Eyebrow Pencils For Black Hair | Photos & Swatches

Strong, defined, bold brows have been all the craze lately. Comments and hashtags regarding having a strong #browgame have been showering social media platforms left and right.

Being a sparse-eyebrow-hair-gal, I have tried well over 10 different eyebrow products over the past few years. My biggest challenge with finding the right eyebrow product is finding a natural shade to match my black Asian eyebrow hair. The majority of the brow products available on the US market have too much of a warm red undertone to naturally match those with jet black hair.

I plan to make individual in-depth blogpost reviews on each of these eyebrow pencils. In the meantime, here is a quick breakdown of which brow pencil shades work well to match jet black hair.

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I WOULD RECOMMEND:

• Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in "granite" 
• great color match but pricey. (see my full review here)
• Forever 21 Retractable Eyebrow Pencil in "grey" 
• great color match & very affordable. (see my full review here)
• Shiseido 'The Makeup' Natural Eyebrow Pencil in "Natural Black GY901" 
• great color match but pricey and runs out very quickly.
• Sephora Retractable Brow Pencil in "06 Soft Charcoal": 
• affordable
• shade is also a bit dark/harsh, so it can be difficult to create a natural brow. 
• I personally use this to fill in and define the tail of my eyebrow.
• NYX Automatic Eyebrow Pencil in "charcoal"
• great color match and very affordable @ $4.99 (see my full review here)
• not very long-lasting

I've also been wanting to try Lioele's Brow Pencil in "gray black", but I've just been trying to use up my current collection of brow products (I have a lot -- eek).


I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND:

• Sephora Retractable Brow Pencil in "05 Neutral Gray Brown": while there is no warm, red undertone, this shade has a weird shiny sheen to it. I'm personally not a fan of the finish.
• Rimmel London Professional Eyebrow Pencil in "004 Black Brown": drugstore and very affordable, but is too warm for black eyebrow hair. I also feel this shade is too dark/harsh even when using a light hand for application.
• Rimmel London Professional Eyebrow Pencil in "002 Hazel": shade is way too warm to match jet black hair.

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I have also tried brow powder, brow wax, and brow kits -- but I'll save those for a separate post. I truly hope this helps some of my black hair sisters out there!

Leave me a comment and let me know what brow products you love!