Makeup | Clear brow gels - splash or save?

Happy Sunday!
Someone please tell me we're not actually nearly in to May? I swear it was Christmas like yesterday....


Anywho.... I'm gonna be talking about clear brow gels today, my favourite kind of brow gels! And straight off the bat, I'm gonna be telling you to splash, not save! Read on to see why....


Anastasia Clear Brow Gel Vs. Maybelline Brow Drama Transparent Sculpting Brow Mascara

Right, lets start with Maybelline's offering. As you can see from the last two pictures, the wands for each of the brow gels are completely different in shape. The Maybelline one has a "balled" end which is what I use majority of the time for applying the product. OR WHAT LITTLE PRODUCT IS ON THE WAND SHOULD I SAY! It's absolutely useless I tell ya! From the last picture, you can see that all the product just surrounds itself around the centre of the wand and your brows never even touch that part! This product is an absolute fail; it doesn't hold my brows in to place because my brows never even see any of the product, and even when it does (when I force the brush on to my brows so that I can feel some of the product on there), my brows still droop after applying it. The wand isn't as thick with bristles as the Anastasia one and I think that's where the problmem lies. Really not impressed with this; thank god it was only £4.99 and in a 3 For 2.


Now for Anastasia Beverly Hills. My absolute holy grail brow gel. The formula sits well on the wand so that it actually clings on to my brow hairs without having to force the brush on to the brows. It sets my brows in to place and literally does not move ALL DAY. There's no crispy/hard feeling either; it's really comfortable on the brows all day and you can barely feel it on them. Also, I think there's ingredients in there to promote brow growth because I have definitely seen my brows become a bit more thicker and I've seen faster growth for the brow hairs that I pluck under my brows. It is £16, which I think is actually reasonable, considering this is only my second tube in roughly 1 and a half years (I'm probably due another one now).


Do any of you out there actually like the Maybelline brow gel? I really can't see myself liking it ever! Just nowhere near as good at the Anastasia one. Oh well, at least it's tried and tested and now I know to just splash the cash for better quality!

Let me know if there are some drugstore brow gels that I should try. My sister keeps mentioning the L'Oreal Brow Artist brow gel, so may check that out soon.



See you tomorrow on my YouTube channel for another and final #Sisterseries video!


Ciao x

Video | SISTER SERIES #3 - Top Drugstore Picks

So, mine and my sister's first video talking about makeup! Believe me when I say I had to cut it down A LOT.....

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!!
Top Drugstore Picks

PRODUCTS MENTIONED
Gi
2True Waterproof Effortless Eyeliner - http://fave.co/1Q4QJAK
L'Oreal Brow Artist Plumper - http://fave.co/1DnN2MS
Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation - http://fave.co/1DnO4bB
Maybelline EyeStudio Color Tattoo 24hr Cream Gel Eyeshadow - http://fave.co/1F9AYSV
Bourjois Paris ColorBoost Lip Crayon - http://fave.co/1Q4SFt7

Abby
No 7 Beautiful Eyebrow Pencil - OMG I'VE JUST FOUND OUT THEY'VE STOPPED STOCKING IT ON BOOTS.COM!!! SEND HELP!!!!! (something similar, they must have replaced it with this... - http://fave.co/1DnNhYj)
Bourjois 123 CC Eye Cream - http://fave.co/1Q4RQjL
Maybelline EyeStudio Color Tattoo 24hr Cream Gel Eyeshadow - http://fave.co/1F9AYSV
Soap And Glory One Heck Of A Blot Powder - http://fave.co/1F9CzrW
Sleek Contour Kit - http://fave.co/1Q4SWfD


Hope you enjoy the video and see you next Sunday for a blog post!



Ciao x

Makeup | My Favourite Eyebrow Pencil - The One No One Talks About...

Hi beautiful people

I have been wanting to write a blog post about this eyebrow pencil since I discovered it 4 years ago...

The No 7 Beautiful Eyebrow Pencil

The main reason I love this is because of the colour. It is a perfect match for me! I have black/v. dark brown hair and I do not believe in filling in my brows with a dark brown (this can look orange on me) or a pure black shade (normally looks like they're drawn on with a liquid eyeliner lol). So grey eyebrows for me it is (I mean it's not white grey - more of a dark grey/soft black).

I have fallen in love with the formula of this eyebrow pencil; it stays put all day, does not move/sweat off. Just a quick and easy product to use everyday for me. The spooly is nothing to shout about - I'll use it here and there - but generally I will use a separate spooly brush to just soften out the colour a bit.

Sometimes I will use this on it's own, but other times I will use the pencil to frame the eyebrow shape at the top of my brows and fill in the rest of my brows using an RMK Eyebrow brush and BECCA's Eyebrow Filling Powder called Ash just to "bolden" up my brows a tad.

I have tried and loved the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Granite as well, and it is similar shade to this No 7 eyebrow pencil. But seeing as I can pick this up from around the corner in my local Boots store, it just makes it all that much more convenient.

At £7, who can fault me on this one? Plus you'll collect 28 Boots points as well....

What other brow products suit black haired people out there?

Ciao x

No 7 Beautiful Eyebrow Pencil

RMK Eyebrow Brush

BECCA Eyebrow Filling Powder

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz