Benefit Cosmetics review – highlight on eyebrows

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We’re closing out our Mad Men Week with one more beauty post with a nod to the swinging 60’s. Once you’ve found the perfect red lipstick, you’ll want to define your eyebrows to achieve a glamorous retro look. The ladies of this period understood the value of a well-maintained set of eyebrows. A carefully groomed pair with a teeny bit of color to define (and sometimes control) brows is like a mini facelift that anyone can afford! Of course, the gurus in goof-proof, corrective makeup, Benefit Cosmetics, has the perfect solution for all types of brows.

You could use a number of Benefit’s eyebrow enhancing products to mimic the brow style of the early 60’s. Women like Joan, Betty and Peggy had moved beyond the drawn-in, super thin brows (with a tear shaped end) of the 50’s for a more natural and fuller look. The natural shape of the brow was enhanced with an arch placed to highlight the eye shape and the whole brow was noticeably thicker then the 50’s. Of course, this refined era of the 60’s still required a well-groomed brow (work in direct sunlight to catch those pesky strays) and this practice is relevant to any decade. The eyebrow color tended to be a shade or two darker than the hair color for a striking yet natural look.

You can achieve these perfectly tamed and face framing brows with the benefit of the effective brow enhancing products from Benefit Cosmetics. Our testers received a variety of brow enhancing products with differing formulas and varying degrees of color intensity and brow control. No matter what your brow needs, you’ll find easy, effective solutions from Benefit Cosmetics:

Instant Brow Pencil – This duel-ended pencil is great for sparsely populated brows as well as for easy defining and “plumping” of heavier brows. The waterproof pencil glides over brows, is easy to blend and dries to a soft powder finish. Use the special blending spoolie (the mascara brush-like blending tool) on the other side to comb hairs into place and blend color into brows. A bonus step-by-step instruction guide is included for a quick lesson.

Brow Zings Compact – The ultimate eyebrow shaping kit comes with all you need to shape, tame and define your brows. The Brow Zings kit contains a soft, pigmented wax to groom brows and a colored setting powder (available in three shades) to keep things in place. This kit is rounded out with a small pair of tweezers, a firm angled brush and a blending brush.

Speed Brow – The perfect solution for the girl on the go or those looking for a simple, yet effective way to tame brows. With packaging similar to mascara, this lightly tinted gel can be quickly swept over the brows for a bit of color and control. This portable gel with a natural tint is a favorite of blondes and those with lightly shaded brows.

Testers- did Benefit’s brow enhancing products help you achieve well-groomed, face-framing brows worthy of the set of Mad Men?

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  • tyna

    Tyna is a former editor of we heart this that worries about becoming a crazy cat lady, reads at least a book a week, checks in at a Flyers fan forum every morning and is forever organizing her closets and drawers. skin tone: NW 20/25 skin type: combination favorite beauty product: eye shadows and lip balms

8 Comments

  1. Oh Tyna, I love eyebrows! I wish I had some. I would kill for some pesky strays. I envy anyone who has beautiful full eyebrows, like you.

  2. I was lucky enough to test the Brow Zings compact in the dark shade. This brow kit is so easy to use and comes with everything you need including mini tweezers. The color was perfect for my dark brown brows and blended right in. First apply the wax and then apply the finishing powder on top for a very natural look…super easy! Love that it comes with two separate brushes and a mirror.

    The tweezers are adorable, but aren’t the best in my opinion. They do work fine if you’re in a pinch, but this is one area that could use some improvement. I have a hard time gripping the hairs with these and it takes several tries to actually remove one.

    This compact gets daily use from me and the only brow color I’m using at the moment. I would buy it again in a heartbeat, but I’m taking off one star on my rating because of the not so great tweezers. This products gets 4 stars from me.

  3. I got the Instant Brow Pencil and let me tell you its ultra fabulous!

    It’s the perfect enhancer! It has a handie spoolie to brush your brows
    after you apply and it goes on so smooth. Once you apply, then brush
    no one will know your secret! It looks that natural.

    In it’s description it says “It glides on easily and leaves a natural powder-like finish.” This is 100% accurate!! Like everything I have tried from Benefit, it is high quality, and does exactly what it claims.
    I also love that it comes with a step by step guide, Benefit doesn’t
    miss a beat. They have beauty down to a very perfect and glamorous
    science! Plus they have the best packaging ever!

    Benefit Brows, Julie Hewett lips, and one of those Etsy dresses..
    Forget about it!! you’ll be turning heads left and right!! :)

    5 very satisfied stars from me.. Oh how I love Benefit!

  4. I got the Brow Zings compact and I really liked it. If I’m not careful I can look like I have a uni brow! This little compact was super easy to use and since it is so little it is easy to carry around with you. I don’t know about you, but sometimes when I get in the natural light, I see pesky little hairs that I missed when I was tweezing.

    The wax is great because it keeps your brow shape defined so that you can shape your brow without any trouble.

    The tweezers that came in the kit are a little hard to get used to at first because the are so little but once you get used to them they are great. I didn’t have any trouble getting those pesky hairs at all.

    So it gets 5 stars from me!

  5. I tested the Brow Zings compact, as well, and would echo the sentiments of Tiffany and Cori. It’s a really nice and easy to use little go-anywhere kit. I love that it has everything you need right in it – with the mirror, brushes, tweezers, wax, and powder. I agree with the tweezers comment – they are just to small – I did not get the hang of them – and always end up just using my bigger, stronger ones. The products go on smoothly and are lasting. I can’t speak to color, because I tested the light color, which was too light for my Italian unibrow! I’m sure if I’d had the dark color though, I’d be using this regularly! I give it 4 stars – knocked down just one for the flimsy tweezers. Very nice kit!

  6. I got to try the Speed Brow, as my brows have been a bit unruly lately it seemed like the smartest pick. It really doesn’t deposit any color, despite looking like it might. It’s pretty much clear. I, due to years of overplucking, do need some color. So I found I had to use a pencil with this, with the Speed Brow over top. It did a fabulous job of holding the brows in place. And it reacted very well with the pencil, that’s to say it didn’t remove any of the pencil that I had applied.

    This would be a super quick product to use if you have nice, full brows. If your brows need some help, I’m not sure “Speed” is really the right term. But combined with some color, it gave me lovely brows that stayed in place all night.

  7. Aww Joan, our mom has the same issue and she also has brow envy. My mother has no brows to speak of, yet her three daughters have plenty. Due to years of worrying that I would end up like my mom and grandma and have to “put my eyebrows on” prior to walking out the door, I never touched mine for fear they would never come back. I never did the skinny eyebrow fad thing and only started waxing them about 4 years ago. I had no idea that there was entire lines dedicated to brow maintenance and thought tweezers were only needed for lock picking and splinters. I have come full circle and my brows and I have a healthy relationship. I practice regular brow maintenance at the salon so I wasn’t sure what the brow zings would do for me. I received Brow Zings compact in the dark color. I was a little nervous but I was so pleased with the result. The color was perfect the wax and powder have flawless aplication. It would be really hard to mess this up, although the wax term sounds scary. I like the rest found the tweezers aren’t the greatest but in a pinch they do. I’ve actually taken the tweezers out and keep them in my make-up bag of my purse to use for any stray hair that may pop up in the natural light. Great product.

  8. I have the BrowZings and it’s the only brow product I use. It’s the first brow product I ever really tried and I’ve never tried anything else because I’ve been so happy with it.

    I use the Light kit because my eyebrows are naturally blonde and the color looks very natural. I don’t use the tweezers because they’re so small and don’t grip like my Tweezermans do. I usually apply with my own brush too, again, because the brushes are small and I prefer a stiffer brush.

    It has lasted me forever so it’s definitely worth the high price. I love the product because I don’t have brows without Brow Zings!

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