Jenna Ortega has been rocking bleached brows for what feels like an eternity in the beauty world; the Wednesday star first reached for the brow bleach nearly a year ago, debuting them at CinemaCon in April 2025. At first, they were a light brown shade a few hues lighter than her natural dark brow, but over time, they got lighter and lighter until they were pretty much invisible… until now, anyway!
At the 2026 Actor Awards (previously known as the Screen Actors Guild or SAG Awards), Ortega’s dark brows were back with a vengeance. She hit the red carpet aligned to the Old Hollywood theme in a plunging lace Christian Cowan slip dress and thigh-high stockings. While the bleached brows gave her looks a cool, gothic edge, bringing back the color was definitely the right choice for her Actor Awards glam; her razor-thin dark brows completed the flapper-esque ensemble in the most picture-perfect way.
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Makeup artist Melanie Inglessis used all Dior products on Ortega, most notably the Diorshow Brow Styler in #03 Brown to define the actor’s newly dark brows. Instead of a thick, full brow, Ortega and Inglessis opted for a slim, subtly arched shape that echoed the penciled-in eyebrows of the ‘20s and ’30s, and the vampy lip also felt thematic without looking costumey. (For that, Inglessis defined Ortega’s lips with Rouge Dior Contour Lip Liner in #303 Greige Attitude, filled in with Rouge Dior On Stage in #496 Berry Attitude, and finished with a touch of Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil in #104 Black Cherry.
There’s no telling if Ortega will keep her dark brows or go back to the bleached look, but if you’ve been curious about lightening your brows like the Wednesday actor and fellow celebs including Miley Cyrus and Michelle Yeoh, we compiled a comprehensive guide to help you lighten up—and we think Ortega would approve.
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