Brow Lamination's Successor Is Here, and It Doesn't Require a Salon Visit
Photo: Unsplash/Johanne Pold Jacobsen
Brow lamination turned a niche salon service into a mainstream appointment almost overnight a few years back, prized for the fluffy, uniformly brushed-up finish it gave brows for four to six weeks at a stretch. The newest wave of brow gels is chasing that exact look without the chemical treatment or the appointment.
These formulas rely on flexible, high-hold polymers that set brow hairs in place with a slightly stiffer finish than a standard brow gel, engineered specifically to mimic lamination's brushed-up texture rather than just add color or light hold.
The appeal is obvious for anyone who found lamination's maintenance cost — both in dollars and appointment scheduling — harder to sustain than the actual look. A gel that delivers eighty percent of the effect for a fraction of the cost and zero commitment has an easy pitch to make.
Salon lamination isn't going away for people who want the effect to last through a full day of humidity or a workout, but for daily upkeep, the at-home gel version has become the more practical default.
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