Thank you to BR for the opportunity to trial this product – if I had paid for it myself I would have been really annoyed about wasting my money! This is probably my first ever negative review about a Maybelline product – it is my go to makeup brand, so I was very disappointed!
The product itself is okay. The colour was kind of off – I have very dark eyebrows so I selected "dark brown", but it is definitely looks black when you apply it. I hate to think what the "black brown" shade looks like on! The product does go on nicely, is highly pigmented and has excellent staying power. However, you only get this result for the first couple of applications because as soon as you need to sharpen it it is useless.
The packaging of this pencil states that it is sharpenable, but it is in a hard plastic casing and the product itself is very soft, so when you go to sharpen it, it crumbles/breaks, rendering it completely useless. If it weren't for the brush at the other end which I am sure will come in handy, I would have just thrown it out right there and then.
Love this. So I get my brows hennaed which I’m obsessed with but once it starts wearing off between appts, I’ve never quite found the right brow pencil to help with those few days. But now. This is great. It’s got so much more staying power than other pencils I’ve used. Cute packaging and easy to sharpen.
Tips: Careful with the colour you choose. The dark brown is dark. I’d probably go lighter next time. And use a light touch when first applying as it’s not like other brow pencil you will have used