Imagine you're a pale lady with very cool toned skin, searching high and low for a greyish brow product. Imagine the excitement of hearing that there's a grey based tint that lasts for days. Imagine having all your hopes shattered to pieces 5 hours after trying it out. Yup that's me.
Firstly the packaging: it's a small, mascara sized tube with a screw on lid. The brush is relatively short, like a nail polish brush. Problem no.1 arises- How am I supposed to draw my eyebrows with a sharp finish using this clumsy wide brush??? In the end I made a 'stencil' by sticking cellotape around my eyebrows in the shape I wanted. It was sticky to apply, and in order for it to last long I did a very thick coat. It didn't shift or drip while drying, and I happily went about my business for 2 hours with comically bold eyebrows.
It was easy to peel off going from the centre towards the outside, and didn't hurt at all. I was really excited to see that the tint was even and dark brown, the perfect shade! But as I wore this throughout the day, the heat made my face start to get oily and the tinted brows became very shiny. Like I had just put oil on my skin kind of shiny. I end up putting dark eyeshadow over it to try matte it out.
I'll admit I really liked the shade when I first peeled it. But alas, that night as soon as I washed my face it faded... to warm brown! I was shocked when I looked in the mirror at my very brown, light colored brows. I have black hair, so the orangy brown tinge looked ridiculous on me. What's worse, I had to suffer through crazy eyebrows for another 4 days! This does indeed last long, but from day two onwards the colour is completely different. I wouldn't mind if I had brown hair, but I ended up having to draw over the tint with my normal charcoal shade brow pencil every day till it faded completely.
I can see the attraction if you've naturally light brows, and it is very satisfying to use. But my oh my was I wrong when I thought this was grey brown!
I was excited to try this product, even though I already have microbladed eyebrows - which have faded to a reddish tone (they do need touched up). I got the Dark Brown Brow Tint. This applied really easily. I was concerned I might get wonky brows. And the colour was too dark. After 20 minutes I start peeling off, and was amazed with how fantastic my brows looked. I really wanted to test how long this would last without reapplying. By day 3 they had gone a reddish tone, and was quite noticeable, so I had to reapply. This however doesn’t put me off. I love that I don’t need to worry about my brows for a few days. And when it fades I can just reapply. This product will definitely be one of my Must haves (that is until I get my brows microbladed again). Most definitely love this product and the ease of use! And at its rrp I totally will buy it in future!
Tips: When doing the tail of your brow, start from the thickest part and do one fluid movement with the brush. Repeat till evenly covered. Wipe away any tint that gets in an area it’s not wanted, straight away. I just use my finger nail to scrape away. A wipe will work too.