Maybelline Total Temptation
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I gotta admit, I get lured into trying (and believing) many of the new, slick, influence-driven make-up lines. Some of them are great. Many under-deliver. Maybelline? So last century. But maybe there\'s a reason it\'s survived and thrived for 115 years. This eyebrow pencil is one small reason among the many.\n1) I have a scar in the middle of my eyebrow that makes a decent eyebrow line challenging. This does better than anything else I\'ve found.\n2) It\'s affordable. You simply can\'t beat the price. If it were bad quality, that wouldn\'t matter. But this is affordability + quality = value. If you want even more savings, you can get it on subscribe & save.\n3) The tip is so perfect. It\'s chiseled, so you can use it for precise, hair-by-hair definition, or you can use the broader part of the tip for more brush-like effect.\n4) Texture. This goes on so smoothly, and it stays on. Doesn\'t flake.\n5) The color (medium brown) is just right. It\'s really medium brown. I\'ve used some pencils where that translates to almost-black or almost-blonde. This is really medium brown.\n6) The length of the pencil itself makes it very manageable. I\'ve had some that were too short or too long to have a good hold while I do my eyebrows. This is Goldilocks just-right.\nI like it! I like it a lot! (If you have found my review helpful, I\'d really appreciate if you would click the "Helpful" button. Thanks so much for reading! Liz)'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Original Review: I had been using the NYX brow palette for a few years, but was looking to get a more defined brow, especially since as I get older my brows get more patchy. I bought the medium brown and at first didn\'t like the effect they gave ...they seemed too dark and "drawn on." Then I watched a video on Facebook about how to properly apply brow pencil and the difference is enormous. Now I love the way my brows look.\n\nHow I apply:\n\n1) Use the spoolie to brush all my brow hairs up.\n2) Draw a light line along the lower edge of my eyebrow with the pencil.\n3) Still using the sharp edge of the pencil, sketch in individual lines in the direction of the hair (starting at the bottom and sweeping up). Do this lightly at first and go back and fill in any areas that require it.\n4) Sketch another light line along the top edge of my eyebrow.\n5) Use the spoolie to brush the brow hairs upward again and blend the pencil lines.\n6) Touch-up any areas that require additional pencil.\n\nI still suspect the medium brown might be a little dark for me, I will be trying the soft brown on my next order.\n\nUpdate Feb 2019: After several months of use my original pencil finally ran out, so I needed to purchase a new one. I got the soft brown this time (previously had the medium brown). It is a bit lighter and has a reddish cast, which perfectly matches my auburn hair! So I will be continuing with the soft brown from here on out. I was pleased with how long my original pencil lasted, I got about 4 months of daily use before needing to buy again! I\'ve also added a before and after pictures.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have little to no eyebrows. Penciling them in with something like the brow wiz with the tiny tip is pointless and takes forever and I run out in a month or less. This makes it easy and my brows look BOMB!!! I will buy this over and over and over'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So far I’m in love. This is my first time using the Blonde color and I was a little worried. However, for me being Casper’s cousin (super fair complexion and most light colors make me look like I have uber dark brows) and a red head - this actually looks really good - it’s still darker than my regular, but light enough that it doesn’t look weird with my red hair. Of course, I have thick brickman brows so I am only using this to fill in - for drawing them on it looked weird. I would have to play around with it more to find the correct way to draw with this particular product. Furthermore, it seems to be holding up with me touching my brows (chronic worrier that they are sticking out at odd angles, little hairs giving people the bird - not nice) and hasn’t faded. So far it’s been great. I’ll update it once I use it a bit longer.\n\nUpdate: I went through my whole product and loved it. I haven’t bought it again because it seemed like there was little product in there. I was doing my makeup regularly and it went fast. It seems to be that way with most “brow” products. Super frustrating. I did love the product though. It’s worth a go and maybe you’ll keep buying it bc you like it. I found an extremely light eyeliner (that you can sharpen and get WAYYYYYY more use from and looooove it) so that’s where I’m at. I do recommend this product. :)'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Spent years using a brow pomade but got tired of it drying out in the little pot so quickly. I avoided pencils since I could never find one that went on as saturated and with a creamy sort of consistency that I was used to. Tried this on a whim since I'd seen a few positive reviews via Youtube and thought the angled tip was pretty neat. I don't know if I'd want to use anything else ever again because I love it so much! Easy to apply, goes on smoothly and the little brush on the end is great for evenly brushing product through the brows once they're filled in. Looks so natural and precise. So very happy to get out of my comfort zone and try something new."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Perfect for any shade of brows, except extremely dark brows, honestly. I am african American with medium-dark brown brows. I tried the medium brown and deep brown, but they were far too dark. I use the soft brown, and it is perfect! I love this brand. Great value and product. I am not a professional, nor am I that good with makeup, but it helps fill in my eyebrow spots with little hair (my natural eyebrows grow oddly)'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I'm new to doing my sparse, barely there eyebrows (which by the way are uneven as well) and I know that I'll never master it like a pro with the gradient effect and all and I've accepted that. SO with that being said, this is the most natural looking brow pencil. Everything else I use and have owned is way too dark or it's very easy to tell my real eyebrow from the pencil itself. I like this. It's the closest to natural you're going to get. Yeah, prehaps people may still be able to tell it's pencil however it's not bluntly obvious and most importantly--hideous. Soft yet not too soft like crayon. I'll be ordering more of these when the one I have runs out. Just wish it was waterproof. Edit: pictures posted, first one is before and after."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "A friend had a similar-looking brow definer by Bobbi Brown, but I wasn't going to pay anywhere close to what that one cost. This one looks great and has plenty of long-lasting tint. I'm very happy with it. The only negative I would say is that I found it cheaper at a nearby retail store."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I do not have a lot of eyebrow hair thanks to the 90’s trend of over plucking and drawing ones eyebrows in a thin black line to mirror what I NOW think of as a very surprised elderly woman at a nursing home, but THEN thought was THE height of fashion.🤷🏽\u200d♀️\nUnfortunately my brows never did recover and I have about 20 hairs per brow up there valiantly fighting to be noticed.🙄\nI color them so they look less thin, but even still, it doesn’t help all that much.\nI’ve used a variety of powders and pencils to try to make my eyebrows look more lush without overdrawing them and looking like 2 caterpillars died on my face, and so far I like this one best.\nI wouldn’t call the color brown because it’s a bit ashier than that, it’s more of a grayish brown which is somehow a tad more subtle and natural looking on me I think.\nIt glides on easily, lasts all day and into the night without having to touch it up and doesn’t smudge either which is great because I sweat a lot when I go out dancing and I like for my eyebrows to stay on my face and not on my leads jacket.😬\nHow I use this:\nI basically just fill in my brows with short strokes, then I brush it in a side motion across the brow,then an upward motion with the end brush to blend it in.\nI took pictures of myself getting ready to go out with a just washed face and no makeup on showing no brows filled in, and one with my makeup just finished so you can see the difference.\nPlease forgive my slightly straggly brows, I still have to do maintenance on them, as scant as they are, and I can’t seem find my tweezers!😖\nI’m still looking for something a liiiiitle more brown, but at the moment this is the one I am using most frequently.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have used Anastasia for years in taupe. It was the best I could find for blonde hair. But this beats it!! A lighter brown than A. More natural for me. There is no red, orange, or green undertone. Seriously, I can’t believe the price. I was paying 4x as much. I tried it side by side with my expensive brand and it was the same quality and just slightly lighter in color which I liked. I am still mad I didn’t know about this sooner.'}]