Showing posts with label Eyebrows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eyebrows. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Benefit Brow Zings

When you have a fringe it's very easy to hide those untamed eyebrows. I was guilty of hiding my eyebrows behind my heavy side-sweeping fringe and forgetting about them. Since growing my fringe out, my eyebrows have become one of my priorities.
 
I am incredibly fussy about eyebrows. In the past I have left them very natural, however as they have become visible I've tried to keep them in a good condition. As someone who got a little tweezer happy when I was younger (something I seriously regret now), my eyebrows aren't the best. After using various serums I have managed to regain the thickness of my eyebrows, however, there are a few sparse patches in my eyebrows. This is where eyebrow pencils or eyebrow powder come in very handy.
 
I purchased the Benefit Brow Zings after running out of my beloved Urban Decay Brow Box. Instead I repurchasing I thought I would give the much raved about Benefit Brow Zings a try.
 
 
 
The Benefit Brow Zings product comes in a sleek compact, and you know what a sucker I am for cute, practical packaging. Within the compact you receive, a brow shaping wax which is colourless (although it looks brown in the packaging), brow powder in your chosen shade, a hard angle brush to apply the wax, a blending brush to apply the powder and mini-sized tweezers. This makes the product a great product for travelling, as you have everything you need to groom your eyebrows, all in one place.
 
 
It's very easy to use the compact. The first step is to use your blending brush and fill in any sparse areas with the powder. Then, take the hard angle brush and apply the wax on top to seal the brow powder. Finish off by plucking out any stray hairs with the mini tweezers. Handily, the compact comes with instructions and diagrams so you really cannot go wrong.
 
 
The Benefit Brow Zings is available in three shades: light, medium and dark. I chose the lightest shade, as recommended by the make-up artist and this is a perfect match for my light brown eyebrows. While the powder is the perfect shade, the wax has an orange tinge on my skin tone. I usually just give the wax a miss, the powder last all day so I wouldn't say it's essential to apply the wax.
 
This product retails at £22.50, for 2.65g of powder and 1.7g of wax. Admittedly this is expensive, but like with most eyebrow powders, a little goes a long way. I've been using this for around four months and I haven't hit pan yet.
 
Although this is a good product, I'm not sure that this is better than the Urban Decay Brow Box. It may just be me being fussy, but the powder seems a lot harder to apply, it just doesn't want to stick to my eyebrows. Either way, it's a good product, but for me Urban Decay provides my Holy Grail product.
 
Which eyebrow powder would you recommend?
 
xox
 
P.S. Sorry for my mini blogging vacation, university took over my life and my laptop died and disappeared from my life - not good.
 


Thursday, 17 May 2012

Perfect Eyebrows In A Box

Urban Decay know everything there is to know about eye make-up, therefore I was pretty sure they would have the answer to perfect eyebrows.

Eyebrows are the frames for your eyes. Get them right and they can improve your appearance. Get them wrong and leave you not looking your finest.


The Urban Decay Brow Box, which I purchased in the darkest shade called Brown Sugar, is now my ultimate brow powder product.


It comes with two shades of eyebrow powder, clear wax, tiny tweezers and a teeny angled brush.


The way this product is packaged is gorgeous; it's a very girly looking. I was sold just by this!

You may be deceived in to thinking that this product will not last long as there isn't much there, however it last ages! I've been using mine for a few months and have only made a dent in the products.  

The eyebrow powders are extremely pigmented, even more so with the wax on top. This fills in gaps perfectly, and it's not obvious that I'm wearing a powder, it looks very natural. You can mix the two powders to create your perfect shade. The wax, which looks a little frightening as it's beige, is not too sticky or gooey and holds the hair in place without a crusty finish.


This box is portable, it allows you to have all your eyebrow essentials in one tidy place, there's even a mirror! So, as far as your eyebrows are concerned you don't need to take anything else with you.

I purchased my box from Debenhams for about £15, which isn't too bad but if you look around you will be able to find it much cheaper, especially on eBay.

I don't think there is much to say about this product in all honesty. It does what it sets out to do very well. It will leave you with groomed and defined looking eyebrows.

If you're interested in buying the brow box, here are the shades:

Brown Sugar - Dark
Beige Betty - Medium
Gingersnap - Auburn
Honey Pot - Blonde

Are any of you fanatics of the Urban Decay range?

xox