I Tried The ‘Soap Brows’ Trend & I’ve Never Felt So Clean
If, like myself, you spent a lot of your time pre-lockdown redoing people’s bad eyebrows in your mind then you’ll know that eyebrows are an important — possibly, the most important — part of any makeup routine.
People across the world spend loads of money on pricey eyebrow products like gels, mousses and liners in an effort to nail the perfect arch. But towards the end of 2019, a brow trend took over Instagram which doesn’t require any expensive products to do: soap brows.
It’s an old school brow trick that’s been around for decades and it’s about as complex as it sounds. Use a bar of soap mixed with some water and apply to your eyebrows with a spoolie brush. The intended effect is for your brows to become full and fluffy with the results holding in place all day.
Hell yeah!
With A LOT of spare time on my hands at the moment, I decided it was time to try this trend and see if it can live up to the hype. Instead of using actual soap, I scrolled the internet and quickly found brow styling soap which you can buy on websites like AliExpress for a couple of dollars.
Here’s the brow soap I used:
Here I go!
I trialled the brow soap trend:
It came with a spoolie, along with the clear soap formula, which is quite firm when you touch it — like normal soap.
Then to use the soap, dip the spoolie in some water and start to lather up the soap in the tin, coating the brush with the product.
This is what my brows looked like before I used the soap. (OK, I haven’t seen my brow lady in a LONG TIME! Let me live!)
With the spoolie covered in soap, I started to work the product into my brows, brushing it through all the hairs, backcombing and building texture. It feels really weird and I probably had too much water involved because my brows looked rather wet. At one point, water started dripping down my face and I felt like the cursed girl in The Grudge peeping her head out of the well.
Tbh I looked like I’d just had an olive oil facial. Cute!
However, once the hairs started to dry, it mattified and looked a lot better.
Depending on how you want to style your brows, you can have them really spiky with this method as it holds all the hairs in place.
I wear my brows a bit more natural so I smoothed the top of the arch down a bit and flattened the curve. In the end, I was pretty stoked with them.
I did feel very soapy, though. The feeling might take awhile to get used to but my brows have never felt cleaner.
Verdict?
I’m a fan! Compared to traditional eyebrow products, I found the soap created even more texture and grip, while allowing me to fluff up the hairs even bigger than usual. My only issue was that my brows looked pretty greasy afterwards but I didn’t use any powder to fill so that could have helped to soak up some of the oil.
Overall, I was happy with the result!
While I used a special soap that’s meant for eyebrows, I can’t see why you couldn’t use any clear soap you have. It’s all about building texture and grip to hold the hairs in place.
I have bushy brows as it is so I don’t need much extra texture, but for people with finer brows using soap would definitely help to fluff them up and create volume. For my thin-browed friends, soap brows could be a godsend.
