Fill in your Brows!

     The other day I went on a trip to Sephora to pick up a brow pencil. I’ve been using a MAC duo brow shader in Ivoire/Walnut for the past couple of years now (which I love) but realized that I’m not always going to have a brow brush on me so the powder would be useless to me in times of need. Pencil to the rescue! At least that’s the hope anyways.

     Anastasia has the original and ever-so-popular “Perfect Brow Pencil” and a new product called the “Brow Wiz”. The Brow Pencil is a standard pencil shader with a spooly brush on the other end. What makes the Anastasia pencil so different from other brow pencils is the product itself (DUH!).

     There are many of you who, like me, have fallen victim to crazy exaggerated brow lines that you get from most brow pencils. This is because with most brow pencils, the deep rich colours will transfer onto your skin heavily even if you used a light hand. This usually leads to holy-shanani-BROWS! Or brushier-than-thou’s etc etc... With the Anastasia one, the perfect amount of colour is transferred onto your skin. The firmer you press, the more colour you get. The formula of this product generally gives you that feathery effect so that your brows look naturally shaped & beautiful.

     I tested various colours on the back of my hand and trust me, it takes a while for the tip to warm-up and give off heavy colour. The pencil tip is not rough, even when sharpened to a point. It’s “velvety-smooth” texture feels good against the skin and when used with the built-in brow brush, it creates the perfect natural looking brow.

     While both formulas were made basically the same, I much prefer the Brow Wiz over the Brow Pencil solely because of the packaging. Some people think that the formula is what’s making this product better they’re different from each other (pencil vs. Crayon) so it’s pretty hard to say. This product has a waxy-crayon texture as opposed to pencil which naturally gives it a slightly firmer lead that resists easy-breakage. It works just like a mechanical pencil: you can twist it to expose more of the tip/lead/crayon or to close it away. This helps to save product and it never needs sharpening (travel life-saver!). With pencils, I find that if you forget to sharpen and the tip is dull, you usually end up with blurry undefined smudges. Ew.

     It also has a built-in spooly brush on the other end which helps to blend the product into the natural brows. The tiny tip allows for tiny natural looking strokes which is ideal for filling in sparse brows. I know there are a lot of ladies who LOVE to completely draw in their brows...... I personally find it tacky looking because it’s so in-your-face-fake. That’s why I like this product because it helps give me the ultimate natural look without looking overly done. My brows are sparse and light too, don’t get me wrong, but IDK I guess I don’t want people to freak out if a water-rollercoaster washes away one of my brows (EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH????) LOL Naw, this product hasn’t rubbed off on me yet and I’ve been wearing it for over 8 hours. So far I believe it to be sweat proof and rain proof. (Take that watercoaster!) For reference, I use Medium Ash which is a taupey-brown colour. It works well with those who have dark hair all the way up to light blondes. It really all depends on how you like your brows I guess.