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13 best beauty products for brows
Make the most of your brows with these mascaras, pencils, plumpers and conditioners
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Your support makes all the difference.This season's brow is bold and defined. But panic not if yours are more straggly than statement - these pick of the best for power brows should do the trick. From brow boosters to stencils and pencils, there's something for every beauty budget.
1. Too Faced Brow Envy: £35, beautybay.com
This deluxe kit is packed with all the brow knowledge you need; blonde and brunette shades, a highlighter and setting wax, a brush, comb and mini gold tweezers. But the super-smart bit is the stencil selection, there are three eyebrow cut-out shapes – simply put over your brows, stencil the outline, pluck anything outside the line and fill in any gaps inside. Add powder to increase definition, wax to set hairs and keep in place, and a dot of highlighter under the brow.
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2. Delilah Brow Line Retractable Eyebrow Pencil with Brush: £20, delilahcosmetics.com
This pencil gives very soft, ultra-fine gentle strokes of colour on the brow. Great for beginner's brow work as you can't over-do the colour and over-load brows. ‘Ash’ is a good generic shade that suits lots of skin tones and gives just enough definition to the brow, without looking too brow-y! You can also buy it in slightly darker ‘Sable’.
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3. Rimmel Brow This Way: £3.99, thisisbeautymart.com
This inexpensive brow mascara comes in three shades including “002 Medium Blonde”, which is actually surprisingly dark. It's a good generic shade though and suits most skin tones and works well on blonde to brown hair shades. Soft bristles on the precision brush head make applying the smudge-proof, fade-proof colour easy and accurate, for instantly plumped up thicker brows.
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4. HD Brows Eyebrow Palette: £25, hdbrows.com
This is a sleek compact with two brow shades, a wet/dry black definer, highlighter, setting wax and applicator. The palette comes in three colour-ways – from ‘Bombshell’ for fair hair and skin, through to ‘Foxy’ for medium tones, to ‘Vamp’ for darker hair and complexions. The silky smooth, silicone-rich powders are easy to apply and blend, and they don't shift all day and are. Use the multi-purpose wax to set your brows and keep everything in place, or mix it with the powders to make creamy eyeshadows.
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5. L'Oreal Brow Artist Plumper: £5.99, boots.com
With this tinted and fibre-enriched gel, you can volumise and intensify brows with one simple sweep. It's only available in two colours, but the light/medium is a brilliant match for lots of different shades of hair – it seems to blend in seamlessly on blondes right through to mid to dark brunettes. The pigment is not as full-on as in some other brow mascaras, so is a good place to start if you're new to brow make-up.
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6. RevitaBrow Advanced Eyebrow Conditioner: £73, effortlessskin.com
This is pricey, but worth investing if you've over-plucked in the past, or just have naturally finer brows. This delivers results fast. Applied once a day for around 4-8 weeks, brows really do thicken up thanks to strengthening and nourishing peptides and botanicals.
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7. Rapid Brow Eyebrow Enhancing Serum: £37, boots.com
Here’s a more affordable brow plumping serum. Used twice a day, this delivers results in around eight weeks. A potent blend of nourishing and fortifying peptides, keratin and sweet almond extract leave brows soft, shiny and thickened.
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8. Fibre Brow Enhancer: £19.99, boots.com
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These brush on brow extensions combine tiny fibres with ultra-fine coloured powder to thicken and plump up brows instantly, without the wet look that some brows products can leave on the hairs. Soft and easy to apply, there are four shades available to thicken, lengthen and fill-in sparse brows. The light and medium are fairly strong, so unless you naturally have very dark brows, it can be safer to opt for a lighter shade and build up the colour.
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9. Kiko Eyebrow Marker: £5.90, kikocosmetics.co.uk
If brows are not your strong point and you need to draw them in, then this ultra-fine tipped pen gives great precision and control. It also has a really matte natural texture so a few light strokes through the brow and you can build up the look of fine hairs really easily. It’s available in four colours – including one specially formulated for strawberry blondes and redheads.
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10. Shavata Brow Perfector: £19.50, shavata.co.uk
Eyebrow guru Shavata has a little motto “brows are sisters not twins”, but if they are so uneven they couldn't even be related, then this is the palette for you. Fill in missing bits and create symmetry in your brows with these soft, long-lasting creamy shades that can be blended together to match your brows.
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11. Eylure Permanent Tint for Brows: £9.95, amazon.co.uk
If you're brave enough to tint brows at home, this little kit will save you a fortune compared to salon visits – it's straightforward to use and it gives a really good professional finish. Available in mid and dark brown, the single application gives glossy brows for up to six weeks.
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12. Chantecaille The Perfect Brow: £75, harrods.com
If money is no object and you're after a beautiful little make-up kit to keep all your brow bits and bobs in, then this is a no brainer. The Perfect Brow Set contains waterproof definer – a brilliant wedge-shaped crayon with grooming brush; Full Brow Perfecting Gel – a brow boosting gel that promotes growth and prevents loss and Brow Lift Eclat to illuminate the brow bone and open up the eyes. Ir's all wrapped up in a nude patent mock croc make-up bag.
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13. M2 Brows Eyebrow Renewing Serum: £135, harrods.com
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If you're spending out on expensive skincare to maintain youthful skin, then this may be worth the investment. This potent serum stimulates growth and within 4-6 weeks brows look bushier, more healthy and dense.
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Verdict
Delilah Brow Line is one of the best pencils I tried, the Chantecaille Perfect Brow set is luxuriously extravagent, but every item works beautifully. L'Oreal Brow Artist Plumper is instant easy to use and ultra-natural, While the Too Faced Brow Envy kit does what Too Faced does so brilliantly – instructions, diagrams and a step-by-step to achieve the perfect brow.