I was super excited to see this product on the shelves here in Australia, simply because I was that close to splurging on Benefit's Gimme Brow, and now there was a cheaper option for me to try out first! Good on ya Maybelline.
Maybelline's Brow Drama is touted as a "sculpting brow mascara" but, y'know, I'm happy to just call it a good ol' brow gel. It comes in a little black tube with the Brow Drama logo (which I think is quite attractive) and a little box underneath to tell you what colour it is - we've only been given medium brown and dark brown as choices here in Australia, although I'm fairly sure they have blonde overseas. Ce la vie, I grabbed medium brown even though my hair is ash blonde.
I suppose what you would call the 'defining feature' of this product is the funny shaped spoolie they included. It essentially just has a little "ball" at the end of it which is what you use to apply the product - the rest of the spoolie is useless because the bristles are so short there is no way you can manoeuvre them onto your brows. Maybelline say the shape helps to 'comb and shape your brows into a natural curved arch'. Hmm. Interesting.
Overall, I do really like this product. I use it nearly everyday in my brows over my Anastasia DipBrow in Taupe to define my otherwise blonde hairs and keep them in place. The colour is definitely too dark for what I prefer (I'd pounce on the Blonde version!) but because it isn't being used to fill in your brows per se, I don't find it unusable. It's not too warm either - a nice, slightly cool toned brown that I can imagine would match most brunettes or dark blondes.
The funny little spoolie is actually not too bad too use. It does let you be a bit more specific about where you apply the product and it picks up just the right amount (unlike something like Australis' Tint my Brow). The bristles are a bit sparse, but, again, this doesn't seriously hinder the use of this product.
Brow Drama definitely keeps your brows in place and doesn't set them with too much of that 'crunchy' feel that others do, although it doesn't feel completely natural like DipBrow on its own does. It does a good job of coating each hair, looks natural and not clumpy. It lasts the whole day unless you're like me and are constantly touching your eyebrows (seriously, does anyone else do this?) and so for that I'm pretty pleased.
This is what my brows look like with DipBrow to fill and Brow Drama to define:
Not too dark, right? It is surprisingly natural when you finish up.
Brow Drama goes for $12.95 at Priceline and is available in Medium Brown or Dark Brown.
I had some great comments on Instagram, so let me know what you think of this product here as well!
And, as always, thanks for reading!
Maybelline's Brow Drama is touted as a "sculpting brow mascara" but, y'know, I'm happy to just call it a good ol' brow gel. It comes in a little black tube with the Brow Drama logo (which I think is quite attractive) and a little box underneath to tell you what colour it is - we've only been given medium brown and dark brown as choices here in Australia, although I'm fairly sure they have blonde overseas. Ce la vie, I grabbed medium brown even though my hair is ash blonde.
I suppose what you would call the 'defining feature' of this product is the funny shaped spoolie they included. It essentially just has a little "ball" at the end of it which is what you use to apply the product - the rest of the spoolie is useless because the bristles are so short there is no way you can manoeuvre them onto your brows. Maybelline say the shape helps to 'comb and shape your brows into a natural curved arch'. Hmm. Interesting.
Overall, I do really like this product. I use it nearly everyday in my brows over my Anastasia DipBrow in Taupe to define my otherwise blonde hairs and keep them in place. The colour is definitely too dark for what I prefer (I'd pounce on the Blonde version!) but because it isn't being used to fill in your brows per se, I don't find it unusable. It's not too warm either - a nice, slightly cool toned brown that I can imagine would match most brunettes or dark blondes.
The funny little spoolie is actually not too bad too use. It does let you be a bit more specific about where you apply the product and it picks up just the right amount (unlike something like Australis' Tint my Brow). The bristles are a bit sparse, but, again, this doesn't seriously hinder the use of this product.
Brow Drama definitely keeps your brows in place and doesn't set them with too much of that 'crunchy' feel that others do, although it doesn't feel completely natural like DipBrow on its own does. It does a good job of coating each hair, looks natural and not clumpy. It lasts the whole day unless you're like me and are constantly touching your eyebrows (seriously, does anyone else do this?) and so for that I'm pretty pleased.
This is what my brows look like with DipBrow to fill and Brow Drama to define:
Not too dark, right? It is surprisingly natural when you finish up.
Brow Drama goes for $12.95 at Priceline and is available in Medium Brown or Dark Brown.
I had some great comments on Instagram, so let me know what you think of this product here as well!
And, as always, thanks for reading!
What does it look like just using the brow gel with nothing else ?
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