universal Taupe doing its thang
What’s an unsung makeup hero? For me, it’s an oftentimes underrated makeup morsel, a permanent collection product that scoots under the radar screen of numerous makeup lovers but regularly rocks my world. The long-running Unsung Heroes series features some of my favorites.

There’s a ton of brow pencils out there, but it’s hard to find one that ticks all the boxes. Is it long lasting? easy to use? Does it look natural?

It Cosmetics Brow Power Micro in universal Taupe ($24) completely gets it right. It has everything to finish with the very thin pencil point. shaped like a tiny, slanted dash — essentially, it’s a microscopic version of the best brow pencils around for drawing realistic-looking brow hairs (Tom Ford’s, the MAC one and the NUDESTIX Stylus).

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Skinny mini!

It’s available in one shade, universal Taupe

The pencil isn’t so creamy that my brows end up looking certainly “drawn in” or uniform, and it’s perfectly waxy consistency fakes fullness in a completely convincing way. The harder you push, the darker the stroke, so I focus many of the intensity on my arches for the most convincing gradation.

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It’s the only brow product I’ve been using for a solid month, I’m wondering what the heck my brows and I did before this. holy grail status for fast, incredible fuzzy little caterpillars!

Your friendly neighborhood charm addict,

Karen