Maybelline Brow Satin Review

A dual ended pencil bat has a waxy end retractable pencil that's quite thick and pigmented but easy to use. The opposite end is a sponge tip applicator that has a brown cap which both ends do but this ed is the shade of the product . So easy to identify which end has which in it. Also inside this brown cap lid is product of which you press the sponge applicator into and product disperses onto the sponge.

I outline with the pencil end it's very pigmented so light shirt strokes are best. Then I follow in with the sponge end which is a filler but it doesn't mimic hair strokes so it's a nice filler then I go in with my pomade. The product itself is super simple to ok with and so pigmented.... I love it and what makes it better is the price I can say I like this just as much as my brow whiz although I prefer the spooley and thin pencil. However this still does the job of ABH.

I bought this as I lost my Sleek eyebrow kit. I hadn't used a pencil style in about a year, so it was weird to set used to at first, but I have found that it is a very quick and easy way to do my brows! The powder spongey end it great when you have no time, or are just going "makeup free", as it helps to just fill in your brows and helps (for all us blonde haired girls) make your brows look like they exist. The waxy pencil end is very smooth and not overly pigmented, so you don't have to worry about it leaving dark lines on your brows! It is easy to use to create small strokes as well as defining the edges of your brows to help them look crisp. Only downside I have found is that the powder can sometimes cling to your brow hairs in little clumps, which is an easy fix, as you can get rid of the clumps by brushing your brows with a spoolie or comb.

Overall, I think that if you are looking for a quick and easy way to do your brows, this is worth your time and money!

(P.S. I use the lightest shade, i think its blonde?)

I had been really looking forward to trying out the Maybelline Brow Satin in Medium Brown after searching for a good brow product for months. Unfortunately I was very disappointed by this product - it just didn't work well for my brows at all!

The idea is a good one - a double-ended product with a very thin pencil at one end and a powder applied using small sponge at the other. Unfortunately, I found the pencil far too thin and hard to create natural-looking brows easily, and I found the powder very difficult to disperse using the sponge at the other end. The overall looks I was left with after trying this product were always harsh, artificial, and unnatural looking! The colours was perfect for my skin tone and hair colour - but I found it was just far too difficult to achieve the look I wanted.

My search for the perfect brow product continues!

I had really high hopes for this product but I found that the pigmentation and colour pay off just wasn't there. I found that I had to press quite hard to get the product to show up in my eyebrows and then once I added the powder I found that it made my eyebrows look quite intense and very dense looking. The only area of my brows where I felt like it worked was on my tails to make them even but that was about it. I probably won't use this product again just due to the fact it didn't achieve my desired brow style as easily as other products I already own.

One end of the product's got brow product which is quite easy to use when I'm filling in my brows, and the other end's a brow pencil which makes this product pretty convenient. The pencil draws on with little pressure, different to most brow pencils where I usually have to push harder for the pigment to show. I still find that I have to use my concealer afterwards to 'block' out some of the brow products because I usually prefer a more defined brow look, but this was easy to use when I'm in a rush and just want an easy brow product (as compared to the ABH pomade).

I was lucky enough to be chosen for the trial team for this product, and have been using it for a couple of weeks now until I decided to finally sit down and write this review. I was sent the dark brown colour, because my hair colour is black. The Brow Satin product itself is a double ended pencil, with a thin, soft pencil on one end, and a spongey powder on the other end. To start off, I have to say that as someone who is still trying to figure out eyebrows, this product was initially a bit difficult to use properly. There were minimal directions on the packaging, and so my first attempt to use this product ended up a disaster, as I ended up with over-dramatic brows. The shade of the pencil is much, much darker than the small amounts of powder which comes out, only after pumping it quite a bit. I realise that the pencil is intended to define the brows, and so it makes sense for it to be darker, but when the powder doesn't have much colour payoff at all, it ends up becoming a bit difficult.

However, I found that after a few trials and errors, and figuring out where to start defining your brow, and how much you need to build up the powder, my brows stood out nicely and looked quite neat. I ended up becoming more impressed with the product as time went on, and now it's one of my favourite brow products!

This product is great for those wanting an easy, natural application for eyebrows, enhanced the brows with a nice soft look, would definitely recommend.

I was super exited to be asked to trial this. It is literally an eyebrow kit in pencil form. On one end is a wind up gel pencil to outline your brows and the other end is a fill in powder. This seems like perfection has finally been invented for people on the run. The eyebrow kits I have used take time and preciseness. This cuts all that in half and make it far less effortless.

There is a clear lid on the gel pencil end and a brown screw top lid at the powder end. This keeps them protected from breaking or gathering dust and dirt. I chose the darkest brown that was available because it allows me to achieve the bold brows I like.

The gel pencil is very thin which allows me to get a sharp and precise line. It winds up which means that I don't have to continuously sharpen. That's a big tick already. The pencil is quite waxy feeling but it means that I only have to press lightly to get a good line. The powder is a whole other level. It's like a pump action applicator with a sponge smudger tip. You press in and out the applicator to allow the powder to come to the surface. This is where it got tricky for me and resulted in the three stars. It's very hard to apply and to get even. It doesn't look very natural nor bold. It looks just like powder in my sparse brows. It was very awkward to keep the powder at the tip constantly with having to pump it up and down. It wasn't easy to apply that side at all.

Once I got my brows to the place I wanted them I gave them a run for its money. I wore my brows done in this to town for the day and found that on a gusty day, if I don't put a staying powder on the powder blows out leaving me with a line and faint fill in. Lucky for me I took it with me to reapply should the need arise.

Verdict: I love the idea of this pencil and the gel pencil. The only thing I don't like is the powder applicator and the fact that it doesn't stay put in wind, even with a setting powder. I would buy it just to use the pencil if not anything else. Worth the money? For the pencil on it's own definitely! I love this to line my brows with.

I've been using this pencil every day for over a week now, and I'm still undecided as to whether I like it...

At first glance this looks like any other wind up brow pencil or eyeliner, but on the other end it has a sponge applicator that dabs into a small pot of powder concealed in the lid. It's a very clever design.

The pencil end worked fine; it was quite a soft light pencil, which is great if you don't want harsh lines, but I found it was almost too soft and I had to use quite a lot of product before I could see any change at all. The product wore down quite quickly as well and I feel as though this would probably run out after a month or two, which is not very long compared to the products I would normally use. However, I am usually a wax and powder girl, so I enjoyed having the precision of a fine pencil nib. It's also great that it winds up, so you don't have to worry about sharpening.

The powder end was a very good idea in theory; it can set the pencil lines you have drawn and fill in any gaps, however I found that it was hard to get very much powder on the sponge.

I feel like this is a good time to say that that the pencil didn't come with any packaging or detailed instructions, just a picture of which order o use which end, so I searched YouTube and found an official Mabelline video showing how to use this product. The sponge end it in a point (imagine a very tiny half beauty blender) and the video said to use the edge of the sponge on the main part of your brow, and the point on the thin ends... again good in theory, but I found that it was only the tip that held enough product to apply to my eyebrows. When it worked, I was happy with the results, but when it didn't, I found I was simply smudging around the pen and making gaps more visible, rather then covering them up.

I was using the shade 'Dark Blonde' as I have gone from dark brown to blonde over the last 6 months, and have so far continued to use dark brown eyebrow colour. My eyebrows are a natural brown colour, but sparse enough that I thought a different coloured product could change the appearance, but I didn't actually notice too much of a difference with the dark blonde, slightly more 'subtle' but still gives a brown finish.

The longevity of the product was great, I didn't experience any smudging throughout the day and they looked as good as they did first thing in the morning when I went to wash my face at night.

A negative is that I would have to apply something else over the top to hold my eyebrows in place (like applying a small amount of hair spray) which I don't have to do with my wax and powder.

Overall this product hasn't won me over or totally put me off. I think this is a product I would throw in my handbag as a back up if I didn't have time to do my eyebrows in the morning.

So far I have been loving this product but there are a few things I don't like. Starting off with the good, I was a bit worried that the dark brown wouldn't match my black hairs and that the brown would stand out around the hairs but the dark brown works perfectly and the colour of the powder actually warmed up the colour of my brows. I was glad that the texture was not waxy and it went on smooth and was easy to blend in with a spooly. The powder was also easy to apply and dispensed the perfect amount.

I usually have a hard time filling in my left brow as the top part is thinner and has less hairs than the right brow. With the other pencils and powders that I have used, I found it hard to get the left brow to look fuller and natural in that part and it is easy to tell that there is product trying to fill the gaps. I was sure I would have the same problem with the brow satin and this was the case when I used the pencil side. This made me a little disappointed, however, when I applied the powder over top, it actually made it look fuller and for the first time I was able to get it to match the opposite brow.

Overall the brow satin is a great product, that for me left a natural looking set of brows which I love!

Some of the things that I didn't like about the brow satin was that I found the pencil a bit big to hold and the actual pencil product was a bit thick and made it hard to get a thin line. When I first tried to apply the powder, it had a bit of fallout onto my cheeks but that was the only time and doesn't seem to do it now. Also I some how managed to smudge my brow which hasn't happened to me before so maybe this is from the product being quite creamy.

Other than these little issues, I would definitely think about buying this product again :)