Elf instant lift brow pencil swatches skin#
Elf instant lift brow pencil swatches mac#

I have no idea what kind of sorcery is going on with this brow pencil, but I guess it’s handy if you like to change up the tone of your eyebrows. When I do small, gentle strokes with the pencil the colour is a cooler toned dark brown but when I press the pencil harder the colour becomes a lot warmer. If you were looking at these swatches, you’d think that there were two shades of pencil but it’s just one which is really strange.

Elf instant lift brow pencil swatches mac#

I really like the MAC Eye Brows eyebrow pencil but you can’t wind it down which drives me mad, so I like that you can wind this pencil up and down. The pencil has a spoolie on one end, and a retractable very fine pencil on the other. “ Our Ultra Precise Brow Pencil keeps brows in check with a super precise tip that creates a full, natural finish. On one side, the micro-slim liner defines and fills in gaps that mimic the look of real hair. On the other, the brush tames and combs brows to create effortlessly defined eyebrows.“įrom the three shades on offer, I opted for Neutral Brown but the other two shades are Taupe and Brunette. I’ve seen the ELF Instant Lift Brow Pencil feature in many US YouTuber beauty favourites so I also bought that one too, but it was the Ultra Precise Brow Pencil I wanted to try first as it looked so similar to the Brow Wiz and I was really intrigued to see if it was in fact a dupe. The Brow Wiz is available in a total of ten shades whilst the ELF Ultra Precise Brow Pencil only has three shades which is very limited, but it’s still a new launch so I really hope they extend the shade range soon as three shades just isn’t enough. The Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz is £22 and contains 0.08g of product whilst the ELF Ultra Precise Brow Pencil is £6 and contains 0.05g, so you do get more product in the Brow Wiz. The ELF Ultra Precise Brow Pencil is £6 which might sound pricey for a drugstore brow product but I’ve been looking for a dupe of the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz ever since the price jumped up to a massive £22. The newest ELF launches can be found on the ELF UK website, as it takes a few months for them to filter through to Superdrug. Here in the UK we can now purchase ELF in larger Superdrug stores, on the Superdrug website and the ELF UK website which is amazing. All of these companies say they support the LGBTQ+ community, with many providing major donations, therapy, protections, and housing to the underserved.I am a really big fan of ELF, and I’ve amassed quite the collection of their products since they launched in the UK but I’ve never really delved into their eyebrow collection which needed remedying so I bought the ELF Ultra Precise Brow Pencil as part of my most recent haul from the ELF UK website. I’ve consulted with major brands to make great men’s makeup options available for perfecting our new normal. Generally, blur, spot, conceal, and go is my norm. But, just in case, we must have an artillery on hand.

Elf instant lift brow pencil swatches skin#

I always say flawless skin is the best makeup - and goal. On top of that, who can resist a lash enhancer, guyliner, or beefy brow? Or a matte cherry stain on the lips and cheeks?įactoring in the never-ending Zoom video meetings, FaceTime, and the increasing global fluidity of marketing ads, the boring conversation of people questioning men’s makeup has turned into, “He should have worn a gray-based eyeliner, that brown is too orange-y!” Finally, we’ve become comfortable with daily wear makeup. Others only present their full-on “Sasha Fierce” or “Studly Steven” faces for social media, without ever leaving the house.īut for most, makeup is to make perfect what is not: ruddy complexions, scars, dark under-eye circles, or the ever-maddening pimple.

For a late-night drag performance, a celebrity-filled red carpet, a nightclub rendezvous, or the set of broadcast news? Sure. This means the industry can reach a wide variety of male consumers that use makeup - however they choose to apply it. In the last decade, makeup has come a long way in design, intention, and engineering. We’re talking straight, burly men with swords, mind you. That’s not even mentioning their shoes, which were stacked as high as their hair - both with ribbons and bows. Yet in the past, noblemen and other aristocrats not only wore makeup they layered on brightly colored blush and heavy powder. Makeup on men has been a touchy subject for centuries.