The Eyebrow Trend Taking Over 2026 Needs Just One Product: Clear Brow Gel

Makeup artist Nirvana Jalalvand says the '90s-inspired "feathered gap" look skips filling in your brows entirely — you just brush them up and let the natural gaps show.

A '90s-inspired eyebrow trend is replacing the heavily filled, "clean girl" brow look, according to Emmy-winning hair and makeup artist Nirvana Jalalvand, who has worked on all three seasons of Netflix's "Wednesday," in an interview with Teen Vogue. The look, called the feathered eyebrow gap, embraces the natural separation at the front of the brow instead of filling it in with pencil or plucking it into a straight line.

Jalalvand said the trend is part of a broader shift away from heavily contoured, "reconstructed" makeup from the 2010s. "We've maybe gone too far with polished makeup to the point of perfection," she said, calling the undone brow "a direction of rejecting that perfection and just letting gaps come through."

Her tip for recreating the look at home: skip brow pencils and powders entirely and use only a clear brow gel, brushing the front of the brow upward to follow its natural growth pattern. "I personally have not been putting anything in my brows other than a clear brow gel for the last year and a half," she said.

Jalalvand said she expects the "less is more" shift to continue into lip makeup next, predicting a move toward bare lipstick without liner alongside the simplified brow.

The Eyebrow Trend Taking Over 2026 Needs Just One Product: Clear Brow Gel

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