i have body shop membership, so every year on my birthday, i got special discount. and i use it to get things that i want to try or to stock up. i was going to try some skincare products, but they are too expensive to try full size. i do like their masks, but at that time i've already all the mask that i wanted to try, so i didn't buy any mask. so instead, i'm getting myself a brow pencil. i always go through them quickly, so i think another one in my stash will be a good idea. i also color my hair sometimes, so i decided to get a brown one, but not too light since i was growing my hair at that time.
this is the description from their website: achieve your full brow look with our new brow sculpt, a 3-in-1 texture brow shaping tool combining a powder, a wax, and a mascara formula. from a natural to bold look, this tool can help you easily achieve your dream brow. available in 2 shades. (3 shades in indonesia)
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| the brow pen |
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| you can see the shade name printed on the body |
the packaging: it comes in a pen form, only sealed with plastic on the outside. you can see the name of the product as well as the shade name on the body of the pen. there are 3 compartments, the brow pencil, the brow powder and the mascara.
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| the pencil tip |
the color: there are three shades available, light, medium and dark brown. when i look at them in store, i thought the medium brown will be too light for my growing hair as my root is basically dark almost black, so i get the dark brown. the pencil is medium brown for me, not too red but not too dark either. slightly lighter than my hair root. the powder is a bit lighter, more like taupe. the mascara is another story. it's way too dark.
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| the sponge tip |
the product: the pencil has round tip and pretty tiny and pretty creamy, not waxy at all. makes it difficult to draw hair-like strokes. the powder is a sponge tip that's loaded with the powder and there's the powder pot embedded in the body of the pen. the mascara is another story. the spoolie brush is not so bushy compared to my other brow products. the formula is pretty wet, which totally the opposite from my previous essence eyebrow gel.
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| the mascara spoolie |
the result: the pencil is creamy and has round tip so it's hard to draw hair-like strokes, but i'm okay with that since i don't need that instagram-perfect eyebrows. i usually just use the pencil to outline my brow and draw the tail. the powder is pretty soft and good enough to fill in the gaps in the rest of my brow. the mascara, however, i can't seem to find out a good way to use it. even though i've tried to get the excess product of the spoolie, it's hard to do since the formula is very wet. i've also waited for some time before using this one again, hoping that the formula will dry up a little just like i used to do with my mascara, but it's not working. the formula is still too wet. and when i try to put it on top of the pencil and powder, it's way too dark. make my brows look like big caterpillar hanging on top of my eyes.
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| swatch on my hand (left: the mascara, middle: the powder, right: pencil) |
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top: before
bottom: after the 3 of them (really dark and scary, doesn't it?) |
honestly, i like the idea of a 3-in-1 brow product. it's easy to use and very travel friendly. i do wish several things are different though. i wish it has slanted tip instead of round tip, and i do wish the mascara formula is different. less wet and probably more gel-like might work. and a bigger brush on the spoolie. and probably more shade? aside from that, i think it's a good product. price wise? not so much. it's too expensive, even more expensive than excel one. definitely won't repurchase for me.
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