Magical brow pencil!

When I first attenpted to swatch this pencil on my hand, I could not understand why this is a cult favorite, but bought it anyway because I was hoping somewhere in the shade range there would be a good match for my asian hair. Turns out this pencil has a special formulation where it only releases pigment reacts with the oils on your skin. Im not sure what that means or how it works if you are a dry skin type, but I am combination and don't have any issues. I like that the pigment is released subtly so you dont have to really worry about being heavy handed. The only downside is that in order to have the pencil cut into the sword shape, you need to have a Shu counter by you or you can attempt it yourself. Unfortunately, I'm not lucky enough to have a counter, and I am also not brave enough to sharpen with a knife myself, so I just sharpened with a sharpener and it works just fine.

Great eyebrow tool. It doesn't make your eyebrows look drawn on. Darkens the actual hairs and doesn't smudge. The carved method of sharpening makes the application of the product more versatile with a more natural finish.

This stays on well and it is waterproof for sure; I went swimming for 2 hours and it didn't budge an inch. The grey colour works well with my black hair. Love it!

There are tons of eyebrow products on the market and I return to this pencil often. It looks like an actual pencil when you first purchase it. The pencil works with your own oil in the eyebrow hair to create a very natural looking brows. While it is on the expensive side ($24) it lasts a very long time. I use short strokes to fill and color my brows. Shu Uemura will sharpen this pencil for free if you bring it to their counter.