Recently I have been paying much more attention to my brows. Last year I stopped plucking them so they would grow out and then I had them re-shaped and tidied up at a local beauty salon - for the first time ever! The beginning bit of my brows are very sparse due to an unfortunate over-plucking incident when I was in my early teens. Blogging has really opened up my eyes to how much difference a more filled in and defined set of brows can make to your face.
Before buying Brow Zings I'd tried some MUA Eyebrow Pencils and the Look Beauty Brow Perfect Kit, but none of the colours seemed to match my eyebrows and gave me that overdone drag queen look. Then at the Benefit event I attended recently, one of the lovely Benefit ladies did my brows with Brow Zings in Light and I was sold. My hunt for the perfect brow colour was over!
Benefit Brow Zings costs £22.50 and contains a pigmented wax for shaping on the left hand side and a powder for setting on the right hand side. The kit also comes with a mini pair of tweezers, a hard angle brush for the wax, a blending brush for the powder, a lesson booklet and a mirror. It is available in three shades; light, medium and dark.
First of all I shape my brows with the wax, however I use my Real Techniques Brow Brush as I find it easier to shape them with a larger brush head. I then fill them in with powder using the mini blending brush. The colour of this powder is almost perfect for me, it's very natural and can be built up really easily. I absolutely love the finished result. Plus it lasts all day!
In the above picture I have applied Brow Zings to my eyebrow on the left, leaving my eyebrow on the right au naturel, so you can really see the difference! The only thing I think is missing from this kit is a fixing gel or wax, so I bought a clear mascara to use after Hannah from Midnight Violets recommended it, which seems to work pretty well.
If you're on the look out for a new brow kit I highly recommend going to a Benefit counter, having a look at Brow Zings and asking for it be demonstrated on your own brows. I'll be honest, before trying this myself I couldn't understand the hype about this product and I certainly didn't think it was worth £22.50. But now this is my new favourite Benefit product because it delivers 100% what I wanted colour wise, although I do wish it came with a fixing product! Plus it's nice and compact, so perfect for travelling.
What do you use on your brows? Have you tried Brow Zings?
I brought this product in January I'm in love with it!
I got this in shade medium.
I've seen this but don't really understand the hype. I got a good one from GOSH and it works just as well.
Really nice on you, I use a Shu Uemura brow pencil which I'm obsessed with!
This looks great on you! I might have to try this!
I really need to invest in a legit brow kit, usually I just use the closet brown eeyshadow. Your brows look great!
I use the Sleek brows in light, I've not tried the Benefit one, but it looks very similar and for a fraction of the price!