If there was ONE palette I knew I was getting from all of the holiday releases, it was going to be this one!
Urban Decay Full Spectrum
I mean how could I resist Urban Decay‘s Full Spectrum palette? It’s a full on rainbow palette! And after my disappointment with last year’s Vice 4 palette, this was a welcome change up to their holiday lineup!
Urban Decay Full Spectrum
I’ve not actually had the opportunity to play with it yet (still working away on my Metal Matte palette), but there will be a video tutorial coming as well as a Challenge Week with five different looks!
I am always happy to see more and more micro brow pencils being put out on the market. And I’m even happier when it’s a drugstore brand because it makes it far more accessible to everyone! The Maybelline Brow Precise Micro Pencil is here to elbow its way into the crowd of all the other brow pencils before it!
Maybelline Brow Precise Micro Pencil
And it actually delivers right up front:
The suggested retail price in USD in $2 cheaper than the NYX Micro Brow.
It also contains 0.005 ounces of product compared to the NYX Micro Brow which has 0.003 ounces (as does the ABH Brow Wiz, but that’s nowhere near the same price point).
And it’s got a spoolie on the other side (but I’d say that’s pretty expected now!).
Maybelline Brow Precise Micro Pencil
AND, amazingly enough, Maybelline has actually labelled this “Blonde” and, FOR ONCE, it’s a shade that’s actually appropriate for blondes. (Everyone else seems to go with “Taupe” and then they can’t get blamed when it’s not a colour match for your mane of hair). I also find it’s a better colour match than their BrowSatin Define + Fill Duo which I reviewed over a year ago.
Maybelline Brow Precise Micro Pencil – Swatch
As you can see from the swatch, the colour is blissfully cooler than it is warm. Nothing matches blondes worse than a warm brow colour (unless you’re actually strawberry blonde!).
Left – naked brow, Right – Wearing Brow Precise in Blonde
On the brows, this plays out like every other micro brow pencil: beautifully! It can shape my brow and give it the chunkiness that it’s otherwise missing. The MaybellineBrow Precise Micro Pencil applied a bit softer than the NYX Micro Brow and ABH Brow Wiz, but a bit more firm than the QUO Precision Brow Pencil (which is super soft).
The only downside I’ve noticed to this pencil is that the tip has broken off on me three times now. Just a very small amount, but it’d made me realize I need to use it a bit more softly. Aside from that, I love how it applies and I think the colour tone is perfect for my hair. I kind of wonder if I’m going to end up switching to this over the NYX Micro Brow. We’ll see once I’ve finished it how I feel, but if this one is definitely cheaper than the NYX one in Canada retailers then I don’t see why I wouldn’t change over!
The holiday palette releases keep coming folks! This enormous beast of a palette is the Marc Jacobs Style Eye-Con No. 20 About Last Night palette.
Marc Jacobs About Last Night
There’s no denying it’s enormous too – it contains 20 eyeshadows and it larger than my outstretched hand!
Marc Jacobs About Last Night
This is, of course, limited edition for Holiday 2016, so get it while you can!
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