Mac stud eyebrow pencil dupe for dark brown / Black brows - Review

The best dupe for Mac eye brows in 'Stud' is the Rimmel London eyebrow pencil in 'black brown'.

It is exactly the same colour and texture as the mac one but a whole lot cheaper!

For someone like me that has jet black eyebrows, or even someone with dark brown brows, it can be hard to get the right colour pencil for our brows.

As i have black brows you'd think i would need a black colour pencil, but no! That would be the worst thing to do, although i have black brows, even for me a black is too harsh.

We need the darkest brown shade without a warm undertone - eg redish undertone isn't what you want as it will look weird. You need one that is just dark brown, no undertone.

As you can see they are both exactly the same. The reason why the mac one isn't as "neat" and smudged is because i have completely run out of it so i had to try and scrape some off to swatch.

MAC: I like the mac one because it has a small tip so it comes off as a fine line. I don't need to fill in my brow that much as they are thick but i like a sharp look.

You twist it rather than sharpen which is good as you don't waste product but i also don't like it as you can't see when its going to finish.. It lasted me around 6 months, there are a few days where i don't wear makeup but i did used it a lot. Price is £12.50 (Back to Mac product, so don't throw away!)

RIMMEL: I like this as its exactly the same as the mac one. They only difference is its a slightly thicker tip because its a pencil, but thats not really a problem.. and as it's a pencil you need to sharpen it. OH and its only £2.99!

Because its a pencil you get a lot more product, i can see this lasting me a long time, but i do also feel like sharpening does waste some of the product as you sharpen, that cant be helped obviously, and for how long the pencil is, it will last a long time anyway, so its ok.

The reason i went for the Rimmel one instead of repurchasing the Mac pencil is because of price.

I felt like £12.50 was too much to spend again when i can get the same thing for £2.99. I'm saving a whopping £9.51! lol

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Best liquid highlighter - Benefit High Beam review

Benefits high beam is by far my favourite liquid highlighter. It's £19.50 which does seem pricey but for the amount you get and the quality of it, I thinks its so worth the money.

There's nothing worse than putting highlighter on and it's not shining, or fading away so quickly. This stays and shines so nice on the skin.

You only need a few small dots of it and blend, so a little goes a long way but its also buildable for extra shine.

I'm not overly keen on benefits makeup, there is a few things i like but its not a brand i go for much as i just prefer other brands as a whole, so i normally stick to what i like or try their samples.

I definitely HATE their "flawless" foundation but thats another story...

It has a brush applicator which i like as its flexible. The colour is a light pinky/silver, they do have a more golden one called sun beam if you don't like the silvery highlight, but i personally think that one is better for dark to black skin tones.

I use this on the cheekbones, bridge of the nose, the cupids bow, (forehead) a small about in the middle near my brows so its not too shiny and small amount on my chin.

This is what it looks like blended in. My hands are a bit darker than this, the flash has made my hands look white but the highlight does look shiny on the face like it does here.

I love it. If i'm doing a full face of makeup then i will definitely be wearing it. If i'm just wearing basic / minimal makeup then i don't wear it as often but it still looks nice either way.

By far the highlighter is the best, and just makes all the right places shine and look beautiful and glowy, i feel like i've just come back off holiday haha if that makes sense.

What your opinion on it? 

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