Brows.ing Everywhere : How good is the Burberry Effortless Eyebrow Definer?

This might be a Burberry weekend around here as we have two Burberry reviews back to back! Hello, welcome back everyone. I am so sorry I haven't been posting as much as I'd like, but I am in the midst of producing drawings for my team, and we are quite a small team producing hundreds and hundreds of measured drawings for a temple along Leboh Pudu, Central Market. If you're a KL-lite, you should spend some time strolling around there in the mornings. It's oddly quite charming. Do I ever stop rambling before every review? I think not :D hahaha. Since there's that, I have taken this opportunity to decide that I will post every Wednesday and Saturday, if not more frequently - I'll post on my Instagram anyway.

Brows are a thing right now and everyone who plucked their brows into nothingness are regretting it hence the market is so damn saturated with brow growth products, lash conditioners - it's absolutely mental. Burberry decided to join the bandwagon and came up with the Effortless Eyebrow Definer, in total of 5 different shades - you can check it out here , and the one that I've purchased was in Sepia No. 02. So let's see whether it's a good brow pencil or not.


Price, Packaging and Amount




As per usual, it comes in the classic Burberry box, and do you guys keep these boxes? I hoard them, cause it's too pretty to throw out?? I have a drawer full of Chanel, Marc Jacobs boxes and whatnot. For this automatic, twist up brow definer, Burberry is charging MYR105 for one. I will, almost all the time, mention that a Marc Jacobs lipstick costs MYR100 so this pencil is quite expensive. Again, almost all of Burberry's products are overpriced since they fall under the high end category. You get a good brow brush on the other end, 0.25g of product. The nip of the definer has a triangulated shape  and is flat on the sides, giving you the option of creating various line weights as you go along, I find myself using the wide top of the definer to create thicker hairs for the outline of my brows, and the fine edge to create little hair-like strokes in between the brows. The caps on the pencils are quite sturdy so I can just toss this in my bag, worry-free. The packaging again is too sleek. Too damn sleek. I'm a sucker for packaging. Always. Haha.


Colour & Pigmentation




Sepia No.02 has a nice cool undertone, which is what I always look for in a brow pencil, when I picked out this pencil, I swatched it next to Moonshot's Brow Pencil, Burberry's Ash Brown No.03 and tons and tons of pencils, and Sepia No.02 has the ashiest colour and very little warmth to it. Which is what I prefer. It's a nice cool toned brown with grey undertones to it. I think this looks very pretty on dark-haired girls because it gives a softer look to the face, yet still dark enough to define the brows. As you can see from the swatches, you can really get your money's worth from the shape of the pencil itself as you can create the finest lines to thicker ones, depending on your preference and brow style. It's a really easy colour to pull off, too if you're not too good with brows because despite it being pigmented, the colour itself makes it impossible to screw up.


Texture, Finish & Pigmentation

The Effortless Eyebrow Definer has a very, waxy texture which allows you to skip the brow gel entirely. With just the brow pencil, my brows stays in place for the whole day. I don't think this has been marketed as waterproof but it might as well be. It is easy to apply not just from the shape of the pencil itself, but the pencil actually sets to a powder so if you have created any harsh lines, blend away with your fingers and brush your brows into place. I did need some time to get a hang of it, because I'm so used to Clinique's Superfine Liner for Brows, which is more creamy and has a fine point tip, but I actually love the effect that the Burberry pencil gives, in comparison. I am not sure if the difference shows up on camera, but I've used the Clinique pencil in all my blog posts previously, so you can check that out. Since it's a pencil, of course it has a matte finish but dare I say that it has a soft focus effect? It might be just because of the colour itself but my brows look so good, I can't believe my eyes.



The Effortless Eyebrow Definer did give my brows a much fuller look, and the way I use it is by creating little strokes on the lower outline on my brows, giving it a straighter edge and just massaging the pencil in any empty gaps in between the brows, especially the arch and use the fine tip to elongate the brow further. Then I fill in the front of my brows, as my brows are a bit too far apart, and blend any harsh edges in the front. It took me a while to like this, because I honestly had kept my receipt to return it, but as I used it more and more, I loved the effect this gives me. I've bought this on Valentine's Day, and been using this everyday ever since. Again, good job Burberry!



Burberry is available off Burberry.com , free shipping.

FARAH x



Makeup Worn in Photo

Eyes

Burberry Effortless Eyebrow Definer in Sepia No.02
Catrice Sun Glow Matt Bronzing Powder in 020 Deep Bronze
Catrice Defining Blush in 090 Mandy-Rine
Chanel Inimitable Mascara in Noir

Face

RMK Super Basic Concealer in 02
Diorskin Star Concealer in 020
Chanel Natural Finish Loose Powder in 20 Clair
Catrice Sun Glow Matt Bronzing Powder in 020 Deep Bronze
Catrice Defining Blush in 090 Mandy-Rine
Burberry Natural Light Glow in Earthy Blush No.07

Lips

Chanel Precision Lip Definer in 34 Natural
NARS x Steven Klein Killer Shine Lipstick in Besame Mucho

Brushes

Catrice Professional Kabuki Brush
Bobbi Brown Blush Brush
Real Techniques Contour Brush
Real Techniques Detailer Brush
M.A.C. 217 Brush
RMK Eyelash Curler

Burberry Earthy Blush No. 07 + Ordering from Sephora MY

Hello everybody! Today we are going to dive into yet another session of late-night swatches, and I will be sharing with you my first experience purchasing some Burberry products off Sephora MY, and most importantly, reviewing the purchase itself. I have never delved into Burberry Beauty before, and initially I wanted to pick up their lipstick in Nude No.100 and the Lip Definer in Nude No.100 (surprise, surprise) but the Burberry counter in Pavilion was out of stock for these products, and they promised to give me a call when they have it in (which they did, to my surprise, good customer service I must say) but I already lost interest in getting those two lipsticks, and was more intrigued with Earthy No. 07, which was out of stock as well. I wanted the Earthy No. 07 mainly due to the fact that all of the contour/blush powders that I currently have in my collection are quite intensely dark, for example The Balm's Bahama Mama, Kevyn Aucoin's Sculpting Powder in Medium and a few other medium taupe shadows from various companies. So, I was delighted when Sephora launched their online website, (you can check it out here) and all of my out-of-stock woes are done. I immediately took the plunge and ordered two products online, which was the Burberry blush and a highlighter from Becca Cosmetics (a review on that will be up soon, too!)

I've placed my order on Sephora on the 1st of February which was when it first launched, and got a MYR30 off for my purchases in conjunction to the launching. And because my bill accumulated more than MYR80, the shipping charges were let go, which was quite expensive for my liking (MYR20), and on top of that, it took them 5 whole days to ship out the product, and they are delivering it from Singapore. I mean. Not cool. To be quite frank, I always order off Space NK, which is a UK based luxury cosmetics website and they only charge five pounds (MYR30) for standard international delivery and takes 14 - 21 days to reach my doorstep. I was so taken aback with the fact that Sephora was charging way too high for delivery charges and it being so slow (given how near Singapore is to KL), so that is something to think about when purchasing. And since we are on this topic, I'd like to mention briefly that Burberry.com provides free shipping worldwide, so if you are interested to purchase ANYTHING from the Burberry range, please do it on their website! In fact, they have the complete range on their website (obviously), while Sephora Malaysia only carry a selected amount. I was lucky that I had free shipping but I know I will definitely purchase from burberry.com the next time round :)

End of rant. So, let's move on to the products.

Burberry Light Glow Blush in Earthy Blush No. 07



Packaging, Price & Amount

This blush comes in a very luxurious beige box, and the pan is housed in an oh-so sleek dark silver metal casing, with tinted mirrors and the iconic Burberry checks engraved into the mirrors. It is a tad bit bulky as it is very weighted, and square but fits nicely in a Chanel Medium flap bag, and the Chanel Boy. You also get a suede pouch (which all the high-end brands are doing, anyway). You also get a mini angled blush brush and a good big mirror.

I bought this off Sephora for a whopping MYR170.00. For me, that's pretty steep for a blush - even if it comes with a decent mini brush, I still don't think it justifies the price tag. If you compare, the price for a NARS blush palette is so much more substantial, at MYR269.00 for four blushes and a mini NARS Ita Kabuki, than a single blush (and the damn brush). You do get 7g worth of product and that's quite a lot tbh. The pan is quite narrow which directs me to use a flatter brush for this product. But my Bobbi Brown blush brush is pretty pinched and flat, and works well with this blush.

Colour & Pigmentation

Earthy No.07 is very difficult to describe as it differs from every single skintone. On first bat, it comes across as a neutral taupey nude blush, when blended into the skin, Earthy No.07 gives a touch of warmth and dimension to the face. Initially I thought this won't show up on my skin because it looks damn light in the pan, and I'm a medium-fair skin tone (020 Dior foundations). But this colour did show up on my skin, and like the name suggests, it is an earthy taupey nude blush which just perks up the face and adds some colour to my cheeks (slightly peachy). I really love the fact that it is also pigmented, I mean, this baby should be pigmented considering how much I'm paying for it (it better be!) haha. I have inserted a photo above of Burberry Earthy on a lighter skin tone model, and this look is used in their 2016 Fashion Week runway. I love the glitter! Those will be available soon, on burberry.com too! Yay! All in all, Earthy No.07 is a nice colour to add into my collection of muted pink blushes. It's unlike anything I've owned as I can use this blush as a contour as well. I tend to reach for more pinks when I buy blushes, and I'm looking for more orange colours/earthy tones, so leave me a recommendation if you know any blushes along those lines!

Texture, Pigmentation & Finish

The blush is very silky smooth, and I just love to take it out of my drawer and just randomly swatch it while I'm doing my CAD drawings hahaha. IT IS THAT SOFT YOU GUYS. I don't own too many blushes (how many do you need?) but Burberry No.07 is hands down the silkiest powder blush that I have, and I gravitate to it a lot these recent month. As I mentioned earlier, the pigment on this blush is very pigmented although you might need to layer it to get the true colour if you are quite tanned. You'll be able to layer this with ease and blend it into your cheeks seamlessly, I seriously have nothing bad to say about this blush. Well, maybe one thing. It has a strong scent, rose-scented, and it is a tad overpowering as you can even smell it without opening the compact. But once you've applied it, the scent does wear off, but the colour stays :) This blush has a matte finish, but some bloggers do find it to have a slight sheen. I don't think so, in my opinion, it is matte.



Honestly, a hundred and seventy is pretty steep for a blush, but I am very glad I took the plunge because this blush was so notoriously popular, and I wanted to see whether it lived up to its name. And it did. Burberry's Earthy No.07 is a cult product for a reason, and honestly, 7g of product is almost as big as a bronzer so I think this will last quite some time in my collection, as long as it is sanitised and kept properly. Earthy No.07 is a great choice if you're tired of the usual blush colours and if you're looking for versatility. Good job, Burberry.




FARAH x
p.s. Review on Burberry's Effortless Eyebrow Definer is up next on Saturday




Makeup Worn in Photo

Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Pearl
Burberry Effortless Eyebrow Definer in Sepia No.02
Burberry Light Glow Natural Blush in Earthy Blush No.07
M.A.C. Lip Pencil in Boldly Bare