Glycerin soap in a liquorice tin
Why yes, that is a slice of glycerin soap in an Italian liquorice tin. It’s my DIY version of Soap Brow, an expensive (yes, I bought it) brow fix from the UK that is essentially just glycerin soap in a small tin. You run a dampened mascara spoolie through the soap and brush it up through your brows and it keeps them in place far better than brow gel or hair spray. Plus, the sheer bulk of the soap makes your brows look thicker in addition to keeping them in place. Brows that point up (or up-ish, you can fiddle and gently smooth the tops down a bit so they don’t look all 80s spikey) give your eyes a bit of lift in the same way that curling your lashes does. And seeing that we’ll be focusing on eye makeup if we are going to wear masks for the foreseeable future, DIY soap brow is a cheap new addition to your beauty rota.
The OG
Now for this to work you do need to have some eyebrows left. So if your brows are sparse, due to age-related thinning or overly enthusiastic youthful tweezing (no shame. We all did it), then bite the bullet and get some brow serum. It’s horribly expensive, but its peptide formula really does work. I like Neubrow Brow Enhancing Serum. And besides, you can then save the money you’d be spending on brows gels by crafting your own soap brow tin. But please, use the prettiest tin you can find.