Friday, 20 December 2013

Drugstore Brows

2013 has been the year of the eyebrow. Everyone loves eyebrows and takes care of their brows a lot more now we have been introduced to so many aka CARA DELEVINGNE'S bushy beauties!!

for those who live under a rock and have never seen Cara's brows




Anyway, I as a fan of eyebrow care have tried and tested my fair share of drugstore eyebrow products and thought it was only right to share my opinions on a few I've tried this month.

1. First on my list is the 'MUA Pro-Brow Ultimate Eyebrow Kit' £3.50 from Superdrug.



 I think its worth its money. It comes with angled brush and tweezers. I love the pigment of the brow shades and they last all day which is perfect! My hair is a variety of brown shades so I like to match my brows close to roots and by having both a dark and light brown in the kit, I can make the perfect shade to suit me. I also love that the colour last all day without having to use the setting wax as I personally dislike waxy products for my eyebrows. The peachy shade is to be used as a highlight under your brows but I feel a creamer shade would have been better. 
My only complaint about this eyebrow kit is my light brown shade actually broke out of the casing. (NIGHTMARE!)

2. Next is an eyebrow pencil, the 'Eylure Shape and Shade Brow Pencil and Tamer' in the shade 'Medium Brunette to Dark Blonde' £5.35 from Boots



I loovvee this pencil, its super soft on your brows and I was quite sceptical on the colour this pencil was going to turn out as there are only three shades on ofter and I find it quite hard to find a decent colour for my brows. I went for this pencil as it was by Eylure and they commonly known for eyelashes and as they are a brand focused on eyes, I thought they'd know something about brows. I love that the brush is directly on the end of the pencil so there is no hassle when you come to brushing your eyebrows through. Finally the colour lasts all day, I have no complaints about this so far! Woo! I think I'm in love guys...

And finally 'Sleek Make Up Brow Kit Light' £8.49 from Superdrug

3. This is the most expensive of the three and I honestly don't like this kit very much. It comes with tweezers and two brushes, one angled and one for blending. I felt that the wax (the darker shade) was OK, it wasn't to heavy and it had a nice colour to it but the setting powder (lighter brown) was far too light for the wax. It made my eyebrows look ashy. There are only two kits on offer from Sleek one dark and one light. This I felt was annoying as the dark kit looked too dark for me and to my discovery the light kit was a little to light for me. Also it doesn't last all day, I had to re-touch my brows a few times during the day wearing this which doesn't bother me but it's not ideal also my friends noticed my eyebrows looked lighter.

Overall it's not always about cost with drugstore eyebrow products sometimes its about trial and error! But I'm sure there will be many eyebrow products for me to try in 2014!