For some reason I fall for all of Benefit’s gimmicks. I know that I can get the same result from a different product (AKA cheaper product). I love a highlighted brow bone. You know that drag queen lifted high to the sky brow bone? Love it. This pencil claims to add an instant brow lift. It does highlight nicely and is easy to use. It does what alot of slightly pearly powder eyeshadows do. This pencil is a super pale pink. It looks nice on my light skintone but I really don’t think the color is for everyone. I really don’t think it is for alot of people. With my experience as a makeup artist I wouldn’t use this on like 80% of my clients. My darker clients would benefit more from a pearly golden champagne powder. Anyways, you take this pencil and line under your brows and blend and it is supposed to lift. The lady at the counter tried to tell me that it helps cover up stray, unruly brows between waxing. Yeah, whatever. If your philosophy is to cake your hair follicles with tons of pigment to disguise a stray hair rather than pluck it, then that would work. It doesn’t do that. In fact the lighter shade makes strays more noticeable if you have dark hair like I do. It’s an OK product and the color works for me but it is something to definitely try before buying. It retails for $20 and I’ve used loose face powders that created the same results as this when swept and blended right under the brow bone.
January 4, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I didn’t know you had this blog…it’s beautiful. I’ve learned so much about makeup and fragrance from you. I wish you lived closer. I’d pay you to do my makeup. I hate putting it on everyday. I’d love to have the Jetson’s “get dressed” tunnel thingy.
January 4, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I purchased this a few months back and I agree that it isn’t good for every skintone. I have a darker complexion and it didn’t work out for me. I also tried their browzings eyebrow filler and hated that as well.
January 5, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Jill, you know I would love to do your makeup. We’d get the false lashes down and I promise I could even find a red that works with your lovely red hair.
Thanks for commenting ladies.
Funny thing mentioning browzings. I have been meaning to write about it. It is one of the few beauty products that I have ever returned. I hated it as well.