my wax lady Kara right now! Love you, BB!
Latinas Were Sharing What Their Eyebrows Tragically Looked Like When They First Tried Anastasia Dipbrow
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Latinas Were Sharing What Their Eyebrows Tragically Looked Like When They First Tried Anastasia Dipbrow
We all know that eyebrows trends are cyclical. For every decade that there’s a pluck-everything-out-and-sharpie-it-on trend, there’s another that’s all about the au naturel “Blue Lagoon” look. For example, back in the 90s, the look du jour was pencil-thin arches that Latinas like Christina Aguilera and Cameron Diaz favored. But as the 2000s wore on and celebs like the Kardashians and Cara Delevigne grew in popularity, it was no longer the style to have barely-there brows. Instead, the fashion was big, bold, and bushy. And for those of us who were not naturally blessed with bushy brows, the only option was to march our butts into Sephora and invest in some Anastasia Beverly Hill’s Dip Prow Pomade.
Anyone who’s tried ABH’s infamous Dip Brow Pomade knows that it takes a light touch to skillfully apply the makeup and avoid looking like Oscar The Grouch. With this particular brow pomade, a little goes a long way. But when you’re scrolling through Instagram for hours and seeing all of the Baddie Influencers in all their brow-licious glory, it can be easy to get carried away with your spoolie and angle brush. Hence, the over-filled brow trend was born.
Naturally, with the advent of social media, all of our embarrassing eyebrow-related missteps are now documented publicly for the world to see forever.
Recently, Twitter celeb @cakefacecutie posted an all-too accurate Tweet about the way her eyebrows used to look.
The tweet referenced the aforementioned Anastasia Beverly Hills Dip Prow Pomade that had virtually taken over Instagram a mere few years ago. While the rest of us were trying to forget the brick-like ombre eyebrows that looked like they’d been tattooed onto people’s faces, @cakefacecutie was reminiscing about the good ol’ days.
Who knows how the over-drawn brow look started? A more natural-looking brow has come back into style since then, rendering the “Baddie” eyebrow look obsolete and embarrassing. But at the time, it had taken over the makeup world’s aesthetic pretty quickly and with a vengeance. We all knew that girl (or were that girl) who was walking around with perma-RBF because her brows were penciled into a terrifying scowl.
Obviously, @cakefacecutie’s tweet struck a chord, because soon her followers were sharing their own personal stories of their eyebrow evolution.
It seemed as if Twitter users were practically jumping at the chance to chime in with their makeup horror stories.
Even this girl’s cat was side-eyeing her questionable eyebrow decisions.
Of course, there were more than a few Latinas who shared their pics of their too-thick fake dark brows.
Let’s be honest: Latinas have never really been able to resist a thick brow (we’re looking at you, Frida!)
Back in the day, it seems as if no one was immune to the shiny allure of the dip-prow pomade!
As we said before, we blame the trend on the emergence of Cara Delevigne as Tumblr’s new It girl. We all wanted bold brows and if we had to resort to Sephora to get them, then that was just the risk we were willing to take.
How could we forget the concealer-under-the-brow look?
Of course, an over-done eyebrow look wouldn’t be complete without “carving out” your eyebrows with a too-light concealer to really define the look with sharp edges. Because heaven forbid one hair is out of place.
As more and more people added their memories to the Twitter thread, the photos became funnier and funnier.
Maybe the Universe allows bad brow trends to happen so we can laugh about it years later on Twitter? Just a thought.
Some people’s pictures honestly looked like they were joking, the photos were so over-the-top:
There’s something about eyebrow trends that makes people go blind to the oddity of what they’re doing to their faces. And so many of us were walking around like this without anyone stopping us. Let’s be honest: friends don’t let friends overfill their brows with ABH Eyebrow Pomade.
Unfortunately, because of the way fashion works, we’re sure that we’re currently indulging in some sort of trend that will make us look back and cringe in years to come. Maybe it’s our beloved high-waisted jeans, or the drawn-on freckles, or the resurgence of the 90s face-framing tendrils. But, one thing’s for sure: we’ll all be roasting ourselves on Twitter for thinking we looked good.
