Billion Dollar Brows Universal Brow Pencil Review

This was my first brow pencil that I have ever used, I generally stick to Browtox by Napoleon Perdis which is an eyebrow gel. I received this in my March beauty box, and at first I didn't like it as I wasn't used to it. But after I have played around with it, I love it for a quick everyday natural brow look and save my 'Browtox' for a more precise brow look. I love the fact you can just wind the product up, hate having to sharpen beauty products as I feel you lose so much product. It is amazing how it is universal and even though I have blonde hair it still looked amazing on my brows. The formula is very creamy and I find it easy to create my desired look. I will always use the brush at the other end to smooth it all out at the end and I find this helps to create a more natural look with the product. It does last all day but I would recommend using another product to set your brow hairs if needed.

Brows have been something that I have been trying to work on recently. It's not my strong point. I was stoked to see this pencil in the BRBB as it was another product to try.

The pencil is slim and sleek...but it's really long. Too long for my make up bag. There is a spooley at one end and the pencil winds out the other end. It's a nice formula, hard to explain it being just right - some are to soft and smear everywhere and some are too tough and don't seem to put any product out. This one is a happy middle.

The idea behind the colour is using a gentle application to build up to darker - unfortunately for someone just starting out with brows this wasn't the right thing for me. I was heavy handed and even when I tried my best to be light handed it just felt like my brows were so much darker.

Based on the formula itself I would be keen to try it in a lighter colour, I liked working with it, but it just looked to bold for me. I happily gave this away to a friend that I'm sure it will work much better for.

I received this in a BBBE last year and I was excited by the idea of a "universal brow pencil." I'm almost completely out of this product, and don't think I will be repurchasing.

I love the formula of this product. I find it applys really easily and smoothly, as well as evenly. It lasts all day, without smudging, even when using it without other products. I love how you don't need to sharpen it and the packaging is so stylish.

The reason I won't be repurchasing this, however, is because I find it slightly too dark. My hair is light brown and I have to use a very, very, very light hand when using this, and even then it still doesn't match my hair colour completely. I don't think this would work for you if you had blonde hair.

I think this is a good item to have in a beauty box, because of the idea of a universal brow pencil - even though it didn't really work for me. I also think it would be a good gift idea, and good if you were just starting to do your brows and unsure of what to buy, as it's really easy to use. I love the actual formula of this product though and if they came out with different shades with the same formula I'd definitely buy!

I received this in the BRBB, I am still relatively new to the brow game so was keen to try this and compare to my current fave.

It is a dual end pencil in a really pretty silver casing - one end is the retractable pencil, and the other is a little brow brush. It is a universal pencil so suited for all eyebrow colours, the pencil itself is brown so not sure how it would suit very blond brows, but the colour is perfect for my dark brown brows (try saying that fast 3 times!).

It's quick and easy to apply the product, simply twist the pencil up and apply, it's buildable so more strokes=darker brows. The brush is fabulous for shaping the brows first and then use afterwards to blend in the product - particularly useful if you have applied it slightly unevenly.

I really like the pencil but there are a couple of things about it that put it a very firm 2nd to my EOH brow define. The lid on the brush end doesn't click into place so seems like it could be lost in a makeup bag. The other thing is the width of the pencil itself - it's quite a fat pencil (compared to the EOH) one, so requires a lot of skill to get right, which isn't great for a noob like me.

This product was in my (amazing) March Beauty Box and I have to admit, I scoffed at it at first. What use to me (with my jet black, well kept, fairly thin brows) could this possibly be?

As it turns out, I had no idea what I was missing. This doesn't miraculously alter my brows a lot, but what it does do is make them more defined, darker and better above my (often quite made up) eyes.

The pencil is a soft brown, which seems like it would be too light on black brows. but it's actually perfect, as what it does is tone the skin underneath so that there is no contrast between black hair and pale skin, so my brows look thicker and better defined.

The comb allows me to make sure everything is neat and tidy - and overall, the look just *works*.

At $33 I would never have thought to try this but now that I have I'm intrigued - the world of brows just opened up to me!

I received this in the March beauty box - I've never used a BDB product before this one so that was exciting!

I can't say I'm a fan of using a pencil on my eye brows but I can see how pepole would love it - it's very defining and fills in areas really well, I just personally prefer to use a powder. The pencil is easy to use, feels soft and lasts all day.

I did however really enjoy using the brush on the other end - a couple times over my brows does the trick. It does feel a tiny bit harsh but I like that as it allows me to feel the brush going through my brows and it feels like it's doing its job (hope that makes sense!!).

I love the packaging too - it's thin, looks chic and makes it easy to use and doesn't take up any space at all in the makeup bag.

I had been lusting after this brow pencil so when it arrived in the BRBB I was beyond stoked. The brow pencil I had been using was running low and I had been wondering which product to try.

The staying power is awesome! I have sparse brows so I love the fact that the product doesn't budge once you've drawn on your brows. The colour, as they say, is pretty universal. I'm blonde and find it a pretty good colour match when applied lightly, and also very natural looking.

It's super convenient in a retractable tube with a spooly on the end. The lid on the pencil clicks on securely, but the lid on the spooly does not, it comes off quite easily so is not ideal for travel.

The issue I have with this pencil is because you can't sharpen it, it becomes blunt quite quickly, and it just doesn't have a fine enough tip for a precise application once this happens. This won't be an issue if you already have brows and are just using the pencil to fill them in/tidy them up, but for those of us needing to draw the entire brow on, a thicker blunt pencil just doesn't cut the mustard. I'm continuously having to go in with a cotton bud and clean up the edges.

I sadly will not be repurchasing for this reason and am still on the hunt for my HG brow product!

I never understood the hype behind the ABH brow wiz so when I saw the BDB pencil in the March BRBB I was excited that I would get to try something similar. I’m a regular user of the angled brush and cream eye liner / eye shadow powder for my eyebrows so it was quite different to take a pencil to my brows.

I did find it tricky to use in the first week and that’s purely because I was still getting use to it. Just like any angled brush the pencil fits nicely between my fingers so I have the control that I need to define my brows. The colour is my perfect shade and blends nicely with my skintone (reference MAC NC42-44 or Revlon Nearly Naked in Toast). Funnily enough I had no idea it was the only shade but I love the fact that it takes the guess work out of colour matching.

I haven’t had any issue with the pencil not being sharp because I tend to use it at an angle and therefore there’s always a point however I’m not too sure I agree with the claim that “it always stays sharp”. If you use it on it’s point then it will not remain sharp unless you start using it at an angle. If I make a mistake I can easily remove it with a swipe of a finger or sheer it out using the spoolie on the end.

With everyday use the BDB pencil lasted me 2 months so in terms of money; that’s approximately $15+ a month for my brows and that’s expensive to maintain. Prior to that, I had been using my elf cream liner for 4 months with barely a dent and that only cost me $5. It’s not a fair comparison because they’re different types of products but it’s just to highlight that you can still use other products to get the job done at a cheaper cost.

I would recommend this in conjunction to what you're already using. I’ve already repurchased 2 BDB pencils to use in between my elf cream liner.

I received this brow pencil in the "Take Back Your Brows" kit from the Billion Dollar Brows website and it has replaced all other brow pencils in my makeup collection.

It's a nice, soft pencil with a somewhat creamy-wax formula. I'm not sure how much pencil is in it exactly as I haven't hit pan on it and there is a spoolie on the other end but it seems to be lasting well so far!

I use it lightly on my brows and the spaces between the brow hairs so there hasn't really been much need for the pencil to have a sharp point but I do appreciate that I'm not losing any product by having to use a sharpener on it.

The thing I don't like about the BDB brow pencil is the overall length. Having the spoolie on the end makes it really long so I quite often hit my mirror with the end during application. Having the pencil without a spoolie would make a huge difference, making it so much more manageable.

I recommend using it with a light touch and then building up to the colour you want as it's easier to add more than it is to take away.

I'll definitely repurchase this pencil, especially if they every bring out a version with no spoolie on the end.

I received this eye pencil in my March beauty box, this is the first eyebrow pencil I have used, in the past I've only used an eyebrow gel as I get my eyebrows tinted. This pencil works really well with my eyebrow colour, it helps shade in the gaps in my brows and makes my brows have more definition and shape. I find it lasts all day. This blends really well with my eyebrows and the formula is nice and creamy. I would definitely repurchase this eye pencil, it does everything I need in an eyebrow pencil!