Brow Lamination—Your New Secret Weapon for Effortless Beauty This Summer

This spring and summer, it’s all about working smarter, not harder—especially when it comes to your morning routine. Streamlining your routine can be a total game changer if you’re always in a time crunch. Whether you're a busy mom rushing to get the kids off to summer camp, a low-maintenance professional on a time crunch, or an athlete wanting a sweat-proof, polished look, brow lamination offers a quick, effortless solution to enhance your appearance and requires minimal effort. The key to effortless beauty starts with having flawlessly sculpted brows that look fuller and more symmetrical. It’s our #1 recommendation to achieve a high maintenance look the low maintenance way.

What is Brow Lamination, Anyway?

Our brow experts have heard it all when recommending brow lamination to their clients. Usually when they ask their clients if they’ve heard about brow lamination they’re often met with questions and responses like: "Will that make my brows look like the grinch?" or "I love the way bushy brows look on the models I see online but I don’t think I could pull it off." While it may be true that brow lamination can certainly help you achieve a more exaggerated brow look if that is your goal, it also provides you with more versatility and flexibility to develop your brow shape however you choose.

Brow lamination is a semi-permanent styling treatment for your brows designed to smooth, lift, and set your natural brow hairs into your desired shape—whether that’s full and fluffy, sleek and straight, or something in between. Contrary to popular belief, brow lamination is not a ‘perming solution’. If this were true, this would mean that brow hairs would turn out looking curly post treatment. Because brow lamination is often described this way by beauty professionals, it can make it hard for clients that already struggle with taming unruly brows to understand the benefits this treatment can offer them. We prefer to describe brow lamination as a ‘hair relaxing’ treatment for the brows. Hair relaxers work by chemically altering the structure of the hair follicle to loosen the natural curl pattern of the hair resulting in brow hairs that appear straighter and softer. As a result, stubborn brow hairs require less work to hold their shape because they have more mobility and flexibility to move around however you’d like.

Who is Brow Lamination For?

Spoiler alert: it’s not just for people with thick brows. Brow lamination is an amazing service for all brow types—whether you're dealing with:

• Sparse areas or gaps

• Unruly or curly brow hairs

• Uneven brows (raise your hand if you’ve ever had one brow that looks like a stallion and the other looks like a donkey)

• Thin or fine brow hairs that lack shape and definition

  
  

Now, you’ve probably heard it all before from your brow artist during your brow shaping appointment... "Brows are sisters, not twins." Yeah…well… they should at least look related right? The thing is, it’s rare for someone to have brows that look identical because our bodies are not born perfectly symmetrical. However, brow lamination certainly helps. If achieving symmetry with your brows is your goal, try giving lamination a chance.

How long does brow lamination last? 

Brow lamination typically only requires about 30 minutes to 1 hour in the treatment room and provides results that can last between 4-6 weeks.

Post-Lamination Love: How to Care for Your Brows

After your lamination treatment:

• Avoid water, steam, and sweating for 24 hours post-service

• Skip makeup on the brow area for a day or two

• Hydrate! Use a nourishing brow oil or conditioner to keep your brows healthy and strong. We recommend Brow Code Gold Nourishing Growth Oil, found at any of our respected SkinQ studio locations.

  
  

Between appointments, keep your brow game strong with a great brow gel. We recommend Brow Code ALIAS Brow Lamination Gel. This brow gel is suitable for all brow types, especially thick brows that struggle to hold their shape.

Book With a Brow Expert

Ready to wake up every day with sculpted brows that practically style themselves? Our team at SkinQ is ready to service you! Whether you’re a brow newbie or a seasoned arch connoisseur, we’ll customize your lamination experience to suit your natural brow shape and style goals.

This season, let your brows do the most so you don’t have to. Book your appointment today and get ready to spend more time outside and less time in front of the mirror.