In many ways, I find it reminiscent of the Shu Uemura Hard Pencil 9 in texture. The pencil in this one is slim and it isn’t very soft. I found the pencil too thick so it wasn’t easy to pencil in a smooth arch to the brow, and I just wasn’t taken by it. I’ve tried the much cheaper option of the Daiso brow pencil that looks just like this, and while it was a decent product, I didn’t like it. When I first get pencils like these, I like to just run them on the back of my hand until the stiff, sharp edges soften, before using them. Mine is about 10 months old and used almost daily, so it has naturally rounded itself down. When the pencil first arrives, the lead bit is a sharp angle. The Hourglass Arch Brow pencil feels very solid in your hand and the weight seems to give you better grip and control when you’re pencilling in your brows. Run the brush over your brows and it softens the effect. This is especially so if you’ve been a bit heavy handed with the pencil. I never used to understand using a brush for your brows, but through experience, I’ve found that the brush helps to make your brows look more natural. The pencil is dual-ended with the retractable lead in one end, and a spoolie brush in the other. Pricey for us hapless Malaysians and our sh-Ringgit, but so good, I haven’t looked or thought about looking elsewhere since I got it almost 10 months ago. Ladies and gents, meet my favourite-est brow pencil. Sunny of Mostly Sunny’s review helped me with that, but I eventually bit the bullet and went with Soft Brunette. I also wasn’t sure which colour to pick since we don’t have an Hourglass counter here and I wasn’t even sure of what the colours would look like. I didn’t quite know what to expect if I’m to be honest. I looked around for a bit, tried a few different retractable options here and there but one day, after reading raves of the Hourglass Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil, I decided to have a go at it on one of my Net-a-Porter orders. I wanted something with the same angled shape, but that didn’t need me to entrust it into the hands of another, whether competent or incompetent, to get it into that shape. So I got pissed off, and decided to look elsewhere. I’ve seen the sharpening at work first hand, and even tried my hand at it and I can safely say that it doesn’t take inches off each time, unless it breaks, or you’re incompetent like me. My pencils will go in a certain length, and when I return to collect them, inches have been sliced off. But my last few experiences at the counter left me wanting. Yes, Shu Uemura boutiques and counters offer this sharpening service for free and I availed of it for years on end. The problem however, is that I never got the hang of sharpening it myself. What I liked about it was the very user-friendly angled point, or as Shu Uemura will have you believe, sword point, that makes pencilling in the brows quite a breeze. It was so good, I even reviewed it twice, right here on the blog! A first, even for me. It was the Shu Uemura Hard Pencil 9 that made me appreciate the importance of a good brow, and I never looked back. When I first started taking care of my brows and enhancing them through the use of brow pencils, I jumped in straight into the deep end.
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