Natural Eyebrow Tutorial - NYX Lift & Snatch Brow Pen Review | Shonagh Scott

Hey guys, welcome back to my channel. Today I'm doing a review of the NYX Lift and Snatch Brow Pen. This is less of a how to achieve more of a review of the actual product because I do have a ton of tutorials on how to achieve the natural fluffy brow. However I am still going to talk you through what I'm doing but it's more to review it because you guys asked for it. So this is the Lift and Snatch Brow Pen. I have got the shade Taupe but it does come in 10 different shades. This one is cruelty free and it's also an affordable brow pen in comparison to two of the others that I do love to use. As you'll see this has a very fine tip much like the other two that I love to use. We have the Urban Decay Brow Blade, the MAC Shape and Shade Brow Tin and then we have the NYX Lift and Snatch. If you think about the tip it's like an art brush. It's made of loads of tiny little fibers that come to a point as opposed to like some eyeliner tips which are made of felt or they are made of foam. My ultimate favourite is the Urban Decay Brow Blade because the nib is so so thin but the colour of the Shape and Shade Brow Tin tends to suit me better. So the NYX one is perfect because the Taupe shade is almost identical to Fling by MAC but it also has the tiny nib like the Urban Decay. It's also the most affordable out of the three but I have found after using it for a week or two it's not as reliable in terms of getting the ink out. So although it's the happy medium between the two I'm finding that I'm already reaching for alternative pens because this one doesn't always come out very well. So as always I'm going to start at the base of my brow. This is when I first got the pen so the ink comes out really really well. After a few goes it's not that it's dried out it just doesn't seem to have the same payoff. It's fine when you first take the lid off but by the time you get to the middle of your brow you really have to keep shaking the pen to try and get that ink down into the nib. However for its affordability I still think it's really good and you might find that with the slightly deeper shades it's probably a little bit more reliable or a little bit more obvious with the ink. So I always start the base of the front of my brow flicking the hairs upwards. Now as you can see I am going above my natural hairs and when I put the temporary guide across the brow in a moment you'll see why. It's really good if you can have an artistic eye to see the shape that you're creating. So I need to extend the very front of my brows ever so slightly higher in order to get more of a straight brow as we go along the outer half of the eyebrow. Once we get a third of the way along I change the angle of my brush and instead of flicking upwards I'm now bringing the hairs downwards because this is the way my hairs naturally lay and I'm replicating that. However if you want to create a more laminated brow look which is more fluffy and standing upright I have a tutorial on how to achieve that which I will link on screen for you now. I'm using the shade Taupe which isn't super standout compared to my natural brow colour. I do love the cool cookie shade by Urban Decay however this kind of taupey shade does tend to go quite nicely with my hair because I do have my root lifted slightly which gives a little bit more of a warm finish. So although this doesn't entirely match my natural brow colour it does tie in with my hair colour and because it is slightly light and it's not too standout you do need to go over this a few times to really get the colour to look obvious. You might be wondering why I don't just go over slightly darker shade it's because I still want my brows to look super natural from a distance. I don't want them to look too obvious or too intense on my face. So if you are the same as me then you want to opt for something very similar to your natural colour. If you are more mature and your eyebrows are going white or you're starting to get a lot of grey tones through your brows and you find that these pens are too intense then I would definitely give the Suku pens a try. I will link them down below for you. They come in a moss green shade which sounds absolutely terrifying but it just absolutely works. It doesn't look green once it's on the skin. Now the moss green one is if you've still got brown in your hair and then they do one that's specifically for grey. I think it used to be called grey and it used to be called moss green but I think they've got different numbers now and I believe they've extended the shade range to four rather than two but again great if you are somebody that really wants a supernatural brow anyone can use them but they are specifically great for that. I should mention being this close up with the line work you know mimicking the hairs they do tend to look quite blocky but from a distance they're so so soft and so natural and don't forget you can also comb over this to really soften the lines using a spoolie. So I'm just finishing off with some of my favourite brow setter by Benefit Cosmetics in clear. This is a 24 hour brow setter and once I've set this in place the lift and snatch lasts all day until I take it off. I think it's brilliant for the money I really do. As you can see with little to no effort you can really achieve a lovely fluffy brow. I personally would still reach for my brow blade or my MAC shape and shade brow tint just because I find they don't seem to run out of ink so quickly but I'm mega impressed with the tiny tip that they've created and the price point. So I hope you found that useful I will list and link all the products I've mentioned in the description bar below for you. Don't forget to subscribe if you are new to my channel and don't forget to come follow me outside of YouTube on my social handles which will be on screen for you now and I will see you next week. Bye!