Glo Skin Beauty Precise Micro Browliner - Ash

An eyebrow pen with an ultra-fine tip that lets you draw hair by hair, rather than coloring in your entire eyebrow.

Why it works

A natural-looking eyebrow is not a single block of color, but made up of individual hairs with space in between. That is why a regular pencil often looks heavy: the tip is too wide for the fine strokes you actually need. This liner features an ultra-fine tip that allows you to create short, hair-like strokes that resemble real hairs, giving you a microblading-like effect that is simply washable.

The formula is wax-based, with mineral pigments and antioxidants. The wax ensures that the strokes stay exactly where you place them; the manufacturer describes it as long-lasting and smudge-proof. The tip is retractable, so you never need to sharpen it and it always remains fine. On the other end is a spoolie, a brush to blend everything through afterwards, and this brush is actually the most important part.

About this shade

Ash is the cool shade in the range: an ash-gray brown, with no warmth in it. It suits ash-blonde to cool-brown hair, and anyone who finds that a regular brown pencil pulls too red.

For whom

For anyone with gaps in their eyebrows, whether from past over-plucking or simply the passage of time. Eyebrows get thinner and lighter as we age, usually starting at the tail. Even if your eyebrows are thick enough on their own but the tail is sparse, this tool allows for more precision than a wide pencil.

How to use it

Apply short strokes in the direction your hairs grow, especially in the empty spots; drawing over existing hairs is rarely necessary. Don't start at the front: the head of your eyebrow is naturally the lightest and becomes too heavy too quickly. Build it up in layers until you have the shape you want, and then blend everything through with the spoolie on the other end. This final step softens any stroke that came out too harsh, and it is what makes the difference between drawn-on and natural.

My advice

The skin under your eyebrow is part of the eye area and is thinner than you might think, so don't press: let the tip do the work and add an extra stroke rather than pressing harder. What I see most often in the salon is a shade being chosen that is too dark. Your eyebrows can almost always be a shade lighter than your hair, especially if your hair is dark, otherwise your face can look severe. If you are doubting between two shades, choose the lightest: you can always build up a shade that is too light, but you cannot fix one that is too dark.

And don't try to "fix" one eyebrow by drawing over the other. Brows are sisters, not twins, and that is truly the case.

Are you unsure which shade suits you best? Feel free to send me a message, and we can look at it together.