Kate Eyebrow Pencil Review

I only caught onto how important eyebrows were some time mid last year. I first used a matte black eyeshadow to define my arch and fill in sparse spots on my eyebrows, then decided I wanted to try out an eyebrow pencil. After searching high and low on the internet for reviews, I settled for the Kate Eyebrow Pencil. I must say, I absolutely love it.

The pencil is packaged in a simple, small and slim twist up design. At first I disliked the fact that it didn't come with a lid, but the product hasn't been affected by the lack of a lid at all. You get around 2.5cm of product which seems like hardly anything, but it lasts for ages! I bought my first one last August and i have just about 0.5cm of product left. Not bad for around 9 months of use!

Just a small amount left! But it'll last me a while yet.

 The pencil is sort of dry in texture but soft enough so you can create strokes of softer or firmer colour depending on how hard you press the pencil to your eyebrows. The swatch shows the pencil to have rather light pigmentation, but once used on the brows it seems to have a better colour pay off. The pencil also doesn't have the waxy texture that a lot of brow pencils have so your brows will look natural and not gunky and stuck unnaturally to your face.

Swatch! I had to swipe the pencil 10 times to get this colour pay off

And this is how it looks on my brows. I filled in the brow on the left so you can compare the difference, and I must say there's a pretty big one! My brows look naturally dark and defined and the hairs aren't all gooped together.

To use this, first I fill in the ends of my eyebrows. I define the arch, create a slightly longer tail and colour in sparse areas. I don't use this for the head of the brow though as I'm generally quite heavy handed hence prefer using black shadow for the rest of the brow. I also follow the pencil with black matte shadow to set the pencil, but I have used it alone before and my brows look perfect till I remove my make up.

If you've applied a little too much pencil, just use a spoolie to brush off excess colour. Be warned that when you do this, the excess pencil with crumble off in tiny black specks, but a quick sweep of a powder brush will sort this problem. 

I use the colour BK which is perfect for me. The range also includes seven different shades, from blonde and varying shades of brown. I paid a mere $44 HKD for this pencil and for the quality that you get and the longevity of this product, it's definitely worth buying and stocking up on. 10/10 for sure!

Jia

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