Benefit 24-Hour Brow Setter Clear Gel is the brow gel buyers most often say holds all day: 26 of 27 said it keeps their brows in place. On a budget, NYX The Brow Glue Instant Brow Styler follows at 19 of 22.
Updated . How we count
Share of buyers who stated an outcome for holding brows in place. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.
Praise and complaints are the points buyers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's first-hand reports.
Benefit
Best for a clear, no-flake hold
Buyers also mention that it doesn't flake (22%), the most common failing of strong-hold gels.
No repeated complaints yet.
NYX
Best for a strong hold on a budget
A stronger, glue-like hold. A few buyers mention flaking (5%).
NYX
Best for tint plus hold
A tinted gel: 31% of reports mention the color filling in sparse brows.
No repeated complaints yet.
REFY
Best for a laminated look
Buyers like the laminated effect (15%), but flaking is a real complaint (21%).
got2b
Best for the cheapest strong hold
A hair product that buyers use on brows. It holds hard and costs little (17% mention value), but it isn't sold for use near the eyes.
e.l.f.
A budget laminating gel that holds for most buyers who described it.
No repeated complaints yet.
Anastasia Beverly Hills
A wax with a strong reputation, but a mixed record here: 8 buyers said their brows dropped.
We scanned 5,850 comments and found first-hand reports in 112 public threads on r/Sephora, r/Makeup, r/MakeupAddiction, r/drugstoreMUA, r/beauty and r/MakeupAddictionCanada, posted between Jan 2022 and Oct 2026.
A report counts only when the commenter says they used the product themselves. Recommendations repeated from someone else, questions and jokes are left out. One person counts once per product.
An AI model labels each report against a fixed list of points, and we review the labels before publishing. We publish counts and links to the threads, never the comments themselves.
Benefit 24-Hour Brow Setter Clear Gel has the best record (26 of 27). On a budget, NYX The Brow Glue Instant Brow Styler is the most-reported alternative (19 of 22).
Not in our count: only 6 of 13 buyers said it held their brows. It gets more praise for tint than hold.
For about half the buyers who described it: 10 of 18.
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