Benefit has added another brow-transforming tool to their already comprehensive lineup: High Brow Glow, a shimmery counterpart to their original matte High Brow brow-lifting pencil. Instead of the brightening matte pink shade of the original, the new High Brow Glow is a soft, slightly metallic champagne for people who prefer a little shimmer.
Packaging and ingredients.
Benefit High Brow Glow Luminous Brow Lifting PencilIf you've used the original High Brow, this applies the same way. You simply draw a line of it directly under your brow, following your natural arch, then blend out with your fingertips or a soft brush. You can start all the way from the inner corner of your brow and take it all the way out, or you can just put a little directly under your arch, however you like it. For added highlighting, you can even put a tiny amount just above your arch and blend it out.
The color of this is a light neutral champagne with a smooth metallic shimmer. You can adjust the amount of shimmer by blending more for a smooth glow or less for a slightly more sparkly metallic sheen.
What I liked:
- Really does brighten the eye area and visually lift the brow.
- Also very good on the inner corners of the eyes, on the cupid's bow, or as a cheekbone highlighter.
- Smooth formula is easy to blend.
- Long-wearing, lasts all day.
- Neutral shade will flatter most skintones.
- The pencil is pretty big and each application uses very little product; this thing will last a very long time with normal use.
- Cute pencil design. I love the swirls and metallic pink champagne color of it.
- It can look too shiny/shimmery if over-applied or under-blended. I don't like having a very shimmery browbone so I have to be sure to blend carefully when I use this.
- The wooden pencil can splinter when sharpening.
- Requires a large-barrel pencil sharpener. It's larger than an eyeliner pencil.
I really love the original matte High Brow and Eye Bright pencils, so it's nice to see a new shimmer version for summer. It does what it says it does, and it does it with very little effort. Nice, precise application and a smooth, creamy formula.
(This was sent for review.)
This seems similar to an Anastasia brow highlighter pencil I have. I love the Anatasia one so I probably won't give this a try.
ReplyDeleteI have the Anastasia one too, the colors are a little different but they both do the same thing, so you shouldn't need to own both if you already have one :)
DeleteIs there a difference between kohl eye liners and these brow products? I just use a gold colored kohl pencil and blend. Not even any specific brand, just whatever I find...
ReplyDeleteNot a huge difference. The textures are a little different and the eyeliners tend to be stronger/more pigmented. I'd say there's more of a difference between eyeliner and the original High Brow, but not as much with the shimmer one.
DeleteI've got the matte 1 but have never been able to perfect it. Must try harder xo
ReplyDeleteI actually like the matte one better because it's more subtle/natural/not obvious looking, I always apply it last and blend it out with the tip of my ring finger or a MAC 219 :)
DeleteDo you blend it up into the eyebrow or down toward the eyelid? And does it make the arch more pronounced? I'd like to have a more defined looking arch, which I can't seem to accomplish with tweezing.
ReplyDeleteI blend down. I apply it after I've already filled in my brows so I don't want the shiny color or the matte pink to get into my brow color, but you could always blend up if you do your brows last. Something like this should help with what you're looking for- placing it on the little patch of browbone directly below your natural arch and then a little bit on either side of the 'point' of your arch on top will give the impression of a more defined arch. The metallic version would probably give a more pronounced effect, though you could try using a pale, shimmery eyeshadow just to see if you like the look :)
DeleteGreat, I'll try that out with the eyeshadow, thanks so much for the tips! :) I always love how your eyebrows look in your eye makeup pics and I so don't have much in the way of eye makeup skills, lol, so I appreciate the pointers! :)
DeleteI just got this today and the girl at the benefit counter suggested it would also work as a cheekbone highlighter. I'm excited to try!!!
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog & would much rather be reading all your posts than working right now. ha.
ReplyDeleteI have both the shimmery and the matte pink Anastasia ones, but this one looks like it may be a tad less shiny (I hate the pink one)...I think I need to try it!
ReplyDeleteI really love the color of the pencil!
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