L'Oreal Paris Brow Artist Xpert Review

Brow pencils abound today. I have tried an eye-raising amount of these- pencils, twist-up pencils, pomades,felt tip, temporary tattoo style, powders- and the best ones have been soft, creamy, and retractable pencils like this L'Oreal Paris Brow Artist Xpert in 108 Warm Brunette.

The triangular tip is both precise and chunky in one- you can sharpen your arches but also glide over brow for fullness and colour.

The gray and brown plastic casing is sleek and serious, and features a decent length spoolie at the end (about 3mm length bristles).

As a medium brunette, I found this long-lasting shade to be redder than I would usually use but this gave my brows some warmth, and I like this.

There is no apparent smell to this affordable ($22.99 rrp) product and I doubt that this would alter much over time, due to lid. It did not irritate my skin at all.

There is about 3cm of pencil and this could last me about a year, as only a small amount is needed for each application.

Is a nice silver shaped pencil with two ends. One end with a great wee brush that works very well and the other end the eyebrow pencil that has a lid the same colour as the pencill colour.

The pencil is triangular/slanted in shape and that makes it so easy to create beautiful lines. Really impressed with the design and loved this pencil for that. It's a good sized pencil that is very easy to hold. The formula feels super smooth and creamy to apply and was easy to remove if went a little of track. It is a mechanical pencil which I much prefer over a pencil that requires sharpening.

The brush does a good job and if you use it after using the pencil it blends your brows really well and makes them look very natural.

My only complaint is that the colour was extremely orange and not natural looking at all on me. I thought brunette would be just right for me but it was definitely more orange than brown.

I have thick black brows which have started to thin a bit over the years so for me, this product is perfect. It is so great to have one end being the brow-filler and the other being the brush. The brow-filler is a fabulous texture and the shape of it being angled to match your brow angle means easy application. I was hugely impressed, it comes in different colours so I'm going to get it as a Christmas gift for some girlfriends.

I have to say l'oreal are a little behind the ball on this one. Other brands have had these for a long time already. But hey the wait was worth it. I honestly can't fault this eyebrow pencil.

It is smooth to apply but had enough wax to hold the shape. The spool is nice and course making blending super easy. Makes brows look nice and full while still looking natural.

I personally used a fiber product over top as I prefer a less perfect look. But this is personal preference. It worked well with the fibre product and lasted well on hot days.

Give it a try, you wont be disappointed and it's super easy to use if you are a beginner with brows!

It’s a soft but sturdy pencil that glides very easily and feels more like a crayon than a pencil. Took me 2-3 tries before I get the hang of it - applying it with a lighter hand produces better results.

The brush on the other end is a thoughtful addition. It means I don’t need to hunt for a brush, especially when I’m in a rush to get out of the door. The brush is not too hard and not too soft either. Just right!

The colour I get (109 Ebony) is a deep dark brown that matches my black hair and my fair skin perfectly. I really like the colour, as I find black is too full on for me and most browns I’ve tried have too much red on it.

The only reason I’m giving less mark for this product is it doesn’t last 24 hours on me. Everything seems to slowly disappear, leaving nothing much by the end of a very long day.

I received the shade 109 Ebony as part of a BR trial. This retractable brow pencil was easy to hold and use with a standard spoolie brush on the other side to help blend and comb brow hair. The most distinctive feature of this pencil was the teardrop shape of the product, this meant I could be more precise with my application near the top and the widest part of the teardrop would be just like the usual brown pencil where I was filling in any gaps.

Out of the five products that I was sent to trial this was the one I was the least excited about. I hardly ever use brow pencils anymore and prefer to use pomade or powder when I'm in a hurry (I like how they look better with pomade and it lasts me a lot longer than a pencil). I was pleasantly surprised with this though and will continue to use it regularly. I was sent the shade 108 Warm Brunette. It was, luckily, a perfect match for me.

The packaging is similar to other products like this, with the pencil on one end and a spoolie on the other. The lids on both ends fit well and won't pop off in makeup bags/drawers. It's easy to hold when applying the product.

I found the formula to be really creamy. It glides on smoothly and quickly and it's easy and quick to blend it with the spoolie, without moving all the product away. My brows looked very natural when I used this, but still filled them in nicely. I could also make them look more bold when I used more product. Even when used with a heavy hand, I didn't feel like it made my brows look crazy bold, which I think makes it good for beginners. It didn't smudge or fade during the day and looked the same as it did at the start of the day at the end.

The tip of the pencil is a triangular shape. One part works well to fill in and the top end of the triangle works well to create more small, defined lines. After only about three uses of this the shape of it rounded out and it wasn't as easy to create the small, defined lines. Not impossible, but not as easy. I still prefer this shape compared to small, round tips (like the anastasia beverly hills brow wiz) as it takes less time to fill my brows in.

Overall I think this is a really good brow pencil. It's quick and easy to do a good brow with this and I will continue to use it when I'm in a hurry when getting ready. I think the price of $23 is fair and would recommend picking this up if you are looking for a brow pencil. I also think it would be good for a beginner because of how easy and effortless it is to use.

This eyebrow pencil has a slanted tip making it easy to apply hair like strokes to give you a more natural look. Rather than using it to colour in my eyebrows, i did tiny hairlike strokes and defined my arches, then blended out with the brush, and they looked amazing.

I have quite sparse eyebrows and found this to be the most natural looking product i have tried to fill in my eyebrows.

i do wish the tip was slightly thinner, just to make for more precise definition.

it says 24 hour stay, i don't agree seems to start wearing off after about 6-9hours, maybe due to such humid weather?