Mama Matsuo Musing #4: Who Needs Surgery When You Have Eyebrows?
When was the last time you really spent some quality time with your eyebrows?
Here's the thing, folks. These little babies are like a free ride into sculpted-face-town. With very little time and money, can you change your whole look. Here's the deal...
Being of Asian descent, I've had many an epic battle with my eyebrows...or lack of eyebrows. They're like the concept of eyebrows more than the actual thing. In short: sparse eyebrows suck. Kind of like my 5 eyelashes (and, yes, I'll post on this another time.) I spent many a prepubescent hour plucking, shaping, reshaping, banging my head against a mirror for overplucking...Rinse, repeat. Who knew that these little shadows of hair on my face would give me so much stress?
After having a go at all of this brow sorcery, I came to discover that the shape of my eyebrows had a profound effect on the shape of the rest of my face...or, at least, how it was perceived. The thinner my eyebrows were (or less existent), the less angular the rest of my face looked. The more of an arch I put in, the more angular and distinct my face would become. The stronger the brow, the sharper my face became.
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Normal Nami vs. Browless Alien Nami |