Saturday, February 15, 2014

Crash test: Eyebrow pencils

Let's face it: Brows ARE the frames of our eyes. So, they either make or break our whole look.

The shape, the color, the density of our brows can turn us from a fairy princess to a villain, just like that.

Of course, opinions differ on how "perfect" our brows should be, when made-up. Others claim they should look like sisters, others they should look like twins.

It's a matter of personal taste, really. There are plenty of videos and posts on how to pluck/groom your eyebrows, so you can go ahead and just google them up if that is what you need. Because what we will do, is put some easy-to-perfect-your-brow-pencils to the test.

Shall we?

I'm showcasing 4 pencils today. The 3 of them are brow pencils the other one is a normal eye pencil that I have also used to style my brows.


#1: Essence Kalinka (LE)- Babushka me eyebrow styler
 Pros: Great color, all-in-one pencil with a brush and wax tip, cheap, long lasting
 Cons: Limited edition, regular to small size pencil (since there's the wax end)

#2: MAC- Lingering
Pros: Propelling packaging-needs no sharpening, great color/pigmentation, user friendly, long lasting
Cons:  Finishes quickly, on the pricier side

#3: Radiant Professional Powdery Brow Definer 04 Chocolate
Pros: Huuuge, great pigmentation, brush included, reasonable price
Cons: Color runs darker, and warmer toned, too pigmented (?)

#4: Dorothy L Waterproof eyeliner 062
Pros: Nice color/pigmentation
Cons: Not so long lasting


#1: essence : brown, leans olive
#2: MAC : brown taupe-y
#3: Radiant: dark brown
#4: Dorothy L : taupe gray


It's not easy to grade them, so I'll just admit that from the above pros&cons, and mainly on how they show/last on me, I prefer the Essence one the best! 

Correction: I like the Lingering the best, but Essence comes first because I get the same result with the 1/5 of the price!



What do you think?
Tried the above already?
What's your holy grail eyebrow pencil?

Andriana
xoxo

6 comments:

  1. Radiant looks like my color!Going to check on that hun!I love brow products!

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    1. Hope you like it! I just updated it, it's in 04 Chocolate. It's really good- I love this brand! :)

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  2. Πολυ ωραια αναρτηση ^^ Της essence φαινεται πολυ καλο (μα που αλλου θα επεφτε το ματι μου :P)!

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    1. Ψαξε το, ψαξε το! Αξίζει, κι οχι μονο επειδη ειναι οικονομικο! Σχεδον ριχνει κατω το MAC!

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  3. δεν μπορώ να βγω έξω χωρίς να έχω βάψει τα φρύδια μου... τόσο μα τόσο χρήσιμο ποστ! ευχαριστούμε πολυ!

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  4. Το τελευταιο 6μηνο εχω παθει κανονικη εμμονη! :)

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