I’m Loving this Long Lasting Eyebrow Pencil by Charlotte Tilbury
My brows have been bothering me for a while now, they look too sparse and thin, it’s time for some action and something new.
I went to my local Fenwicks where I tried out about 10 different eyebrow products from about 10 different brands.
In the end, I settled for the Brow Lift by Charlotte Tilbury. Let’s find out if it lives up to its name!
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Charlottte Tilbury Brow Lift Eyebrow Pencil
The Brow Lift is a 3-in-1 eyebrow tool to achieve the ‘shape, lift and shade’. It comes with a brush on one side so that you can comb out your brows before filling them in and during filling them in.
On the other side is the actual pencil to shape your brows and fill in any gaps or holes. The 3rd feature, the ‘lift’ is a highlighter, you can use this under your brows to make them really defined and stand out properly.
The Charlotte Tilbury Brow Lift comes in 5 different colours. From dark to light they are Naomi, Super Model, Brooke’s, Rita and Grace K. The colour I bought is Brooke’s, it’s a medium brown which goes perfectly with my ashy coloured eyebrows.
Why I love the Long-Lasting Eyebrow Pencil
Unlike other eyebrow pencils which are completely powder-based, the Brow Lift is partly gel-based. This means that it lasts for longer and helps your eyebrows look more natural too.
Over the duration of the day, powders tend to lose their effect whereas, this eyebrow pencil doesn’t because it has that gel combination so it lasts beautifully.
With a gel pencil, it is also easier to get a more accurate result and there’s no powder fallout.
Another feature that I love is the angled tip of the pencil. One tip of the pencil is slightly thicker than the other, this makes it so much easier to get a natural look.
The thin tip is perfect for those areas where there is hair missing and you want to draw in hair. The thicker end of the tip is perfect for a softer filled-in look.
The Brow Lift is honestly really easy to use and long-lasting too. I’ve even tested out how long it lasts.
I applied my makeup early in the morning at around 7:30 and I kept it on until around midnight. And guess what, my eyebrows still looked pretty intact at the end of the day.
The negatives
Like more or less every product, the Brow Lift also has its negatives. For me, it’s the highlighter. Maybe my skin is too light and the highlighter would look good on someone darker, I don’t know!
But on me, it looks way too yellow to use as a highlighter under my brows. It just looks wrong. I often find when a product tries to be too much, something gives.
In this case, it’s making the eyebrow pencil a 3-in-1. In my opinion, it would be a much better product with only the comb and pencil part. It’s a shame because it does take away from the product and I think it would have been so easy to get it right.
The other negative is that because I have very sparse eyebrows, the brow pencil has a bigger job, it needs to create eyebrows and not just fill them in. I found that the Charlotte Tilbury Brow Lift struggled to do that naturally.
For some reason when I use this pencil, you can see the dots from where the hair follicles grow. I think it may be due to the pencil tip being quite thick.
Overall, the Charlotte Tilbury Brow Lift is a really good eyebrow pencil, especially for those who have good brows that just need some filling in and more definition.
However, for people with sparse brows like me, I think the Anastasia Beverly Hills is more suited. The tip of the pencil is much finer, allowing for a more natural look.
Charlotte Tilbury Brow Lift can be bought from Charlotte Tilbury | Sephora
Hollie xx
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This eye brow pencil looks great. I really like that it is part gel based. I really need that extra stick to get through the whole day. I am glad you mentioned about this product being a touch too “yellowie”. I too have very fair skin and I often appear “washed out”. Good to know that other people have this issue as well. My question to you is, is there a 2nd product in this range that would be better suited to fair skin?
An eyebrow product really has to be bought according to your eyebrow colour, not skin colour. Only the highlighter is yellowy so it doesn’t actually effect the pencil itself. When I want to use a highlighter, I just use a different one instead. It doesn’t actually take away from the product because the pencil is the main thing.
You’re not the only one obsessed with their brows. Mine are a little scant, probably to do with my age. I’m always on the lookout for a pencil that is not too heavy.
Most pencils I buy, and you can’t try them out first because they are covered in plastic, are too soft and it takes a very light touch to get an even colour. I’m forever taking the pencil off and starting again. In fact putting my eyebrows on takes longer than the rest of my makeup!
I will certainly try this product and hopefully it will suit me. I just hope it’s not too soft and dark and can make some fine hairlike lines to fill in.
Hi, don’t worry, you won’t have that problem with this pencil. It doesn’t apply to dark or heavy at all. It’s really easy to use and I hope you love it like I do!