THE FINISHING TOUCH

By now everyone knows that the best way to achieve a finished look is to fill in your brows.  The question that lots of people have is which is better, brow pencil or brow powder?

I am going to investigate this by wearing brow powder on one eye and the brow pencil on the other eye for a period of 8 hours (an average workday).  Let's see who comes out on top, the pencil or the powder.

The products I will be using are the Prestige Ideal Match in medium/dark, and Urban Decay's Brow Box in brown sugar.  I applied the the Urban Decay to the left eyebrow and the Prestige to the right eyebrow.

Urban Decay Powder (left) and Prestige Pencil (right)

Here is a photo immediately after I applied the brow pencil and brow powder:

Eight hours later, this is what I looked like with the brow pencil and brow powder:

At the end of the eight hour period, the edge of the left brow upon which I applied  the Urban Decay Brow Box faded.  The Prestige Ideal Match lasted all day without fading.  I should say that the beginning and middle part of my brow remained the same during the entire eight hour period.

I am a HUGE Urban Decay fan.  I have almost all of their palettes and eyeliners.  But the Prestige Ideal Match beat it.  If you don't mind a quick touch up at the end of the day, then I would suggest the Urban Decay Brow Box.  If you want to save some money and have a product that looks the same all day for less, then I would go with the Prestige Ideal Match.

You can purchase Urban Decay's Brow Box at Sephora, Ulta and www.urbandecay.com.  It retails for $29.00.  Prestige Ideal Match can be found at Walgreen's, WalMart, Ulta and www.prestigecosmetics.com. It retails for $5.49.

I am going to continue to use my Prestige Ideal Match.  I want to save money for Urban Decay's next palette.