L'Oreal Paris Brow Artist Plumper Review

The moment I saw this advertised on BR I felt a wee thrill run through me. I've been on the lookout for a brow defining mascara since trying a more expensive brand, and loving it. Alas, budgets being budgets I couldn't justify buying it so set out to find a dupe. I've tested a couple of brands along the way, and found the wands too big or the dark browns too light or too red toned. But this one, I had a good feeling about this one.

Off to my local Farmers I drove, only to find they'd sold out, however the tester told me that my feelings were right. The wand was little and easy to use (on my hand), and the colour - bang on dark brown. Perfect. Onto the Farmers website I hopped, and found they had stock available at my next closest Farmers, so the next day I went and bought it.

I've worn it every day since, which is only four days, but it only took one day to know I loved this. The gel formula glides easily through my brows, filling in the little patchy bits, and thickening my brows without giving me full on brow game (something my face wouldn't suit). What I end up with is a polished look, totally chic, and I've had more people compliment my 'look' in the last few days than I've had in months. The only thing that's changed? My brows. Oh, and my hair (thanks again BR! xx). It's kind of funny feeling gel in your brows, and when I raise my eyebrows or draw them together I can feel a strange stiffness, but it's by no means unpleasant. I haven't had issues with clumping, and the formula doesn't run.

I can honestly say that this is my new favourite beauty product. Can't recommend it enough.

I was lucky enough to be given the Medium/dark brow plumper, and was excited that i could try it before it hit the shelves. I love the thought of quick easy brows, as im lazy at the best of times with them. At first i didnt really know if i was using it correctly, as i didnt see any difference, other than my brows were stuck in place. After a couple of weeks or so of using it, i really couldnt love it, i watched tutorials on how to apply it, and i was using it correctly, but for me it was just not cutting the mustard unfortunalty. It may have been my brows that were the problem, but i couldnt see any more 'fullness' that i was hoping for. it was like the fibres didnt stick. another thing is if you look really closely, i could see sparkles, yes i said sparkles, well more like a really fine glitter on my brows. I asked my workmate as well if she saw them on hers and yes, she had glitter too. My guess is the fibres are the sparkly things which is meant to give you the 3D look, but it just wasnt what i was expecting. I really wanted to love this, but i cant. I will However, reccommend to people, as i think i am just one person with an opinion, I do no of others who love this. This product had potential of been amazing 'for me', but not at this moment. I may give it another go one day, but for now, i will stick to lazy brows. I hope this is better for others xx

First up let me begin with a huge disclaimer. I have no eyebrows. OK perhaps that's employing slight hyperbole, let me rephrase that. My eyebrows are scant. I'm fortunate that I do have a good natural shape so I barely have to pluck them but they are very blond and quite sparse. You know those "horrifying" memes that go around of celebs with no eyebrows? Well I actually have a huge complex now because that's pretty much what I look like and now I'm paranoid I'm horrifying to look at.

Cue the search for a brow product I can actually use. Obviously one that suits me is not going to suit someone with a full on fierce dark bushy brow so this review won't be at all helpful if this is you. Feel free to stop reading here, or keep going for poops and giggles up to you.

Anyhoo the struggle to find a suitable brow product when you're a light shade of blonde is real. They are inevitably actually a shade of light brown. I didn't bother getting my hopes up about this product for this reason. The swatch online looked quite dark too so I was tossing up between blonde and clear, but hey you never know until you try so I clicked blonde and eagerly awaited the courier.

I was pleasantly surprised with the colour when it arrived. Scratch that I was over the moon. It's pretty much a PERFECT match for my eyebrows. So much so I couldn't even tell I'd put it on until I looked over at my naked brow and noticed the difference. Now it's not a huge difference mind you but I think I actually prefer this as I don't feel as caterpillary as I normally do when I do my brows.

The product is incredible easy to apply. It has a brow brush attached and application is as easy as lightly brushing your brows and building to the desired affect. The only difficult part I found was applying to the VERY sparse outer edges of my brows without it touching my skin and looking smudgey. This was a very minor thing though, solved by using a more steady hand not slap dashing like I normally do, and wouldn't be a problem for anyone with a less negligible brow.

The result as I mentioned before is super subtle. I feel so confident leaving the house with this on vs constantly worrying that I look silly or like Helga off Hey Arnold! when I do my brows normally. The product is buildable so it's possible to be natural or dramatic and I was able to use it in conjunction with my Billion Dollar Brows universal pencil to achieve a fiercer look.

For blondes looking for a natural looking every day brow product I highly recommend this. I have tried a mascara-wand style brow product before and it came out quite ginger - a problem I hear is common with blonde brow products. I can assure you this is not at all orange (not that there's anything wrong with redheads I love my ginger sisters holla ladies).

I have sparse eyebrows and have always filled them in either with MAC Brun eyeshadow or Dip Brow Pomade but picked this up during a promotion to give it a try. On first impressions it was good, but now I mostly use it if I'm going to a no-makeup makeup look, just to keep things tidy. I have light brown brows, but my hair is dark brown, so I found the dark brown shade to be perfect as it just darkened them up making them look more like my unnatural hair colour.

I love eyebrow pencils and eyebrow game. There is something about bold eyebrows that make me feel like I can tackle the world.... Or at least a Monday morning and a traffic jam....

The packaging reminds me of mascara. Simple and effective with a mascara like brush or wand inside.

My colouring is light and normally I struggle to match colours to my hair so I was pleasantly surprised that this matched my eyebrows perfectly and looked natural, more so than the pencil look I normally rock. I still prefer the dramatic affect a pencil gives me but this coats the hair rather than your skin so it looks more like you were born with it.

My only fault to it is that it makes your eyebrows crunchy (for lack of a better word)..... Crunchy.... You know like when hair gel sets on your hair? Yeh like that. I'm not sure how I feel about this yet. But it is still a great product that boosts your eyebrows.

If you are after a different look than a pencil and have light eyebrows like me. This is a fab new addition to your make up kit. Just beware the crunch ;)

I have been dying to try this product, the anticipation waiting upon its arrival was almost unbearable. As soon as it arrived I got down to business and gave it a whirl. I had no idea how unruley and untidy my eyebrows really were. So I set about making a DIY stencil and reshaped my brows. Newly shaped brows all ready and I was back to work applying the brow plumper. Instantly I noticed a difference. And it didnt look like I tried and failed with an eyebrow pencil. Now I was so eager to try this product because I happen to have a scar running through one of my brows that hair no longer grows on. I have lived with a gap in my brow for years now. I have tried eye brow pencils but it always looked rather silly, and I'm no makeup novice. I must admit I did have to use a brow pencil to fill in the gap, but with the brow plumper ontop, you truely couldnt tell there was a gap there. The brow plumper truely plumped and thicken my eyebrows. I had a full brow. And I was Over the Moon. I Love My New Brows! They are so amazing and I can not reccomend this product enough. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I am going to use this every single day!!!! I wish I could attach before and after photos to this review. That would truely be amazing.

I was super excited to try this product, which may be why I was a little disappointed with its performance.

On first glance, it's really nice and it doesn't have an offensive chemically smell which is always a bonus! I really liked the little application wand, it was excellent at applying the product an combing the brows.

To me, it was just like applying a clear eyebrow gel (I was sent transparent). I didn't notice any "fibres" or any "plumping". As someone who has problem brows after a surgery in that area, I was hoping this would be a big help in cover my scars. I really wanted to love this product - but I just don't see the hype unfortunately. It's a glorified brow gel - I wouldn't waste money on it!

Now, to be honest I have pretty thick brows but they do need taming. I love the look of thick and plumped up brows but whenever I used to try and do mine, they would smudge and move everywhere and I would have brows going crazy sticking out in funny places.

The product claims to volumise hair strands but unfortunately it did nothing to the volume of my brows. I got the clear gel so I cant comment on the shade, but the brow clear gel applies so nicely and evenly and sets so my brows don't go astray!

The brush is small, similar to the top half of a mascara wand, which is the perfect size for application. The gel itself is not scented and looks quite nice and easy to use which is a bonus!

I will repurchase the product again, purely for the fact that it sets my brows in place so I dont have to worry about them for the rest of the day. They make my brows look sleek and so good, so I would definitely recommend even though they do not do much on the volume side of things.

This magic product has really won its way into my collection. It has tiny fibers that helps to fill out your brows while the gel tints your hairs and helps keep them in place all day. The formulation is quite wet so you need to make sure that you are careful not to smudge this on your face. I have the benefit gimme brow and find that I reach for this far more often. I have the medium shade and find it to be perfect for holding down the hairs on my brows down. It really keeps them stuck all day without feeling crispy and hard. It gives a more natural effect. The only thing is that I wish the brush was smaller. The brush itself is a small spooly brush with natural bristles. I use this on top of my dip brow and find it just gives me another extra bit of security for my unruly brows.

This is a funny product. I put it on and look at my reflection thinking 'it's ok... Nothing so different.' Then when I take it off at night I go 'wow, where did my eyebrows go?' I suppose that is the hallmark of a product that is really doing its job - it looks so natural you don't notice it until it's not there!

Having used this product I would now choose it over an eyebrow pencil any day. It added volume and colour in the way good mascaras do. As such, I'm not sure why they opted for such an awkward product name!

The wand looks like a mascara wand but smaller, for ease of application. Compared to an eyebrow pencil it was much easier to do and compared to mascara, much less hazardous! The colour was a perfect natural tone for my blonde hair and pale skin. The 'crunchy' eyebrow texture is a little odd, but a small downside for great brows.

The only real problem with using this is that it can go on the skin, particularly where the hair is sparse, and gives your skin a slightly giveaway colour and sheen. However I imagine that would cease to be an issue with a bit more practise applying.