Meagan Good Opening Up About Her Recent Eyebrow Transplant Has Our Attention
When I was 16, I sashayed into the family get-together with what I felt was a face beat to the gods. I was clearly mistaken. My cousin pulled me aside and helped me wipe the gaudy colors off of my face with a makeup pad and whipped out a perfectly sharpened eyebrow pencil. I told her that I already some on, to which she replied: "All you need is a fresh set of brows. You'll look like you're wearing a full face of makeup," and from then on, that rule was law in my eyes.
Over the past few years, emphasis on perfecting the skill that is brow-fleeking has become increasingly important. If you're not quite sure how to get them together, you can easily find hundreds of tutorials on YouTube that will help you get your head in the brow game.
Laid eyebrows on a woman are like a fresh pair of grey sweatpants on a fine man with a large package. F*cking orgasmic.
When I heard that Meagan Good recently announced the results of her eyebrow transplant, I was wildly intrigued. Six months ago. she posted on Instagram:
"My eyebrows are finally coming along after my #EyebrowTransplant! This has been such an eyebrow evolution journey lol, but finally starting to come full circle. Eyebrows like a real little girl. No, but seriously after destroying my eyebrows at age 19, I'm over the moon with these results thus far."
You probably have the same questions that I had when I first heard the news:
"Well, do they use someone else's eyebrows?"
"Is that the same as microblading?"
"Do I need an eyebrow transplant?"
My plan was to get to the bottom of this.
With a quick Google search, I learned that eyebrow transplants, frequently called Brow Restorations, are useful to patients who have over-plucked their eyebrows and have trouble growing them back. I think we can all relate to a time where you, or someone you trusted (in my case, it was my mom), got a little tweezer happy and had you looking surprised for three months straight.
In 2015, the actress opened up about her discontentment with her eyebrows on Facebook and revealed that she had chosen to try permanent makeup as a solution. She wrote:
"As some of you may know, eyebrows have long been a source of contention for me for over the last decade. Not that I don't love mine, but in the late 90s-early 2000s - it was very popular for women to draw their eyebrows on as narrow as possible or in some cases tweeze them to the point of no return. I unfortunately fell victim to this trend, not being able to reverse it. After tweezing my brows, they got to a point where they didn't grow back-at all. I was left to draw my brows with pencil & powder."
Though minor cosmetic surgery, an eyebrow transplant can cost up to $7,500 and has a healing process similar to getting a tattoo. Active hair follicles are grafted from the back of the head or upper thighs and then transplanted in the desired shape and length. Within four to six months, patients can expect to see noticeable results.
The procedure is different from microblading, a semi-permanent makeup process that involves manually inserting pigment into the upper layers of skin. Eyebrow transplants are permanent, unlike microblading that only lasts up to 12 months.
In an Instagram caption posted a few days ago, Meagan said that her journey was finally coming full circle, and it's a fairytale ending that she now has the brows of her dreams.
Many doctors recommend avoiding a transplant if you are just looking for a fuller brow, or if you suffer from medical conditions like alopecia.
Though we may not all be able to spend a stack on brow restoration, here are a few beauty products that will help you keep those brows laid.
Featured image via David Livingston/Getty Images
Taylor "Pretty" Honore is a spiritually centered and equally provocative rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a love for people and storytelling. You can probably find me planting herbs in your local community garden, blasting "Back That Thang Up" from my mini speaker. Let's get to know each other: @prettyhonore.
ItGirl 100 Honors Black Women Who Create Culture & Put On For Their Cities
As they say, create the change you want to see in this world, besties. That’s why xoNecole linked up with Hyundai for the inaugural ItGirl 100 List, a celebration of 100 Genzennial women who aren’t afraid to pull up their own seats to the table. Across regions and industries, these women embody the essence of discovering self-value through purpose, honey! They're fierce, they’re ultra-creative, and we know they make their cities proud.
VIEW THE FULL ITGIRL 100 LIST HERE.
Don’t forget to also check out the ItGirl Directory, featuring 50 Black-woman-owned marketing and branding agencies, photographers and videographers, publicists, and more.
THE ITGIRL MEMO
I. An ItGirl puts on for her city and masters her self-worth through purpose.
II. An ItGirl celebrates all the things that make her unique.
III. An ItGirl empowers others to become the best versions of themselves.
IV. An ItGirl leads by example, inspiring others through her actions and integrity.
V. An ItGirl paves the way for authenticity and diversity in all aspects of life.
VI. An ItGirl uses the power of her voice to advocate for positive change in the world.
Let’s make things inbox official! Sign up for the xoNecole newsletter for daily love, wellness, career, and exclusive content delivered straight to your inbox.
Rihanna Talks Shedding Expectations And Finding Balance As A Mother
Since becoming a mother in 2022, Rihanna has defined parenthood by her terms and hopes to pass that sense of autonomy on to her children.
For Vogue China’s April cover story, Rihanna shared her perspective on raising her two sons with A$AP Rocky, and how she hopes to preserve her children’s uniqueness, devoid of societal expectations.
"The most beautiful thing...is that [children] come into the world with their own individuality and sincerity, without any logic or conformity,” she told the publication. “Which usually makes you feel that you must fit into a certain group."
The “Work” artist, known for her trendsetting style and captivating persona, expressed her desire to support children in fully embracing their individuality and encouraging them to be whoever they want to be. "It's really beautiful to see and I want to continue to help them navigate that and make sure that they know they can be whoever they want to be,” she says.
She continues, “They should embrace it completely, because it's beautiful, and it's unique. I love them just that way."
From shattering music charts to shaking up the beauty industry, Rihanna has forged a path that has since created the “dream” life we see today. One that she says has made her parents proud of.
“I’m living my dream,” she continued. “My parents were very proud of that because they just wanted me to be happy and successful. So, I think the key thing is to find some kind of balance. Yes, balance is important. Do this and you get the best of both worlds. You can write your own life the way you want, and it will be beautiful. Sometimes, you just need to let go of everyone’s expectations and start living your own story.”
Rihanna, who shares sons, RZA, 23 months, and Riot, 8 months, with rapper A$AP Rocky, recently shared her vision for expanding her family in the future in Interview Magazine.
When stylist Mel Ottenberg asked about the number of additional children she hoped to have, Rihanna replied, "As many as God wants me to have.”
"I don't know what God wants, but I would go for more than two. I would try for my girl,” she adds. “But of course, if it's another boy, it's another boy."
Featured image by Neil MockfordWireImage