Hollywood's Best Brows

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Updated Nov 17, 2014 @ 12:11 pm
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Hollywood's Best Brows

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Lupita Nyong'o

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Nyongo's relatively thin, yet perfectly sculpted set regularly acts as a canvas for the bold colors the actress’ makeup artist Nick Barose applies to her lids.

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Katherine Schwarzenegger

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While an owner of perfect brows these days, the InStyle contributor recently admitted to over-plucking her brows as a teen. Gone a little pluck-happy? Kat divulged her tricks on how to disguise sparse brows in her latest installment of #AskKat instyle.com.

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Natalie Portman

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The actress, often compared to Audrey Hepburn, has brows to match the icon’s pair, with those that stop just slightly below the arch.

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Brooke Shields

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You too can have eyebrows like Brooke Shields! The owner of the single most famous pair of eyebrows recently collaborated with MAC on an “Icon” collection, complete with a brow liner and gel, providing us the closest thing to replicating that enviable pair ourselves.

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Lily Collins

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Eyebrows have become the actress’ signature feature, even causing the star to pretend to have taken the tweezers to her full brows in exchange for a dramatically thinned-out pair, thankfully all in the name of April Fools.

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Lorde

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Lorde favors minimal makeup, letting a bold lip (try MAC’s Pure Heroine ($16; nordstrom.com) and full pair of eyebrows set the stage.

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Cara Delevingne

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22-year-old British supermodel Cara Delevingne made brows cool again when the relative unknown first debuted as a face of Burberry in 2010, quickly taking the industry (and beauty editors) by storm.

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Kiernan Shipka

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Shipka (aka Mad Men's Sally Draper) may have just turned 15, but ranks among Hollywood’s best brows, setting them as the focal point of her age-appropriate minimal makeup look.

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Jennifer Connelly

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Connelly’s been sporting the same thick pair, which contrast beautifully with her pale skin and hazel-green eyes, since her early days as a teen model in the mid '80s.

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Miranda Kerr

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The entrepreneur of all-natural skincare line, Kora Organics, takes the same approach to her brows, opting for a full, yet perfectly-arched pair.

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Camilla Belle

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Brazilian-American actress Belle reminds us of a young Elizabeth Taylor with similar thick, dark brows that never veer out of the lines.

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Oprah Winfrey

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The mogul has been a longtime advocate of brow guru (and A-list favorite) Anastasia Soare, with Winfrey even allowing Soare to pluck her brows in front of a studio audience on Oprah.

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Angelina Jolie

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Jolie's strong, yet delicate arch complements her strong facial features (and killer bone structure).

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Beyonce

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Like all things Queen B, the star’s eyebrows are otherworldly. Beyonce's oval face and almond-shaped eyes would work with a wide range of brow opportunities, with hers following the natural arch of the brow bone.

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Jessica Alba

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Alba’s brows are neither full nor thin, with a trimmed, fuller inner corner that extends to a relatively thin, straight brow.

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Rihanna

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From old Hollywood glam to edgy, the singer’s beauty choices are in a constantly state of flux, yet she remains true to razor-sharp brows, always a shade lighter than her hair.

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Eva Mendes

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Thin, with a high arch, Mendes embraces her natural brow shape, refraining from heavy powdering or over-plucking.

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Jennifer Lopez

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Another regular client of Anastasia’s, Lopez favors a thicker look than her pluck-happy days on In Living Color.

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Keira Knightley

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The Brit has notoriously withheld tweezers from her heavy, slightly arched brows, which act as the perfect complement to her dark, almond-shaped eyes.

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