This post is slightly later than planned, it was due on Saturday evening, and it's now 1.14am Monday morning! It's also slightly shorter than planned as originally I was going to be posting about 4 products I bought, but I'm saving the other 3 for other posts as this is going to be a long one! But it's finally here, so please read on and I hope you enjoy!
On Saturday, my dear mum and I ventured into the big town of Colchester to do a spot of shopping. Colchester isn't too bad for shopping, but there is no Primark, which for me, is a HUGE downfall. But it's one of the closest bigger towns, plus we were having our cars serviced, so it was a perfect excuse.
Our first major stop was Debenhams. Debenhams were doing an offer over the Christmas period which was spend £50 and get a £5 gift card. I was only spending £45 so I bought a £5 gift card for myself, to receive the free £5 gift card! So I had £10 to spend in Debenhams, and I was originally going to buy myself a nice perfume, but then one of the ladies at the Benefit counter stopped me about the new tint they had out. I'm not a fan of tints, and it didn't really interest me at all, so I asked if they had any eyebrow products, as I am a fan of the well defined eyebrow. This is where my new staple to my make-up bag comes in.
So impressed by this product that I had to buy it! Browzings by Benefit retails at £23.50, I received it for £13.50 because of my gift cards, but even at the higher price I would have bought this! I have never had a proper brow product and usually fill them in with eyeshadow which works, but this is so much more amazing!
When I got home and saw I'd bought a medium, I really panicked that I'd wasted my money. I have extremely dark eyebrows, and looking at the powder colour on the box I was worried that this was going to be extremely light. It's not! The powder is darker than it looks, so I definitely recommend trying in-store before purchasing!
Now I have never bought a Benefit product before. I own sample sizes, but could never justify spending so much on a product. I completely regret that decision! If all the other products are as good as this, then they are definitely worth the money. I had to take this picture of the box design! You can only catch the writing in certain light, but I think it looks so professional!
As you can see, I've already used this on my brows, I just couldn't wait! On the left we have the wax, this shapes the brow, and slightly darkens. The powder on the right, sets the wax, and sticks to the wax so that you have a long lasting, perfectly shaped brow! I think the mirror is so important on this, as you never know when you'll need a touch up, but so far it hasn't been used as I haven't needed to touch up my brows!
Aren't these the cutest!? From left to right we have; the hard angled brush, the blending brush, and mini tweezers. The hard angled brush is for the wax, the blending brush for the powder, and tweezers for tweezing of course! Personally, I didn't like using the blending brush for the powder, I used the hard angled brush for both the wax and the powder. I felt it was easier to control the powder with this brush, and it gave my brow a more defined look. I haven't used the tweezers yet, as I'd already plucked my eyebrows, so I didn't have any stray hairs to pull.
I'd just like to apologise for the yellowish tint on the left of my hand! It is bruised! I had an operation just over a week ago, and that is where the Canula went in :(
On the left side of my hand, the fainter line, is the wax. As I mentioned earlier, the wax only slightly darkens the brow, it's primarily for shaping, and maintain the shape you want. The darker line is the powder. Such a difference in colour as to what it looks like in the compact! The colour shown in the compact is deceiving, as once applied it is so much darker, so I don't recommend you buy this without trying first! I love how once the powder is applied, although it's darker, it's not an unnatural colour, which a lot of products are. For me, this perfectly blends in with my brows, and gives them a very defined shaped, but a natural colour!
Overall, I'm so impressed with this product! It seems highly priced at £23.50 for the size of the product, but not much product is needed, so this is going to last a long time! It also has brilliant staying power due to the combination of the wax and the setting powder. It is definitely worth the money, and I would recommend this to anyone who wants some lovely looking brows!
Hope you enjoyed my first review!
Speak soon!
