The trend of caterpillar eyebrows made popular by Cara Delevingne appears to be over

For years, big eyebrows were a big deal, epitomized by Cara Delevingne who ruled the catwalk with that trademark caterpillar-like stripe above her eyes.

But every trend has backfired, and now more and more celebrities are getting their eyebrows out, bleaching them “naked” — or, in Madonna’s case, shaving them off altogether.

During recent Paris Fashion Week, Game Of Thrones’ Maisie Williams, model Bella Hadid and Brooklyn Beckham’s wife Nicola Peltz all barely revealed eyebrows. And while it may seem perverse for an actress to ditch eyebrows that can do so much to express emotion — and protect the eyes from dust and sweat — Downton Abbey’s Lily James, 33, has bleached her brows for her new Versace look. advertising campaign.

Disappearing eyebrows may be high fashion, but is the high street ready? I decided to put it to the test and see if I could pull off the no-brows look at age 37.

But for every trend, there’s a backlash, and now celebrities are increasingly getting their eyebrows out, bleaching them “naked” — or, in Madonna’s case, shaving them off altogether.

I am no stranger to messing with my eyebrows. As a kid of the 1990s, I spent my formative years plucking them to mimic the “skinny brow” style made fashionable by my idol Ginger Spice. But this would be a new challenge.

Fortunately, TikTok is full of tutorials that provide eyebrow knowledge (do you paint them, use a razor, or apply Veet?).

My esthetician warned against reaching for the bleach — and not just for obvious safety reasons. She told me that bleached eyebrows sometimes turn orange. They can also fall out at the slightest touch before growing back in uneven clumps.

I am no stranger to messing with my eyebrows. As a kid of the 1990s, I spent my formative years plucking them to mimic the “skinny brow” style made fashionable by my idol Ginger Spice. But this would be a new challenge

Duly warned, I went for a half-and-half method, applying a semi-permanent eyebrow dye to lighten my natural color, for a dose of white face paint and a thick application of concealer.

The result gave me an unearthly, almost otherworldly appearance — I wouldn’t look out of place in a David Bowie video — and it was certainly unsettling to passers-by.

The first people I encountered were some friendly nuns. What luck! “You look beautiful, honey,” the first said convincingly. The other chimed in: “I’ve spent years trying to keep my hair and eyebrows from turning white. How funny that you do it on purpose.’ She had a point.

My esthetician warned against reaching for the bleach — and not just for obvious safety reasons. She told me that bleached eyebrows sometimes turn orange. They can also fall out at the slightest touch before growing back in uneven clumps

Then the painfully cool Maisie from Cardiff exclaimed, “Love them! I’d say make them whiter next time.’

And Maria Crisford, a Londoner about my age, added: ‘I spend a lot of time filling in gaps in my eyebrows, so I’m not sure I could pull it off. But I prefer the bleached trend over the dark one-brow thing.”

It was clear to me that this no-brow trend is firmly rooted in the TikTok generation. Instead, I’m with Nicola Peltz, who concluded after her no-brow experiment, “I look like a hard-boiled egg.”