Brow Lamination: The Complete Guide to the Technique, the Process and Aftercare

If you feel like your brows get a little unruly in Dubai's humidity – brow lamination is the salon technique of setting your brow hairs in place and it’s just the thing you need. The special solution is used to set even the most unruly brows in place, giving a flat and full look without daily styling. The process uses a perming solution to soften the hair, making it easy to guide a brow hair direction, then a technician brushes it into place, and a fixing solution locks that shape in. The lifted look holds for weeks before it grows out naturally and needs to be reapplied.

Today, we want to break down and explain every step of the process: what happens during appointment, what steps you need to take for the effect on your brows to held up longer, how long the results last and, of course, whether this treatment will work for you.

What Is Brow Lamination?

Brow lamination is a semi-permanent treatment that takes the brow hair you already have and sets it into smooth, lifted brows for several weeks. First comes a perming solution, which softens the hair enough to reposition it. Then, a technician brushes each strand into place, making sure the hairs follow your natural growth pattern. Next, the fixing solution is applied – it locks the new shape in. To make your brows feel comfortable and soft, a nourishing serum is applied at the very end, making the brows feel flexible, removing the stiffness of the fixing solution. The brow lift (lamination) usually can last for 6 to 8 weeks before the effect fades, as new hair grows in.

Brow lamination is often confused with other brow procedures like microblading and tinting. But, in fact, these procedures couldn’t be further from each other. So, what is brow lamination, compared to microblading and tinting?

Microblading is a permanent tattoo, made to create a natural look of the brow. It deposits pigment into the skin in extremely thin strokes that imitate the hairs, creating a shaped, full look. Tinting is semi-permanent and only changes the color of your hair strands and can potentially tint the skin underneath the brows, but the effect isn’t permanent. Lamination does neither. It reshapes the hair you already have, but does not add anything to your skin or hair follicles. In these terms, it’s a low-commitment way to try to gain a fuller brow shape. If it's not right for you, the look grows out on its own within a few weeks, no correction appointment needed.