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By Jenny Jin
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Published May 24, 2021
Ever tweeze what you thought were just a few hairs until you step back from the mirror and realize, in horror, that you’ve accidentally taken a chunk out of your brows?
The good news is that hair grows back; the even better news is that an eyebrow serum can help speed up the growth process. There’s just one caveat: It will take consistency and patience (we’re talking a minimum of four to six weeks of daily application) to see full results.
So, to get you started on your brow journey, we’ve plucked the 14 best eyebrow serums from the shopping aisles for you. (And in the meantime, here are some grooming tips to tide you over while the serums work their magic.)
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1. Revitalash Cosmetics Revitabrow Advanced Eyebrow Conditioner
Best Overall
You know the lash serum that Meghan Markle swears by? There’s a serum made just for your brows, too. Meet RevitaBrow: a brow boosting conditioner with potent botanical ingredients like panax ginseng extract, as well as peptides and biotin to gradually beef up patchy brows. Use the doe foot applicator to swipe the treatment onto your brows once a day.
2. Pronexa Hairgenics Lavish Lash Eyelash Growth Enhancer & Brow Serum
Best Value
With over 44,000 positive reviews on Amazon, this popular pick features peptides and biotin to condition your brows and bolster their density and thickness over time. (The lustrous sheen it imparts is immediate.) As one user shares: “My brows have been overplucked for years [but] after a couple of weeks of using Lavish Lash, I noticed that hairs were starting to grow back.”
3. Bareminerals Strength & Length Serum-infused Clear Brow Gel
Best for sensitive skin and eyes
Sweep this clear gel onto skimpy arches to swiftly set any wonky hairs into place; the peptide-infused formula strengthens and conditions your brows, so they look and feel fuller with continued use. The lightweight gel is also ophthalmologist-tested and safe for contact lens wearers.
4. Lashfood Browfood Phyto-medic Eyebrow Enhancer
Best clean option
This clean formula skips synthetic fragrances and dyes, mineral oils, petrochemicals, GMOs and formaldehyde in favor of botanical ingredients like ginseng root extract and rice protein. Fans of the serum report stronger, fuller looking brows and new growth in about four weeks.
5. Milk Makeup Kush Growhouse Lash + Brow Serum
Best vegan formula
Swipe this serum along your lash line before applying the remaining product over any sparse spots in your brows to get the most out of each tube. The nourishing formula uses hemp-derived cannabis seed extract, aloe and quinoa to condition every last hair, while supporting healthy follicles for optimal growth. Use it morning and night for best results.
6. Grandebrow Brow Enhancing Serum
The Fan Favorite
Got overplucked, patchy or tail-less brows? Get thee this serum, stat. The brow enhancing formula is infused with a blend of vitamins, antioxidants, and amino acids to help you grow fuller, bolder looking brows in 6 to 8 weeks, with full results in four months.
7. Shiseido Full Lash And Brow Serum
Best for thickening
A longstanding bestseller in Asia, this conditioning serum uses arginine to support wispy lash and brow hairs. Sweep the flocked-tip applicator over any thinning areas and make sure to take before and after photos after eight weeks of use. “I had some sparse spots on my eyebrows from years of aggressive threading. It's been about three weeks of using this product and one of the more significant sparse spots on one of my eyebrows is basically filled with thick eyebrow hair,” shares one excited fan.
8. Kosas Air Brow Clear + Clean Lifting Treatment Eyebrow Gel
Best conditioning
For full, feathery brows, we reach for this double-duty gel. Sweep the spoolie through unruly arches to set them in place and give them a nice shine; the formula also has a host of nourishing ingredients like castor oil, panthenol pro vitamin B5 and biotinyl tripeptide to encourage hair growth. (It also comes in tinted versions for more definition.)
9. Neulash Neubrow Brow Enhancing Serum
Best applicator
The biggest upside for this pricey serum, according to its many fans, is that you begin to see results faster than you do with other formulas. (Think 30 days as opposed to 60 or 90.) Simply swipe a little over any patchy areas every night and let the proteins and biotin get to work while you snooze. “I am amazed that I now have thick eyebrows and do not have to use pencil or powder to fill in. My brows are beautiful. If it works on these 73-year-old brows, it will work on anyone,” shares one reviewer.
10. Rapid Lash Rapidbrow Eyebrow Enhancing Serum
Best with Biotin
Some people have credited this serum with bringing back their over-tweezed brows from the 90s, y’all. Formulated with a blend of proteins and peptides, this brush-on serum sets hairs in place while steadily delivering those aforementioned ingredients to your follicles throughout the day. Use morning and night to keep your brows healthy and at their fullest.
11. Beautygarde Damage Control Lash + Brow Fortifier
Best oil-free formula
Here’s another (slightly more affordable) multi-tasker for you to try. This one is made with a potent combo of peptides, panthenol, and various flower and fruit extracts to strengthen fragile hairs at the root—be it on your lashline or brows. (Bonus: The oil-free formula means you can use it on lash extensions, too.
12. Vegamour Vegabrow Eyebrow Volumizing Serum
The Editor Pick
This serum comes highly recommended from some of our savviest friends because it’s fast-acting, with visible results in as little as 30 days. (We’re guessing the zinc and biotin in the formula have something to do with that.) It also contains anti-inflammatory ingredients like mung bean and red clover extract to boost growth, while being gentle on skin. Oh, and it’s vegan and cruelty-free as well. What an overarchiever, right?
13. Kate Blanc Cosmetics Certified Organic Castor Oil
Best on Amazon
Have you met our good friend, castor oil? The nourishing ingredient is packed with essential fatty acids, like omega-6 and omega-9, which help to promote hair growth. To reap its benefits, simply dip a clean spoolie in the oil and brush it through your brows before bed. This Amazon gem comes with said spoolie (and a tiny brush) for easy application. With over 45,000 positive reviews and at $10 a bottle, it’s a go-to for many.
14. Latisse
Best dermatologist-recommended serum
And if you’re all about the clinical trials and research backed data, look no further than Latisse. It’s the only serum that’s FDA approved for lash and brow growth and there’s plenty of evidence supporting its efficacy. The downside is that it’s only available by prescription but luckily, there are a number of tele-derm options now (like Apostrophe) that give you access to dermatologists for only $20, which is then put towards the purchase of any prescriptions (like Latisse).
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Jenny Jin
Beauty Director
- Oversees all beauty content at PureWow
- Has over a decade of experience in writing and editing, both in print and digital media
- Produces 'Youngish' newsletter, a guide to beauty in your 30s and beyond
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