These are the biggest eyebrow trends of 2017 so far… from brow braids to feathers and squiggles
SHAPING your eyebrows used to be a case of simply reaching for the tweezers and plucking or visiting a beauty salon for a quick wax.
But 2017 has been the year of the bonkers brow with several weird trends being launched when it comes to the arches above our eyes.
From braiding to feathers and tin foil to squiggles, there appear to be endless ways you can style your brows.
But would you be brave enough to sport any of these unusual styles?
BROW BRAIDS
One of the more wacky brow trends has been braids, where people style their eyebrows to look as though they have been plaited.
To achieve the quirky look, all you need is an eyebrow pencil and some gel.
Although it may look like the hairs are braided, it's actually an illusion that takes mere minutes to replicate.
Draw cross patterns onto your brows to resemble a plait.
Set in place with the brow gel so the bold arches stay in place all day long.
The beauty trend has taken off on Instagram and hundreds of makeup lovers have attempted to re-create the braided eyebrows.
LIGHT AS A FEATHER
The bold look of feather eyebrows involves parting your brows and splaying the hairs into a feather-like shape with the help of some Vaseline.
When Finnish make-up artist Stella Sironen posted a photo on Instagram with the so-called feather brows, she wasn't expecting her little make-up experiment to catch on.
But within a matter of hours the bizarre trend had spread, as thousands of others shared their carefully preened peepers.
Love it or hate it, there are now almost 50,000 posts on Instagram of people trying out the fad.
HARD TO FOIL
It is not just styling the brows that has been popular, sticking things to them seems to have also taken off.
And one bizarre trend has seen people covering them in tin foil.
Make-up artists and beauty bloggers are reaching for aluminium foil, or any other shiny foil they have to hand, to stick over their brows for photos.
And the best bit about the look is most people already have foil for cooking and can recreate the look in seconds.
Simply cut a brow shape out of the foil, either in one big strip or tiny bits to stick on individually, and then get some eyelash glue.
Place the sticky residue over your brows and then artfully place the foil strips over to perfect the space-age trend.
If you aren’t keen to raid the kitchen cupboards, there are companies that actually sell the foil brows ready to wear.
CARVE IT UP
Some fashionistas have been opting for the carved eyebrow look, which involves framing the face with bold lines.
The new trend stems from US makeup artist Alexa Link, who has more than 33,000 followers on Instagram.
But thankfully you don’t have to be a professional to copy the look.
To replicate the carved craze, take a pencil eyeliner and trace the outline of your eyebrows.
Stop the line looking harsh by blending it with eyeshadow – which you can make as bright or smoky as you like.
You still want it to be defined though, so use concealer to clear up smudges.
GOLDEN ARCHES
It was a joke trend started by beauty guru and YouTube star Huda Kattan.
But her take on McDonald's eyebrows appears to have caught on with her millions of followers wanting to recreate the bizarre look.
To replicate McDonald's iconic golden arches, she erased her natural brow shape with concealer.
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Next, she used a pencil to draw the M-like design across her forehead.
After completing her makeup, Huda remarked: "I'm really loving this, this is definitely the peak of the eyebrow trends."
WAVE AFTER WAVE
Another trend beauty bloggers and make-up artists have been showcasing is “squiggle” eyebrows with their brows shaped in wavy lines.
One of the trendsetters was beauty influencer Promise Tamang, who uploaded her take on the look to Instagram.
She said she used washable PVA Glue to "flatten" her brow hair "all in one direction."
Then she used full coverage concealer to hide her hair, and then used powder to fully erase her brow from sight.
To draw on the funky wavy lines, she used black gel liner mixed with brow pomade formula.
A REAL DRAG
This bold look involves carefully shaping your brow hairs into six little triangles, using a brush or spoolie, so they look like the spikes on a dragon's back.
They are then fixed into place with hair gel or eyelash glue.
