
Beauty Express
Quick blurb about Anastasia for those who aren’t familiar:
Anastasia has long been the definitive eye and brow expert for icons such as Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Oprah as well as hip up-and-comers like Diana Agron, Selena Gomez and Kristen Cavalari and has recently expanded into colors that match their superior standards for skincare based cosmetics.
This is honestly only the second brow product that I’ve tried (the first being Shu Uemura’s Hard Brow Pencil). However, despite my lack of experience, I found it effective and straight forward to use.
That is the video that explains how to use the kit, and I’ll go on about how I used it as well.
Sephora provides the following information:
“This set contains:
- 0.04 oz Brow Wax Cream (Intended to be used first before the brow powder)
- 0.05 oz Eye shadow Duo (the lighter
- 2 x 0.056 oz Brow Powders
- 5 x brow stencils”
First off is trying to choose which brow stencil is right for you. That’s where the instructions included and the video come in handy, because all of the stencils could work for you. You need to first find three points–line up the brow brush straight against your nose to see where your eyebrow should start in the center of your forehead, then line the brush against the tip of your nose, where it should cross your iris and hit the highest poont of the arch, and then line the brush against the edge of your nose where it should it the corner of your eye and the end point of your eyebrow. (The video says this much better than I can because Anastasia herself demonstrates).
To begin; choose your stencil by following the above and keeping the ’1′ dotted line of the stencil at the beginning of your eyebrow. Select the stencil that most closely follows your natural brow line (she will later tell you to remove the hair that falls outside of the stencil) whle the burgundy line at the top of the stencil is parallel with your eyebrow.
Smooth the brow wax over your eyebrow. Fill in your brow with the lighter colored of the two brow powders, and add some of the darker powder where you feel you need definition. After removing the stencil, you can use either the matte or shimmery eyeshadow to highlight your brow bone underneath your eyebrow.
Ignoring all of the explanation above, this was the EASIEST brow product I’ve ever used. (I have the brunette version.) It was really straightforward and after you select your stencil, it’s so easy to use and impossible to mess up (it’s a stencil. There’s no way you can mess it up!) Besides the ease of use, it washes off cleanly after a whole day of wear. I seriously haven’t even touched my Shu Uemura brow pencil in the 2+ months that I’ve had this brow kit; mostly because this gives me a more defined and elegant look.
All in all, $39.50 is a great price in my opinion for a quality product that makes a daily routine much easier.

Bare brows

With Anastasia Beauty Express
Bonus: I will be hosting a giveaway of a Beauty Express kit in accordance with The Confluence and their partner Anastasia of Beverly Hills! Stay tuned for more info.