Hey there everyone!
Today I will be writing all about my eyebrows and what I have learned so far about filling them in!
I have very recently (within the past month or two) discovered that filling in your eyebrows really does make a huge difference when doing your makeup. I have blonde hair, so naturally my eyebrows are blonde. They are extremely sparse and light. I've always been self conscious of them, they just never looked good to me. I've never had my eyebrows professionally done since they are so thin and sparse, and I've always been so afraid the people would go crazy and wax them completely off! My brows never really need too much upkeep, so all I do is tweeze a few stray hairs here and there.
About a year ago I decided I wanted to try to fill them in everyday, so I went to the MAC store and bought one of their eyebrow pencils. I'm not quite sure why I didn't go to the drugstore and buy a cheaper eyebrow pencil. I believe it was because of all the hype about MAC on YouTube, but I digress.
I purchased the MAC eyebrow pencil in Fling.
I tried filling in my brows, but after having extremely light, almost non-existent brows all my life, I was a little taken back when I looked at myself with darker brows. I felt slightly uncomfortable- like it was too dark for my hair and skin tone.
I used this pencil sporadically throughout the year, but I never really got in the habit of filling in my eyebrows every day.
Recently, I started using this product again. I thought it still looked a little harsh, but I definitely looked much better with filled in brows than with barely there brows. I began using this every day and started really loving how I looked with my eyebrows filled in. I decided it was time to try new products!
I love watching beauty videos on YouTube and a lot of beauty gurus fill in their eyebrows with powder, so I really wanted to give a powder product a try.
So I asked for the Anastasia Brow powder duo in Blonde for my birthday.
Love the packaging!
I used this and instantly fell in love. This powder is amazing!! I love the way it makes my eyebrows look. I feel like it makes my eyebrows look natural, like I didn't use a pencil to fill them in. I use a mix of both colors for most of my brows, and then I use the darker color for the tail of my brows. After I use the brow powder, I set my brows using the Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara.
I find myself using this product every day, and my MAC pencil has been pushed off to the side. It's not that the pencil is bad in anyway, I just really like the look of the powder a lot better.
I like to apply this powder with an angled brow brush.
This is a MAC 266SE that I got in a set with 4 other brushes. I think its from two Christmases ago? I picked it up over a year ago at my local Cosmetic Company Store.
The one thing I do like better about the pencil is that it is definitely easier for me to give my brows more shape when I use it. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to use the powder, but I do feel like it is harder to shape my brows and give them more of an arch using the powder.
Quick Recap!
-I never used to fill in my eyebrows.
-I started filling in my brows using a pencil.
-Now I am using a brow powder to fill in my eyebrows.
Are you with me? Yes? Good. :)
Now that I feel confident with my brow filling-in abilities, I want to branch out and try other products. One product I was on the hunt for was a tinted brow gel.
You see, I love filling in my brows using the Anastasia brow powder, but it is very time consuming. I take my time when I do my makeup, so it takes me at least 5-10 minutes just to do my brows. On days when I'm running late I leave my brows naked! I've been wanting to try out a tinted brow gel to see if it would be a good product to just swipe on and go!
My search for a drugstore tinted brow gel was unsuccessful, so I decided to just take the plunge and try out the Anastasia tined brow gel in Blonde.
It came in the mail today!!
I've only used this once- so far I like it! It does exactly what I wanted it to do, slightly tint my brows so they are not so invisible when I don't have time to do the whole routine. It's the perfect color- not too light but not too dark. It also has the smallest amount of shimmer in it, but once it dries you don't notice it at all!
I started out with one coat, waited for it to dry, then I added another coat. I do think that this makes my brows feel crunchy, but I don't touch my brows at all during the day, so it's not really a big deal to me.
So....that's my brow story!! I will update you on the tinted brow gel and my thoughts about it after I've tried it out a little more.
Have you tried ANY of these products? Do you like them? Have you just discovered how to fill in your eyebrows? Hope this helped!!
Want to check out any of these products? Here ya go!
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MAC eyebrow pencil
Anastasia eyebrow powder duo
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara
Anastasia tinted brow gel
MAC 266 angled brush
Thanks for reading! Talk to you soon :)
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