Review: Nuance Salma Hayek Natural Definition Angled Brow Pencil

Nuance Salma Hayek Natural Definition Angled Brow Pencil

$9.99 at CVS Drugstore's Nationwide

Here's the thing about self sharpening brow pencils; one day it's loaded, the next day it's not...nada.  A little warning would be nice.

What ran out was my NYX Micro Brow Pencil, a really good dupe for Anastasia's Brow Wiz for a fraction of the price. On the last lap of my CVS run with zero time to spare, I remembered I needed my eyebrows back.

I stumbled up Nuance Salma Hayek Natural Definition Angled Brow Pencil in Medium Dark.  Good enough...or so I hoped.

Happy New Year and a Great Dupe to Kick Off 2016!

First and foremost Lovelies, I am wishing you a wonderful New Year, filled with joy, good health, safe travels and lots of new beauty finds! I treasure your loyalty and love the feedback that I get from you. 

Alas...if I only had a nickel for every product you ran out and bought upon my recommendation over the years! Big sigh...but believe me, I enjoy writing DivaDebbi and I'm thrilled to have amassed an audience the globe over, who enjoys reading it and trusts my recommendations. Thank you!

I will be doing a DivaDebbi Best of Beauty 2015 Roundup over the next few days and an updated list of my DivaDebbi Holy Grails, so do check back. In the interim, I continue to be on a roll, finding great drugstore brands for a fraction of my previous higher priced selections.  Let's add this to the pile of good wishes for the New Year too!

My Anastastia Brow Wiz Pencil was working just fine, until it wasn't...I wish it buzzed or had a flashing light to announce it was fini on the morning I needed it. I like a very fine tipped brow pencil. It may take a few more seconds to apply it, but I do so without fear of ending up looking like Joan Crawford. Medium Brown was a perfect hue for me. Nice stuff.

Anastasia of Beverly Hills Brow Wiz
$21.99 nine shades

Lush Brows for Less

Maybelline Brow Drama
$7.99

I was in CVS today to exchange some AA batteries for AAA's that I bought in error...naturally, my visit did not end there.

I was completely out of Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz (how does that happen, seemingly overnight, with all self sharpening products???) I still have plenty of A.B.H. Dip Brow Pomade left, but I thought it would be nice to have a product with a built in brush, so I could travel with it in my makeup bag.

Anastasia Beverly Hills is not inexpensive, but she is is the brow guru.  I came very late to daily brow grooming, so I reasoned  go for the best, since I had a lot of catching up to do.

I happened first upon Maybelline's Brow Drama, "Sculpting Brow Mascara". I like that it is described as a tinted gel "mousse" already envisioning pumped up brows and the Soft Brown, one of three shades, (Dark Blonde and Dark Brown additionally) looked like a good match.

Sold...

Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade

Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade
8 shades $18

My brow fixation continues...I've come to believe, brows, not the eyes, are the window to my soul.  I feel absolutely naked without a finished brow and it's the starting point of my makeup after BB cream or foundation.

Anastasia Beverly Hills definitely produces the best brow products on the market. I have used both her Brow Gel and Brow Wiz pencils; both excellent.

I decided to tip into her Dipbrow Pomade after admiring them at Ulta.  There are 8 shades and find your best match can be a bit tricky, so I asked for advice. Naturally, the shade we decided on, medium brown, was sold out.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz

Anastasia Beverly Hill Brow Wiz
$21

I came very late to the brow party.  Until my brow stylist Danielle Sampieri walked me through the fine points, with her fine point tweezers, I paid my brows very little mind.

She taught me how important a properly shaped and finished brow, (yes, that means daily product) frames the face and make your eyes pop. Suffice to say, the lady in the nail salon tending to your bikini line may not have that skill set.

Once you see the difference, there's no backtracking.  For me, it would be like facing the world without lipstick or liner--not happening.  Along the way I have tried a lot of products, gels, powders and pencils.  My only complaint is that my brows would sometimes appear a bit done.