What Is a Brow Design Set? What's Inside?
A brow design set is a product group that brings all the steps of filling, shaping and setting the brows together in one combination. This set includes two different color formats, a comb to direct the hairs, an application brush, a clear setting gel and a sharpener to keep tips sharp; 8 pieces in total.
What sets it apart is that it works not with a single product but with steps that complement each other. Brow shape is a drawing that doesn't last on its own; color goes on, hair direction is corrected and the result is set. Each of these three steps needs its own tool, and the set provides those tools in full.
Who Is a Brow Design Set For?
A brow design set is for people with thinning or gaps in their brows, who redraw their brow shape every day and want the hairs to stay in place all day. For those with naturally full brows who only want to add shape, the comb and setting gel duo alone is enough.
- Sparse brows: use the two color formats together to fill gaps with short strokes in the direction of hair growth.
- Unruly brows: the comb and clear gel duo sets hairs in an upward direction.
- Beginners: the powder-finish format doesn't leave a harsh line, so there's little room for error.
- Full brows: the setting step alone is enough; no need to add color.
How to Use a Brow Design Set: What Should the Order of Steps Be?
A brow design set is used in four steps: first the hairs are brushed up, then color goes into the gaps, next the color is worked between the hairs with a brush, and finally it's set with clear gel. When this order breaks, color sits on top of the hairs and looks blocky. The whole process takes about a minute.
Color is kept light at the start of the brow and more intense toward the tail. The darkest point is the outer third of the brow. The setting gel is applied in a single pass in the direction of hair growth, after the color has fully settled. For a step-by-step explanation and the order by area, see the brow routine page.
Should You Buy a Brow Design Set or Products One by One?
A brow design set makes more sense for someone new to brow makeup or who wants to complete the pieces they have, because products for all four steps come together. In a routine settled on a particular format, for example one that only uses a powder finish, a single product is the better pick.
You can explore the individual versions of the products in the set and alternative shades in the brow pencil, shadow and setter collection. The angled and comb heads needed for application are under eye and brow brushes.
Another practical side of working with a set is that the products have the same firmness and belong to the same shade family. With pieces collected from different lines, one product can lean gray and another red, and when the two layers go on top of each other, a shade shift becomes visible.
What Does a Brow Design Set Do for All-Day Wear?
In the brow design set, the setting gel and the powder-finish format share the job of staying power. The gel holds hairs in a fixed direction, while the powder finish helps color settle into the skin without leaving shine. The gel in the set is formulated for 12 hours of hold and can also be used on lashes.
To reduce color wearing off in humid weather or on oily skin, the brow area is left dry before application. If gel isn't added after color, the hairs return to their old direction during the day. The clear setting gel and the powder-finish pencil with a brush in the set complete this step together.
What Is the Most Common Mistake with a Brow Design Set?
The most common mistake with a brow design set is choosing a shade darker than your hair color; the set should also include a setting step and application tools. When the shade is chosen one step lighter than your hair color, the result looks more natural. A set without a setter can't hold the shape by the end of the day.
Even a small-looking piece like a sharpener affects the result: a dull tip can't leave fine strokes in the direction of hair growth, and color sits in a block. Refreshing the tip every few uses keeps the line fine. If you'd like to place the brow step within your whole eye look, take a look at the other categories in the eye makeup collection.