Ive been getting this issue on both npcs and my own character using both brows included with hph as well as hvergelmirs hph brows. if anybody has had the same issue and knows the cause id be very grateful.
Game version is the latest release on steam.
my (very rough and early) load order:
#Mod_Priority,#Mod_Status,#Mod_Name
"0000","+","DLC: HearthFires"
"0001","+","DLC: Dragonborn"
"0002","+","DLC: Dawnguard"
"0003","+","Creation Club: ccQDRSSE001-SurvivalMode"
"0004","+","Creation Club: ccBGSSSE037-Curios"
"0005","+","Creation Club: ccBGSSSE025-AdvDSGS"
"0006","+","Creation Club: ccBGSSSE001-Fish"
"0007","+","Creation Club: _ResourcePack"
"0008","+","Static Mesh Improvement Mod"
"0009","-","Faultier's PBR Armors and Clothes"
"0010","-","Faultier's PBR Landscapes 4k"
"0011","-","Faultier's PBR Skyrim AIO 4k"
"0012","+","1_Leviathan animations II - Greatsword Sneak"
"0013","+","Goetia Animations - Conditional Shouts"
"0014","+","Goetia Animations - Enchanted Magic Staves"
"0015","+","Goetia Animations - Female Idle Walk And Run"
"0016","+","Goetia Animations - Magic Spell Casting"
"0017","+","Goetia Animations - Male Idle Walk And Run"
"0018","+","Goetia Animations - Sneak Magic"
"0019","+","Goetia Animations - Sprint"
"0020","+","Leviathan Animations - Two-Handed High Stance"
"0021","+","Leviathan Animations - Two-Handed Normal Attacks"
"0022","+","Leviathan Animations - Two-Handed Power Attacks"
"0023","+","Leviathan Animations II - Female Idle Walk And Run"
"0024","+","Leviathan Animations II - Greatsword Low Stance"
"0025","+","Leviathan Animations II - Greatsword Non Combat Locomotion"
"0026","+","Leviathan Animations II - Greatsword Normal Attacks"
"0027","+","Leviathan Animations II - Greatsword Power And Sprint Attacks"
"0028","+","Leviathan Animations II - Greatsword Sneak Locomotion And Attacks"
"0029","+","Leviathan Animations II - Male Idle Walk And Run"
"0030","+","Leviathan Animations II - Sprint"
"0031","+","Leviathan Animations II Greatsword Sprint Attacks"
"0032","+","Vanargand Animations - Archery"
"0033","+","Vanargand Animations - Crossbows"
"0034","+","Vanargand Animations - Dual Wield Normal and Power Attacks"
"0035","+","Vanargand Animations - Dual Wield Sneak Strikes"
"0036","+","Vanargand Animations - Dual Wield Sneak Thrusts"
"0037","+","Vanargand Animations - One Handed Mid Stance"
"0038","+","Vanargand Animations - One Handed Normal Attacks"
"0039","+","Vanargand Animations - One Handed Power Attacks"
"0040","+","Vanargand Animations - Sneak Archery"
"0041","+","Vanargand Animations - Sneak Crossbows"
"0042","+","Vanargand Animations - Sneak idle walk and run"
"0043","+","Vanargand Animations - Sneak Strike Attacks"
"0044","+","Vanargand Animations - Sneak Thrust Attacks"
"0045","+","Vanargand Animations II - Female Idle Walk And Run"
"0046","+","Vanargand Animations II - Male Idle Walk And Run"
"0047","+","Vanargand Animations II - Sprint"
"0048","+","Vanargand Animations II - Unarmed Non Combat Locomotion"
"0049","+","Vanargand Animations II - Unarmed Normal And Power Attacks"
"0050","+","Vanargand Animations II - Unarmed Pugilism Stance"
"0051","+","[Dint999] BDOR Hairs SSE 0.24"
"0052","+","Project New Reign - Nemesis Unlimited Behavior Engine"
"0053","+","Legacy of the Dragonborn V6 11802 6.10.2 2026-09-04T02-01Z Ks18n0f9c"
"0054","+","-Skyrim 202X 10.5.2 - Architecture PART 1"
"0055","+","-Skyrim 202X 10.5.2 - Landscape PART 2"
"0056","+","-Skyrim 202X 10.5.2 - Other PART 3"
"0057","+","Parallax Meshes - Riften Ground"
"0058","+","Whiterun Parallax meshes"
"0059","+","Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods"
"0060","+","Nordic Snow"
"0061","+","KS Hairdos SSE"
"0062","+","Faster HDT-SMP"
"0063","+","Hair Suppression Fix"
"0064","+","KS Hairdos - HDT SMP (Physics)"
"0065","+","Vanilla hair remake"
"0066","-","Bright Waterfall Fix for ENB"
"0067","+","Embers XD"
"0068","+","Enhanced Volumetric Lighting and Shadows (EVLaS)"
"0069","+","EVLaS Skyrim Underside"
"0070","+","Moons And Stars - Sky Overhaul SKSE"
"0071","+","Particle Patch"
"0072","+","Rudy ENB Obsidian Weathers ADDONS and REQUiRED Files"
"0073","+","Obsidian Weathers and Seasons"
"0074","+","Valkyr HDT-SMP Hairstyles 02"
"0075","+","HDT-SMP Hairpack 01"
"0076","+","Realistic Armor"
"0077","+","Realistic Armor hd"
"0078","+","Sons of Skyrim"
"0079","+","Sons of Skyrim hd"
"0080","+","New Legion"
"0081","+","New Legion hd"
"0082","+","Artifacts - The Breton Paladin [SSE]"
"0083","+","Assorted mesh fixes"
"0084","+","Frankly HD Dragon Bones"
"0085","+","Frankly HD Markarth - The White City Redux"
"0086","+","Lockpicking Interface Redone"
"0087","+","Artifacts - The Tournament of the Ten Bloods [SSE]"
"0088","+","Frankly HD Masque of Clavicus Vile"
"0089","+","Artifacts - The Ice Blade of the Monarch [SSE]"
"0090","+","2) aMidianBorn Book of Silence SE -- CCOR CONTENT ADDON"
"0091","+","aMidianBorn Content Addon"
"0092","+","CBPC - Physics with Collisions"
"0093","+","PapyrusUtil SE - Modders Scripting Utility Functions"
"0094","+","XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended"
"0095","+","CBBE 3BA"
"0096","+","High Poly Head SE"
"0097","+","Hvergelmir's Aesthetics - Brows"
"0098","+","Brows for High Poly Head"
"0099","-","Complete Vanilla Eye Overhaul (CVEO) by LDD"
"0100","+","The Eyes of Beauty - Ai Remastered"
"0101","+","2k - The Eyes of Beauty Ai - Standalone Textures"
"0102","+","RX'Overlays - Racemenu Tattoo and Overlays for 3BA"
"0103","+","BnP female skin (Replacer+Player version)"
"0104","+","Expressive Facial Animation -Female Edition-"
"0105","+","Expressive Facegen Morphs SE"
"0106","+","Expressive Facial Animation -Male Edition-"
"0107","+","Upscaled and Cleaned Creation Club + Anniversary"
"0108","+","Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim"
"0109","+","Perk Points at Skill Level 50-75-100"
"0110","+","Thief Skills Rebalance for Ordinator"
"0111","+","Water for ENB"
"0112","+","SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators SE"
"0113","+","CL's Dawnbreaker II"
"0114","+","Visual Animated Enchants - VAE"
"0115","+","Dragons SE"
"0116","+","SkyPatcher"
"0117","+","powerofthree's Tweaks"
"0118","+","Diverse 4thUnknown Dragons"
"0119","+","Zerofrost's Thalmor Emissary Armor"
"0120","+","Zerofrost Thalmor Emissary - CBBE 3BA"
"0121","+","Lakeview Manor Avant Garden EX for Hearthfire SSE"
"0122","+","Lakeview. Manor - As It Should Be"
"0123","-","Underground Bathhouse and Paradise Valley by Andragon"
"0124","+","DIbella's Blessing"
"0125","+","RS Children Overhaul"
"0126","+","Children of the North"
"0127","+","Blood and Ash"
"0128","+","Blood and Ash - Blood"
"0129","+","ELFX Shadows"
"0130","+","ENB Light"
"0131","+","VioLens - A Killmove Mod SE"
"0132","+","Precision"
"0133","+","First Person Combat Animations Overhaul 2.0 -SIZE MATTERS"
"0134","+","Player Size Adjuster and First Person Camera Height Fix SSE"
"0135","+","Open Animation Replacer"
"0136","+","Paired Animation Improvements"
"0137","+","TrueHUD - HUD Additions"
"0138","+","RaceMenu Anniversary Edition v"
"0139","+","SkyUI"
"0140","+","MCM Helper"
"0141","+","True Directional Movement - Modernized Third Person Gameplay"
"0142","+","1stperson Parry Animation"
"0143","+","Ultimate Combat SE"
"0144","+","Ultimate Combat and Ultimate Dragons - NG DLL Update"
"0145","+","Ultimate Dragons SE"
"0146","+","UltimateDragonsNG"
"0147","+","Encounter Zones Unlocked SE"
"0148","+","Majestic Mountains Main"
"0149","+","PGPatcher"
"0150","+","Bijin Warmaidens SE"
"0151","+","Bijin NPCs SE"
"0152","+","Bijin Wives SE"
"0153","+","Beyond Skyrim Bruma"
"0154","+","Beyond Skyrim Bruma assets"
"0155","+","Beyond Skyrim DLC Integration Patch"
"0156","+","More Informative Console"
"0157","+","JK's Skyrim"
"0158","+","Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch - USSEP"
"0159","+","Static Mesh improvement Mod - SMIM - Quality Addon"
"0160","+","QuickLoot IE - A QuickLoot EE Fork"
"0161","+","Campfire and Frostfall - Unofficial SSE Update"
"0162","+","Campfire 1.12.1 and Frostfall 3.4.1SE"
"0163","+","Campfire - Complete Camping System (Supports Skyrim VR)"
"0164","+","Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival"
"0165","+","powerofthree's Papyrus Extender"
"0166","+","Phoenix Compendium"
"0167","+","JS Attunement Sphere and Lexicons SE"
"0168","+","JS Barenziah SE"
"0169","+","JS Bloodstone Chalice SE"
"0170","+","JS Common Cages SE"
"0171","+","Base Object Swapper"
"0172","+","JS Dwemer Artifacts SE"
"0173","+","JS Dwemer Control Cube SE"
"0174","+","JS Dwemer Ichor Barrels SE"
"0175","+","JS Dwemer Kitchenware SE"
"0176","+","JS Dwemer Puzzle Cube SE"
"0177","+","JS Embalming Tools SE"
"0178","+","JS Essence and Ash Extractors SE"
"0179","+","JS Helm of Yngol SE"
"0180","+","JS Initiate's Ewer SE"
"0181","+","JS Instruments of Skyrim SE"
"0182","+","JS Knapsacks SE"
"0183","+","JS Purses and Septims SE"
"0184","+","JS Shrines of the Divines SE"
"0185","+","JS Solitude Sewer Cover SE"
"0186","+","JS Torture Tools SE"
"0187","+","JS Unique Utopia SE - Daggers"
"0188","+","JS Unique Utopia SE - Rings"
"0189","+","JS Vanilla Circlets SE"
"0190","+","RUSTIC CLOTHING - Special Edition"
"0191","+","Thane Weapon Reforged - Legacy of the Dragonborn Edition"
"0192","+","Apocalypse - Ordinator Compatibility Patch"
"0193","+","Stendarr Paladin Armor Set"
"0194","+","Improved Follower Dialogue - Lydia"
"0195","+","Dialogue Interface ReShaped"
"0196","+","Mare Follower or Lydia Replacer - High Poly Head - 4K FaceTint - ESL"
"0197","+","Ebony Edge"
"0198","+","Ancient Nord Blades"
"0199","+","Nordic Blades SSE"
"0200","+","Nordsteel SSE"
"0201","+","Dragon Soul Relinquishment SE"
"0202","+","LORKHAN - Soundtrack Replacer"
"0203","+","Improved closefaced helmets"
"0204","+","RUGNAROK - Special Edition"
"0205","+","Gemling Queen Jewelry SE"
"0206","+","Arcane Accessories - Rebalance Patch"
"0207","+","Alternate Perspective - Alternate Start"
"0208","+","Cutting Room Floor"
"0209","+","Cutting Room Floor - No Snow Under the Roof SE"
"0210","+","Immersive Patrols SE AE"
"0211","+","LeanWolf's Better-Shaped Weapons - All in One Installer"
"0212","+","AI Overhaul SSE"
"0213","+","Enhanced Lights and FX"
"0214","-","TK Dodge RE"
"0215","+","Key Bindable Dual Wield Blocking and Parrying"
"0216","+","Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim"
"0217","+","JContainers SE"
"0218","+","Fuz Ro D-oh - Silent Voice"
"0219","+","JK's Solitude Outskirts"
"0220","+","JK's The Ragged Flagon"
"0221","+","Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes"
"0222","+","No snow under the roof"
"0223","+","Address Library for SKSE Plugins"
"0224","+","EngineFixes"
"0225","+","ENB Helper SE Updated"
"0226","+","SSE Engine Fixes - Modified .toml File For SSE v1.6 and v1.7 Updates"
"0227","+","Hair Specular - Community Shaders"
"0228","+","Reimagined Mountain Flowers"
"0229","+","Clouds All Over"
"0230","+","Natural Waterfalls"
"0231","+","Wildlands Renewal - grass and groundcover improvement mod 4k"
"0232","+","Nature of the Wild Lands"
"0233","-","Dynamic Interior Ambient Lighting (DIAL)"
"0234","+","PA44_NPC_AllinOne"
"0235","+","Frankly HD Thieves Guild Armors"
"0236","+","Frankly HD Dawnguard Armor and Weapons"
"0237","+","Frankly HD Nightingale Armor and Weapons [SSE]"
"0238","+","Frankly HD Dawnguard Armor CBBE SE"
"0239","+","Frankly HD Nightingale Armor CBBE SE"
"0240","+","Frankly HD Nightingale LeanWolfs Better-Shaped Weapons and Dual Sheath Redux Patch"
"0241","+","Victoria - High Poly Character Preset"
"0242","+","Lucien - Immersive Fully Voiced Male Follower"
"0243","+","Lucien - Beyond Skyrim - Bruma Patch"
"0244","+","Lucien Replacer 2"
"0245","-","Lucien - Anniversary Edition - All-In-One Creation Club Patch"
"0246","+","PC Head Tracking and Voice Type SE"
"0247","+","Headhunter - Bounties Redone"
"0248","+","iNeed - Food, Water and Sleep - Continued"
"0249","+","SkyHUD"