Quickie Review - Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz

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Earlier this year I tried the Anastasia Beverly Hills Beauty Express For Brows and Eyes and while I liked it ok, I wasn't thrilled with it. Eventually, I took it back. I just didn't find that it did much for me. After that, I left the filling in of my eyebrows alone and just worked on tweezing and razoring them.

Before the Sephora VIB sale, I went into my JC Penny Sephora store to stake out what they had. I talked to one of my girls and she suggested I try the Brow Wiz (in soft brown) instead. She said that the small, thin, mechanical pencil is perfect for creating hairlike wisps. She was correct. I don't know what took me so long to try this but I am in love now and we are going to the chapel to get married!

This t-i-tiny pencil is so small that it creates thin lines precisely where you want them. You can fill in your brows completely or sparsely, just depending on what you feel looks right on you. The kit that I had before just felt too dark and too full. This pencil looks natural and the color blends with my brows and doesn't work against them.

The last brow pencil that I went ga-ga over was the ORFA brow pencil that I got in my Ipsy bag several bags ago. The color of that pencil was really nice. I still like it but I've been enjoying my Anastasia Brow Wiz much more.

So far I'd say it's a total repurchase. But, let's keep an eye out for my empties, shall we? That will be the real test.

Quickie Review - Anastasia Beverly Hills Beauty Express For Brows and Eyes

I'll let you in on a little secret. I just "perfected" tweezing my eyebrows. Now, I know that everyone else has begun drawing them back in but I hadn't gotten quite that far. After watching everyone else for several months, I decided to try as well.

If a camera had been on me, you good folks would have laughed you booty off. I went to the Sephora counter twice and had them draw in my brows with different products. The first time they drew in my brows they used a pencil and it was waaaaay darker than I was comfortable with. The second time the nice lady assisted me, she used a brow powder. It was still kinda dark but more manageable. After watching what the sales assistant did, I decided to try the Anastasia Beverly Hills Beauty Express For Brows and Eyes in brunette.

I was very pleased. The kit comes with a brush, eyebrow stencils, a circle of wax, a circle with 2 brow colors and a circle with 2 highlighter colors. The box (which was sturdy but kinda cheap looking) came with a mirror on 1 side and instructions on the other side.

I started with the highlight powder and defined where my eyebrow stopped and my brow bone (eyeshadow space place) started. I really liked the highlighter. It wasn't too sparkly and was a good shade for me. Next, I used the lighter of the two brow colors and just brushed a bit of color onto my brows. I know that your color should match the color of your brows but I just wasn't ready to go that far yet. Baby steps people! Instead, the color was in between skin color and brow color. I then used a spooley to blend in a touch of the darker color.

I didn't use the wax because I found it changed the color of the brow powder. It made it darker and that's what I was running from. It also made it look a little less natural. I also didn't use the stencils. I tried them during my practice run but decided that just following the natural flow of my arch looked more natural, more like I wasn't "all made up".

I wore the look for several days and no one seemed to stare and laugh or run away so I figure I did pretty good. I liked the result and was glad that I had given it a try. Would I repurchase? Well, I wouldn't purchase the entire kit. I didn't use everything in the kit and didn't feel that I needed everything in there. The whole kit was $39.50 at Sephora and I felt that I would have done better just buying the brow powder duo for $23. You get almost twice the brow powder and I have several highlighters at home.