Irish actress Saoirse Ronan once (perhaps apocryphally) said, “If you don’t have eyebrows, you don’t really have a face.” And while her point is literal, it’s also metaphorical: brows define your face and have the power to completely change your look. Emboldening small eyes or eyes that are ‘too far’ apart, the right brow shape can add length and individuality while also drawing onlookers to the upper portion of the face and away from other insecurities. Don’t believe us? Just ask the brow experts below, some of whom have tamed the brows of royalty and celebrities. These are the best brow bars in London for all your threading, tinting, and tweezing needs. 

The Couture Brow at The Lanesborough Spa, Hyde Park Corner

Best for: Sparse brows

With its enviable location straddling Belgravia, Knightsbridge, and Mayfair, The Lanesborough Club & Spa is easily one of the best spas in the city. Among its esteemed consultants is Suzanne Martin, the beauty visionnaire behind The Couture Brow: a bespoke eyebrow treatment that combines elements of microblading with advanced aesthetic techniques to create a natural, flattering enhancement to your brows. Drawing on her extensive experience with semi-permanent makeup and a background as a professional makeup artist for Christian Dior, Martin assesses each client’s facial structure, before using mineral pigments and micro-needles to apply individual hair strokes, ensuring a perfectly tailored brow. Ta da. 

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Blink Brow Bar, across London

Best for: Regular appointments

Blink Brow Bar does a bit of everything but, as the name suggests, brows are its raison d’être. Wayward hairs begone once you hop into the chair for an up to 90-minute taming treatment, achieved via tinting, threading and laminating. Book the Very Important Brows appointment with lead technician Jaimineey at the Notting Hill outpost for a bespoke consultation to identify your ideal brow shape, a threading treatment, brow-pinching massage and product masterclass including a lesson in application techniques. For the ultimate transformation, we recommend the Dream Brows package, which promises to define your brows in one session, and includes Blink’s Ultimate Arch Definer in a shade tailored to you, ensuring your brows continue to look fabulous between appointments.

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Shavata Singh at Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge

Best for: Threading

Dubbed the ‘brow queen’ of London – and responsible for the flawless brows of Victoria Beckham and Elle Macpherson – beautician Shavata Singh uses the ancient Asian art of threading to expertly shape brows guided by the individual bone structure of each client. While her forte is threading, she’s also honed skills in tinting, lamination, microblading during her 30-year career, all of which inform her signature look: light feathered strokes that mimic natural brows. Book an appointment to wake up each morning flawless – and join the club as one of London’s It girls sporting Singh brows. 

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Nails & Brows, Mayfair

Best for: Over-plucked brows

Fancy brows that have had the royal seal of approval? Nail & Brows founder Sherrille Riley is famed in the beauty world for overseeing the ship-shape brows of Meghan Markle – and if it’s good enough for a duchess, it’s good enough for us. Situated just off Mayfair’s Berkeley Square, the nail bar dominates downstairs while brow makeovers are offered upstairs. Book the Audrey Brow – inspired by the Hollywood actress – for Riley’s signature treatment that lifts the face and includes a brow tint and makeup. For those who’ve been a bit too pluck-happy with the tweezers, the salon also includes a personalised service to repair over-tweezed, over-waxed, and un-styled brows. This will often entail monthly appointments and extra salon visits for styling advice and product pick-ups – but trust us, it’s worth it. 

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Browfique, Eccleston Yards

Best for: The full works

A one-stop shop for self-care maintenance, Browfique – a serene salon tucked away in Belgravia’s stylish Eccleston Yards – is rapidly earning a name for itself as the go-to bar for brow laminations and threading which, in turn, has attracted a string of celebrity clients. Recognising the importance of matching brows to your face shape, Browfique’s technicians consult each client about the look they desire, before creating natural, fuller brows while simultaneously lifting and sculpting the eye area. Lined with back-lit mirrors to shine a light on said brows, the versatile glass-fronted salon also offers hair styling services and a nail bar too. 

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Emmy Creates, Bethnal Green

Best for: Celebrity-approved brows

Having found a following among the Made in Chelsea cast – loyal clients include Ruby Adler, Sophie Haboo, Jamie Laing and Zara McDermott – Emmy Creates is a boutique beauty studio in East London dedicated to the art of lash and brow treatments. Offering natural-looking lash lifts with long-lasting results, combined with founder Emmy Clayton’s signature bespoke brow treatment (it’s this that entices the aforementioned west Londoners to venture east), this is the ultimate package to enhance the eye area. The latter treatment involves a combination of precision tweezing and minimal threading, custom tint, texturised trim and product recommendations to give you the best style possible. 

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So.Shell, across London

Best for: Multiple treatments

If you don’t have time to waste, but also don’t like to skimp on the quality of your beauty treatments, So.Shell is the salon for you. The luxurious Ukrainian nail and brow bar opened its third outpost earlier this year at Battersea Power Station, following success in Soho and Fitzrovia. Offering clients the ability to enjoy a manicure, pedicure and eyebrow treatment all within 90 minutes, the pistachio-hued salon specialises in brow shaping, tinting and lamination across six stations.

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