Maybelline Brow Satin Review

I found this on special when I needed a new brow pencil, and it's actually quite impressive for a 'drugstore' brand!

When I use this I use it to outline my brows and the Chi Chi Brow Pomade to fill them in. The powder end is not very useful (for me at least) as it's quite messy to use but the pencil end is perfect as it goes on easily, nice formula not too hard or easy to blend, and lasts all day easily.

Because it is a twist up pencil you never need to sharpen it, which is great for me however I do find if you drop it the pencil breaks and can fall out easily.

One thing I don't like is the range of colours, although it works for me some people just need a different sort of colour. This isn't too much of an issue as this product is 'drugstore', but I thought I'd still mention that.

I will for sure be buying this again, it's really easy to use and definitely a dupe for some more expensive brow pencils I've tried in the past.

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.

I got this from pak save. There was only one colour theree so I got it thinking it looked about right but it probably is a tiny bit too dark. But ignoring that, this products is a time saver for me, I either don't do my brows, or I perfect them and spend 15 mins on them, no inbetween! So now I can have an in between, I can use the sponge end and a brush and have decent looking brows in less than a minute!

I grabbed this product quickly as I had run out of my last brow pencil and needed something for the next day. I loved the sponge bit of the pencil and found the powder delivered through the brush gave the brow a more natural look while the pencil helped define the brow. I loved the color but unfortunately the pencil was brittle and pieces kept breaking off. This was a bummer as I ended up with wasted product, other than this I enjoyed this pencil.

This product makes getting awesome brows easy! The setting pencil is great for creating a clean line at the bottom of the brow, and the powder sponge tip is perfect for filling the brow in. I've always struggled using just a pencil or just powder, but this is the ideal combination of both.

This is a very slick little pencil that comes with enclosed lids at both ends - one end has a sponge tip with brow powder inside the cap and the other end has a propelling pencil that you can rotate. I like the way the powder end requires you to unscrew it to reveal a sponge tip which is dipped in the powder the sits inside the lid. The pencil end rotates and the lid clicks nicely in place. I found the pencil very effective for lightly shaping and outlining my eye brows but I found the powder tip a bit tricky. I like my eye brows to look natural and it was hard to get the right amount of powder without making my brows look overdone. So I didn’t really use the powder but used the pencil to ‘feather’ my brows. Like the other brow pencils I have tried, it smudges if you wipe your brows at the gym so you need to reapply. I found also that it didn’t last the day and did need to be reapplied to maintain the colour and shape. Pricewise I feel it is value for money and would use again even though I don’t use the powder as the pencil is a reasonably good product for outlining and creating shape and if you use it to ‘feather’ the gaps, it works okay.

Having used this up a few months ago, I figured I should get around to writing a review. I brought this as maybelline usually have quite decent brow products for the price. I quite liked this "Brow Satin" product, the product itself was nice to use and was a great size to give a natural - yet flawless brow, was easy to build up, without overdoing it. I found you didn't get much product and it was a nice colour match. I can't say I used what was meant to be the big sale feature and point of difference with this product - the sponge tip at the end. It is a solid sponge that smudges your eyebrow product in. It would help make my brows look fuller, but easily made my brows look to thick and ridiculous. Wouldn't purchase this again, but happy to have tried it.

I love a brow pencil that is retractable, because who has time to sharpen, amiright? Also, I find retractable brow pencils tend to be thin, precise and easy to work with. This pencil fills in the brows quite nicely! It glides on easily, has a lovely colour payoff and doesn't scratch. I bought this because NYX had just discontinued their micro brow pencil in NZ (stink) so I'm on a hunt to find an affordable alternative. The only reason I probably wouldn't repurchase this one from Maybelline is due to the sponge end that dispenses powder; I found this to be a little clunky. I would much prefer a spooly to comb through the brows and distribute the product if needed.

Neat idea and not messy compared to brow powders ive used. This is a duo pencil with a pencil one end and powder Powder the other. I chose the blonde shade which works well for me providing i dont over do it! I looked up the reviews on here before purchasing which were good. I use the powder end to faintly draw my brows, as they have virtually disappeared lol, then i go over with the pencil to draw the shape which works for me. Need to be careful not to overload as im fair skinned. Make sure you wind pencil up before putting on lid to avoid breakage. I was finding the product difficult to apply if i got my moisturiser on my eyebrows, but solution was to use my Benefit browvo conditioning eyebrow primer before applying and it applies no problem. Its a great colour for me only thing is the product easily comes off as i wear glasses/sunglasses sometimes which is so frustrating. Yet to find a product that can stay on eventhough these companies claim they do. Apart from this its a great product and best one i have used so far!