Ardell Beauty Stroke a Brow Feathering Pen, Dark Brown

I love this brow pen; it’s my favorite brow product I’ve ever used. If you aren’t already here because of Katie Jane Hughes on Instagram, I recommend searching her (@katiejanehughes) and she has an instastory highlight about how she uses this pen.I find it’s extremely important to store these pens upside down to allow the “ink” to travel down to the brush, and also to keep the brush pointed down as you use feathering strokes to paint the shape and hairs you want. The faster you work, the better; some people say the pen dries out, though I find I have plenty of time for both brows, especially if I’m using more than one color.You don’t need to use a primer in advance of using these pens (some peoples he trouble if they DO use primer; something about the slippiness makes it difficult for the pen to stick. I’ve never had that issue myself but if you’re struggling try without primer). I also tend to use a brow gel on top of this, but only to wrangle my brow hairs into one direction. You certainly don’t need to.I’ve attached some swatches, since I had a really hard time finding any online. The main difference between “soft black” and “dark brown” is that the dark brown has a warm undertone and is much more opaque than soft black in my opinion. The idea is to use short, light strokes to apply this, so nothing will be too strong unless you want it to be. I tend to go in with soft black first to get the shape I want at the arch and to do some filling in, then I use medium brown on the inside of my brows and also to fill in, and then I use dark brown last just where I need some extra coverage.I certainly don’t recommend being this extra; I bought the colors to see what they looked like and found that I like the dimension of using multiples and also that it helps ensure my pens don’t dry out at an inopportune time.

I love this brow pen; it’s my favorite brow product I’ve ever used. If you aren’t already here because of Katie Jane Hughes on Instagram, I recommend searching her (@katiejanehughes) and she has an instastory highlight about how she uses this pen.I find it’s extremely important to store these pens upside down to allow the “ink” to travel down to the brush, and also to keep the brush pointed down as you use feathering strokes to paint the shape and hairs you want. The faster you work, the better; some people say the pen dries out, though I find I have plenty of time for both brows, especially if I’m using more than one color.You don’t need to use a primer in advance of using these pens (some peoples he trouble if they DO use primer; something about the slippiness makes it difficult for the pen to stick. I’ve never had that issue myself but if you’re struggling try without primer). I also tend to use a brow gel on top of this, but only to wrangle my brow hairs into one direction. You certainly don’t need to.I’ve attached some swatches, since I had a really hard time finding any online. The main difference between “soft black” and “dark brown” is that the dark brown has a warm undertone and is much more opaque than soft black in my opinion. The idea is to use short, light strokes to apply this, so nothing will be too strong unless you want it to be. I tend to go in with soft black first to get the shape I want at the arch and to do some filling in, then I use medium brown on the inside of my brows and also to fill in, and then I use dark brown last just where I need some extra coverage.I certainly don’t recommend being this extra; I bought the colors to see what they looked like and found that I like the dimension of using multiples and also that it helps ensure my pens don’t dry out at an inopportune time.

I have microbladed brows which are beginning to lose some of the initial definition in the strokes. After finding out about this from Makeup Artist Katie Jane Hughes on Instagram, and learning her brows were actually microbladed by the same artist as me/same studio as me but have since faded, I searched Amazon knowing they'd probably have it and voila -- $8 later and my brows look as fresh as they did when I got them microbladed!It applies like a very light and delicate black eyeliner (packaging and tube/brush very similar to Kat Von D's Tattoo eyeliner) and is very easy to create lifelike strokes and fill in your brows without having to use brow pencil or powder and ending up with an overdone brow. I swipe a few strokes on and it looks like I was blessed with the best. Get this pen!!!

It's a great product, but a few tips I have is to buy two, and to store them upside down to keep them from drying out. I bought one initially, and after a few uses, I could barely finish one eyebrow before it'd start drying out, even after being stored upside down. I bought another, and now I have two stored upside down in a cup I keep my makeup brushes in, and I haven't had any problems since.

This product should be the perfect product, if it worked as advertised.1. The "Soft black" is a bit darker/sharper than expected, so I used a mascara wand to try to soften it up. This way the brows wouldn't be so "in-your-face".2. The product stops flowing after a few strokes, forcing the user to try to re-start the flow by applying it on one's hand, until it's back to work. You'd lose some of the product on your palm or the back of your hand.3. This item is NON-RETURNABLE.I think this is the worst brow product I've ever had.....

Brought this item for my daughter and will be ordering myself one. It’s stays put and doesn’t rub off. It takes little practise but it’s fantasic if you have happy brows to give realistic effect. Forget hours of pain having microblading, grab this ❤️❤️❤️

Recommended by a friend and I love it. The reviews about the product not being good are misguided. Store the product upside down and obviously, you need to angle the stick in a way that allows the product to flow. Hello, gravity! Originally ordered dark brown, which ended up being too dark for me (I'm "Afro-Caribbean" with medium brown skin and dark brown hair). Product is amazing for filling in gaps and creating a natural-looking brow! New favourite.

Fool proof! Trust me it’s so easy and u can use it to kinda shade too, I love this and my brows don’t look drawn on either

I have used this twice and after using it once it has already dried out. I put the lid on it so there is no reason for it to dry out but I now can’t use it anymore. I’m very disappointed of the quality of this product and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

Not worth even a star but had to write a review to warn others. This is not worth your money. After 10 minutes of applying it on my eyebrows, the colour started to turn red. Good thing I didn’t leave the house. It would have been a disaster.

Very effective Grout pen. Create perfect hairline details and very easy to use. Like most grout pens it doesn’t run for very long before having to rest it and reuse it a few minutes later. Other than this a beautiful effect created and will definitely purchase again

Really but great. Colour nice but it's not easy to apply at all, I tried before and after foundation/ moisturizer and it didn't go on well at all

I didn’t like this product. The ink or fluid doesn’t come out properly and it dries out. I used it once and now there no ink ! Sorry I was really hoping this would work as per advertisement.

I love it! Perfect colour and has lasted a good amount of time! Will definitely purchase this again. Lovely brush stroke too....thin or fill in, it does both. Would love it a slightly shade darker but I just use a bit more and it does the job! Great item!

it's an alright product if you're just needing something quick

Plese don’t buy this. It’s so cheep. Makes your eyebrows look stupid.

This works well if you're filling in eyebrows on your hand but unfortunately doesn't defy gravity when filling in eyebrows that are, surprisingly, on your face! Probably work ok if you were upside down as well! It's rubbish, don't waste your money.

Very good used for a few months now only problem is it dries up fast

Good product in principle but unfortunately it doesn’t match up. Dried/ran out (despite storing tip side down) had to shake it manically just to get some product, if you have oily skin it doesn’t stay all day.. definitely will not be buying again!

The product would be great if the product actually came out , it worked for a couple of strokes but then seemed to be dry ...waste of money !!!!