What do you do when the woman you trust to stick to your meticulous threading pattern suddenly decides to stop? Deal with it yourself of course.

After many attempts and going down YouTube wormhole to get the technique right, I’ve learnt how to thread my own eyebrows – free of the dread that comes with entrusting someone else with them.

My current brow care routine consists of a threading tidy up once up, with tweezers to extract those stubborn hairs, but styling is a whole other conversation.

Having sifted through the pencils, the gels and various other textured products, I’ve found my way to the pomade. As someone with the blackest of black hair, I’m always looking for eyebrow products that have strong pigmentation.

Enter Illamasqua’s Eye Brow Cake, £18 in Vehement. It looks and feels more like a creamy powder that lasts for a while. I use this almost every day and have had the same pot for a year. It’s one of the longer lasting products of the eyebrow pomade world. And I’ve tried a fair few.

“This simple eyebrow routine helps maintain my thick, bushy brow look”