Review (2/5): Soft, patchy pigment, plastic body is fragile
This is the worst eyebrow pencil I’ve tried at this price, and it’s even worse than the e.l.f. version that’s similar. I know that’s dramatic but the reason why I wanted to write this review is because I’m just so frustrated with the quality compared to the price. It’s just not okay!
I’ve been using the nyx precision brow pencil, but this was a few dollars cheaper at ulta at the time and so I got it because the nyx one is like 10 bucks. My brows are the makeup I wear most consistently, so I’m always trying different brow pencils to try to cut down on the cost. But I go back to nyx every time. Maybe the morphe one is okay but it’s pretty hard and waxy so not really. Now I know the importance of the extra two dollars for the nyx.
This pencil is so soft, it wears down so quickly and also because of how soft it is, it’s not precise at all. And it’s not pigmented either, so I end up using a larger amount of product because of that. To do both my brows, and I fill them in pretty lightly, I use about 1/8” of product each time. The nyx one I use less than 1/16” and it’s more pigmented.
I would compare this to the elf one in terms of pigmentation and texture. Except the elf one is like $3. So at this price point I expected it to be way better than something that’s less than half its price.
And after using it a few times, the spoolie end came off when I was trying to take the cap off to use it. The main body of the pencil cracked on that end. So now I have to use a spoolie from another brow pencil, good thing I have one. And this has just been on my desk, not banging around in a makeup bag or anything like that. So definitely don’t get this if you need to take it places it can’t handle it.
This is one of the few times I would return a makeup product, it’s just so egregiously bad.