Brow gels would be one of the hardest beauty products I've had to search for, over the years I've purchased many after watching and reading reviews but sadly they've all been a miss for me. My eyebrow hairs are thick but scarce and tinted brow gels either emphasis that lack of hair or make my eyebrow hairs look like fuzzy caterpillars so I've always opted for clear brow gel until a few months ago.
The lovely owner Ima at Mellow cosmetics had sent me a PR package containing a few of her new products, the tinted brow gel was one of these. I have a large collection of Mellow Cosmetics which helped expand my love for Mellow even more.
The brow gel comes in a dark mascara type tube, the colour I was sent was Dark brown. I like how the tops of the wands are gold so they're easy for me to see in my container of various makeup products. The wand has a small tip and slowly gets bigger towards the inner of the wand.
There are 2 ways I like to use the brow gel.
The first way is my daily routine where I wipe the excess product from the wand and brush the product from the front of my eyebrows pushing them upwards. With the type of wand it is, I can mimic little hairs which make me look like I have eyebrows, the small tip of the brush allows me to be more precise in applying this in the areas that I have no hairs, this takes 5 minutes and looks very natural, after that I use a wipe to sharpen the edges and Im good to go.
The second way is when I do a full face of makeup, after I've drawn on my eyebrows with brow pomade I go in after with the brow gel to blend the pomade and brush the hairs down.
I will be purchasing a few more of these, I am very happy with this product.
I bought this over the Black Friday sales when Mellow was having a discount along with some of their liquid lippies that I had been ooohing and ahhhing over but was waiting for a sale. I bought this in the shade dark brown. Dark brown I would describe as a cool toned chocolate brown, like a taupe chocolate brown. The wand is smaller than a mascara wand but not that small. Now this gel is great for holding my brow hairs in place and going for a natural look. My brows stay in place even when I work out. I like to pair this with a fine tipped brow pencil or a bit of brow powder and then run a bit of this through my brows for a really natural but really well groomed, healthy brow look. My brows feel soft and not crunchy but they stay in place even if I work out. If this color of brow gel is a good shade for you, this is an excellent product you get plenty of product in this tube which is fantastic. The only cons I can think of with this product is like most mascara wands when you pull it out of the tube you probably have too much product. If I were to apply it straight onto my brows I'd the gel clumped on some of my brow hairs, which doesn't look good or natural. I solve this problem by wiping the wand on a tissue prior to combing the wand through my brows. I would definitely repurchase this brow gel. At the time of this review they only have two shades. If one of the two shades is a good match for you then I would highly recommend you give this a try.
Tips: I get the best results when I pair this with my Eye of Horus brow pencils but any brow pencil will do. First I fill in any gaps with my fine tip brow pencil, pull the wand out of the tube wipe off the excess on a clean tissue, run the wand through my brows lightly. And then I immediately take a clean spoolie brush and comb my brows to set them in place, it also sort distributes the gel evenly through my brow hairs so they stay in place. The end result is dark, well groomed, fuller looking brows but it looks very natural. Farmers now stocks Mellow Cosmetics so it's great to pop in and test the shades and see if one is a good match for you.