Just bought this few nights ago as a last-minute "I need to buy one because I just ran out" purchase. So surprised on how easy it is to use and how quick you can apply it!
I'm used to using those traditional ones where you need to ocassionally sharpen it but I just love how this is a twist one. The pencil/crayon itself has the right amount of colour (for me) as it does not give you a shocking "dark" colour where you'd feel like you've put on too much and it gives you the flexibility to work on how dark you want it to go.
As for the other end, the sponge really helps with filling in those spots that you need work on with the right amount of dabbing and is buildable (don't go to hard as I think this is why people sometimes find it messy).
I also love how I don't need to use a brush to blend it as the sponge works perfectly fine for me giving it a natural finish (might be different for others).
As for application time, I normally just do my brows and winged eyeliner for work and normally takes me 5 minutes to do both but with this, I now take 2-3 minutes tops (with more time doing my eyeliner).
I normally go for a natural look with as less make up as possible so I think this really works well for the people same as me. Not sure if it will work well for people who prefers doing a "fuller brow look".
I definitely recommend this to all those ladies who's normally got full-on days and is after a quick eyebrow fix as it works wonders given a short application time.
Super love this product and will definitely repurchase it again! :)
I found the Maybelline Brow Satin to work okay - it recommends outlining with the pencil and 'colouring in' with the powder fill but I didn't find this technique worked too well for me as the powder filler was too thick and made my eyebrows look too chunky and not as defined as I like them. The lead on the pencil part broke quite easily so I ended up wasting a bit and overall the combo only lasted barely a quarter of the time a normal pencil would last. I wouldn't buy this again for these reasons. On the other hand the colour was nice and idea itself quite cool - the sponge end did work quite well for blending the insides of brows near nose but thats about it.