From Marlene Dietrich to Cara Delevingne, when it comes to makeup, eyebrow trends are and have always been a bit of a talking point. Think of all of the extreme 'trends' over the past few years: remember the slug brow? How about the more recent feather brow? My first documented attempt at penciling in my brows came at around early 2012, and I've never held back since - though thank our Lord and Saviour J Christ, I can confirm that they look significantly better now than they did in High School*.
So I picked up this product from a Superdrug in Middlesbrough while visiting my boyfriend's wonderful family because I was running out of my Revolution Brow Kit which was out of stock (credit where credit is due - this is a fab palette, it lasts forever and is so inexpensive). I figured I may as well try something new rather than something I knew I wasn't a huge fan of, so although I was hesitant in buying the Tattoo Brow, I was looking forward to trying it.
I ended up not actually running out of my old kit as soon as I'd thought, and didn't need to use TB until we'd come back home, which suited me fine - I had a feeling sleeping with no makeup on other than some dark brows would probably look a little strange and there's no fun in trying to explain what I've got on my face if I bumped into any of Ben's family on the way to the loo in the middle of the night!
Right, so here are the steps that Maybelline advise:
"Step 1:
Clean your brows and apply over existing brow hair. If any mistakes are made or you need to reshape, use a cotton bud to easily remove before it sets."
The formula dries really quickly, so you have to be fairly quick while working with it, and if you make any mistakes you better have a makeup wipe at the ready!
"Step 2:
Leave your new brows to set for at least 20 minutes. For super long wear, set the product for up to 2 hours."
I dunno about you, but I don't have 2 hours to
hang about waiting for my brows to tint on a daily, so I decided if I was going to use it, I'd just leave it on overnight.
"Step 3:
Peel off by starting at the inner corner of each eyebrow. The tint will be revealed underneath, giving you naturally fuller looking brows.
Please note: To make the most of your long-wear tint, try to avoid exfoliating or harsh cleansers."
So, I've had this product for about 3 months now and it's not something that I use every day but I do like to use it on a Sunday night when I know the next morning I'll be knackered when I get up for work, so I feel like I've got some pretty conclusive results about this product. For an early start like a Monday morning, this stuff is really handy if you want an extra 10 minutes of kip - I want to look made-up and presentable for work but I want that to happen in the least amount of time possible because I value my sleep way more than my appearance, especially before 8 in the morning! It's simple to apply, dries quickly and believe it or not, it actually does come off easily too so long as you don't put it on too thin.
The problems I'm having with this product is that yeah, it will last up to 3 days... but only if you try extra hard to not put your face under the shower over that time, and regardless you'll have to touch them up on the second day. By the morning of the third day, my brows are always significantly more orange than I'd like them to be, so I tend to keep them on for the 2 days, and on the second night I exfoliate my face and make sure to get the tint off. Then it's easy to re-apply again if you fancy it.
Another problem I struggled with in the shop was choosing the right colour for my face - they only provide three brow colours, Medium Blonde, Medium Brown and Dark Brown. As I have quite dark hair, I figured that dark brown should be my colour, and I think it's the closest I could get, though to be honest, it does seem to be a little on the grey side.
Something to note is that Maybelline & L'Oreal (who are the parent company of Maybelline) test on animals. I've recently been trying to switch all of my makeup to brands that are cruelty free and I encourage everyone to do the same if you are so inclined. I was fooled into thinking that Maybelline had joined the fight against animal testing, however upon looking further into it, I found out that they still sell their products in China, where animal testing is mandatory for all imported cosmetics. If you're interested in learning a little more about which brands are and aren't cruelty free, you can look on Cruelty Free Kitty's website, where they have a list of brands who have confirmed that they don't test on our furry friends.
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| Naked Brows for reference. (I didn't actually have any eye makeup on, it's the Snapchat filter that makes it look like I do) |
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| Brows with the product on (tongue out to hide the spot on my chin, ayy lmao) |
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| This morning at around 8am - no other makeup on my brows. |
I'm slapping an overall score of 3/5 on this product - I love that it saves me time on a Monday morning when I can't be arsed to put anything on but some concealer and a swipe of mascara. My advise would be to make sure the eyebrow goop is distributed evenly before it dries or there'll be patches when peel-time comes and your 10 minute potential lie in will be wasted.
* Bonus pic of how I honestly used to do my eyebrows in High School. Highly embarrassing seeing as it was easily found on Google Images just a year ago by typing in the name and location of the school. (Sorry about the quality, it's since been deleted and this was the best I could do).
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