Wednesday 17 October 2012

Anastasia Tinted Brow Gel








Ever since I plucked most of my brows off as a teenager I have been obsessed with filling them in. I think its such an important step in my daily makeup routine because they frame my face and balance out the rest of my makeup. It can look a bit odd if you've got tons of dramatic eye makeup on and your eyebrows look thin, sparse or short. I normally fill in my eyebrows with brown eyeshadow and an angled brush. I then finish them off with MAC Clear Brow Set. I've been using that to set my brows for the past 10 years. I've always found the hold to be sufficient for my eyebrow hairs and using a gel afterwards helps to soften any harsh edges (goodbye Scouse brows!). But I still felt that sometimes filling in and setting my brows with gel can take up precious time during the morning rush & I was on the look out for a speedier product.

I've recently heard a lot of praise for Anastasia's eyebrow products. I have plenty of powders and eyebrow pencils so I decided to try out one of their Tinted Brow Gels. How gorgeous is the Anastasia packaging?! I adore the embossed rose gold foiling! They make this product in a range of colours but the one I bought was Granite. This colour is suitable for cool-toned brunettes or people with silver hair. My hair has been both of these colours so its a perfect match for me.

The gel is everything I was looking for. It fills in your brows in a flash. I simply use the wand to brush the hairs into the direction I want them to go and my eyebrows immediately look full, dark and defined. Its the perfect product for us lazy girls or if you don't really understand how to fill in your brows. The hold isn't quite as good as that of MAC Clear Brow Set because some of the hairs around the arch can be left out of place after using it but otherwise I love it. I think this product is a great choice if you already have decent eyebrows. If they're too thin or short it probably won't be enough to use this on its own. In these photos I did use a tiny bit of MAC Fling Eyebrow Pencil at the ends to make them a bit longer but if I'm really in a rush, I find that the tinted gel is enough for my eyebrows. The finish isn't quite as perfect as when you fill them in with powder or a pencil, its a lot more natural. It still looks really good though & definitely not as harsh. The choice is yours really, you can use it alone or on top of other eyebrow products to make them look super defined. I'm so impressed with my first Anastasia product, can't tell you how tempted I am to buy some more!

13 comments:

  1. This looks really awesome! I wonder how it compares to their Brow Wiz (which is what I use). I kinda want to try it though I'm a bit afraid of the gels cuz they seem to look weird on my brows? Yours look amazing though! x

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  2. This looks amazing on you! and I agree the packaging is beautiful!
    I think I might give this a go, I've always just used a pencil before, but this looks loads better!

    http://www.danielleyc.com/ x

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  3. This looks like a fab product- I have reasonable eyebrows, thankfully I was never interested in tampering with them until recently, and I'm old enough to understand why my mother recommended I leave it to pros or use a stencil with regards to plucking and waxing. I do really enjoy adding a bit more definition though, and this sounds ideal for me, much less effort than using wax/powder etc.

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  4. love this, would be great for work as I find I put loads of powder and pencil on and it can look a bit too much for the day x

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  5. looks beautiful and I love your eyes :D

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  6. Great product review! I've actually never filled in my eyebrows before as they're naturally thick and not sparse at all, really. One day, I decided to try it out it out though and I quite liked it! I was thinking of getting a pencil and the MAC Clear Brow Set, but I think I may try this instead! I don't want to fuss around too much with my eyebrows as I don't really need to and this product seems perfect.

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  7. I love this! You have really lovely eyebrows haha xo

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  8. I always find that eyebrows are most important in my daily routine too, yours look great here, this seems like a great product - would love to try this out, a pencil doesnt cut it sometimes! x

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  9. I love your blog Caroline,your pictures are amazing and your style and skin are perfect! I really hope you're okay after your break up xxx

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  10. I wish I could use this but it's not heavy duty enough, the curse of having nearly black eyebrows. I use Brow Zings by Benefit but it's kinda pricey. You have such lovely brows!

    Tara
    The Style Rawr!
    xoxo

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  11. This looks fab! Doing my eyebrows in my makeup routine is the bane of my life (ever so boring). I use HD brows shadow kit, then a MUA clear gel brow wand and also a normal comb. This has it all! Adding it to my wishlist :) x

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  12. this product looks fantastic and so easy to use ! xx
    thebeautyheroes.blogspot.co.uk

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  13. Oooh I really need one of these! I have a clear gel for my brows but a tinted one would be so much easier than having to fill them in separately x

    http://girlinthelens.com/

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