If I'm in a rush or if I'm too lazy to do too much makeup, the least I would do would be my brows. I can't go anywhere without my brows filled in. Haha. My brows are pretty bushy to begin with, but the tail end is kind of sparse in comparison to the front part, so drawing on brows to me is just filling in the tail end mainly.
For today, I will be reviewing and comparing 4 different brand of brow pencils. I've used these pencils for months already so I can give a pretty accurate review based on my experience. The 4 brow pencils are Anastasia Beverly Hills brow wiz, Nyx micro brow pencil, BH cosmetics HD brow pencil and Colourpop brow pencil. I'll review them one by one first and conclude with which I like best for whatever reason. Prices are all in USD.
Here's a picture of me with bare brows. My brows are pretty bushy at the front and gets more sparse towards the tail. The brow on the right is so weirdly shaped though..... I'll need to get it done soon.
Colourpop Brow Pencil
It costs $5 which is really inexpensive. This brow pencil is the creamiest of all 4 which may seem like a good thing at first, but isn't really. Because it is so creamy, I have to be careful when using it. You only have to press really lightly to get the product on your skin. So you can probably imagine, how easy it is to go overboard. If i'm not careful, I end up with 2 really dark arched rectangles above my eyes. Haha. I recommend getting a lighter shade than you normally will get for brows. It really does make your brows dark really fast. Lasts all day on my brows.
Colourpop Black 'N Brown on left brow, Colourpop Bangin' Brunette on right brow.
Bangin' brunette is more brown while black 'n brown is more cool toned.
Nyx Micro Brow Pencil
This costs $10, which isn't that cheap but isn't expensive either. I really like this one. Creamy but not too creamy. Goes on nice and drawing my brows is quite a breeze with this. Lasts all day too. My only gripe with the Nyx brow pencils is the terrible product quality. First of, the caps. They are slightly different in size, and by slightly, I mean that it is not very obviously different if you don't look carefully. I can't tell you the number of times I have accidentally put the caps the wrong way and squished the brow product, thus wasting some. It is so annoying!! Ain't nobody got time to put both caps together every time to compare sizes and check that they are putting the right one on!!
Secondly, the packaging quality itself is terrible because of the poor scrolling mechanism quality. It spoils really easily. I have 2 brow pencils that are unusable now because the scrolling mechanism broke. For one of them, I was scrolling everything up to see how much was left. Halfway through. the scrolling mechanism just suddenly broke!! I couldn't scroll up or down anymore so there was this huge chunk of pencil sticking out. I tried to push it in and that caused it to break of course. So that brow pencil is just unusable now. The other one just broke randomly by itself and I only realized when I was trying to scroll up for more product and it couldn't. So there went 2 pencils; wasted.
Nyx Ash Brown on left brow and Nyx Brunette on right brow.
BH Cosmetics HD Brow Pencil
The cheapest of the lot. On the BH cosmetics website it says it costs $8 originally, but right now it is $4. When I bought it last year, it was $4.50. I bought this when I was getting the Carli Bybel palette because I thought of just giving it a shot since it was so cheap. Out of all 4 of the brow pencils, BH has the driest formula. I have to press pretty hard to get the product onto my brows. You get what you pay for I guess. It has the least creamiest formula but I still can get use out of it anyway. I don't hate it but I don't love it either. Lasts on my brows all day. The 2 caps on either end have sizes different enough that you won't squish the brow pencil if you put it on wrong (read the nyx brow pencil part to understand what I mean).
The super famous brow pencil that every person who uses makeup knows about. It's super expensive too. At $21, this pencil better damn well make my brows look freaking amazing. And it does. It's my favourite out of the 4, but I don't think I will purchase anymore, simply because it is to expensive for my broke ass. It has the perfect amount of creaminess that makes it such a breeze to draw on my brows. Nyx brow pencil comes closest to the ABH one compared to the others, but I feel like the ABH one is a touch creamier and easier to use. Color range of ABH is better too from what I heard. The color doesn't bother me though. I have really dark brows, thus as long as I use some dark brown color it will work. Also, the caps on both ends are the same size which I LOVE. I don't have to worry about putting it on the wrong end and squishing some product. This lasts all day on my brows as well.
BH Cosmetics Ebony on the left brow and Anastasia Beverly Hills Dark Brown on the right brow.
Final Verdict
I shall judge by 2 categories.
> means better than/over
1. If money is not an issue to you
ABH > NYX > Colourpop = BH
I think it is pretty obvious. ABH still has the best brow pencil to me and if you can afford it, I say go for it. You won't regret it.
2. If you are broke like me
NYX>Colourpop = BH
If you really can't afford 21USD for a damn brow pencil, I feel you. It is a ridiculous price to pay for brows. The next closest option would be the NYX ones. Just, BE CAREFUL when using it. Don't do anything stupid like what I did (scrolling all the way up), and chances are you would have a pleasant brow drawing experience. That is, until you accidentally put the cap on wrong. Hahaha. In all seriousness though, it would be nice if NYX could improve the quality of their packaging. They should just do what ABH does and make both caps the same size. That will simplify life and make me a happier person.
I do not recommend BH or Colourpop in either category simply because the others are much much better. I don't hate them but I'm not going to repurchase them either. Colourpop brow pencils are really quite hard to use because they are too creamy while the BH ones are not creamy enough
That's it! Hope I helped. Have a happy brow drawing life. xD
Melissa
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