Stopped by the Shu Uemura store today to try out their new Eye Brow Gel in Seal Brown and am happy to report that the new brow formula is much easier to work with than their hard formula pencil. I wouldn’t quite call these a “gel” – it’s more like a cream-powder mixture that is sheer so you can easily fill in the brows without it looking too harsh.
I have dark black-brown hair with natural red highlights and have a hard time finding a good brow product. Black is often too harsh, and it’s difficult for me to find the right shade of brown. At beauty events, Chanel makeup artists always use the Blonde Eye Brow Pencil on me – sometimes it works, other times it looks way too ashy. Shu Uemura looks deceptively pale in the photograph, but worked well on my dark brows.
I picked up a few other items as well:
* One of their new Rouge Unlimited Supreme Shine Lipsticks in BG943 which is a light natural nude-pinky-peach. These have a nice glossy finish.
* Their Painting Eyeliner in Metallic Brown which is a rich deep chocolate brown with slighty plummy shimmer/sparkles.
* Cream Eyeshadow in P Brown 7a which is a neutral light taupe-fleshy shimmer. This is very sheer.
All three Shu Eye Products:
Swatches with a couple comparisons:
Hi!
I'm new to your blog, nice to meet you! I love your very informative and picture heavy posts, it's really nice to look at your entries since you feature so many products. I love Shu Uemura so thanks for the swatches. ^^ You have an awesome makeup collection by the way!
Sigh, that cream shadow is so lovely!
You say you have reddish highlights in your hair, so does this eyebrow gel have a reddish tint? I am looking for a brown brow product for darker brunettes that has no red in it, because I find that too many pencils either have tints of auburn or are too taupey, and they look strange on me. So just curious about this one.
Hi Kalmo – thank you for the nice compliments! I hope you find these posts helpful in some way!
Joey – yes the shadow is pretty, but so sheer 🙁 It gives a natural sheen on the lids, but not really enough pigment in my opinion.
Anonymous – Thanks for your question! Seal Brown has no red in it. Without the sun shining on my hair or unless I am wearing a black shirt, you can't really see my red highlights b/c my hair is so dark. I also have trouble finding a brow product color that isn't too red or ashy or just too harsh. This one is perfect even though it looks really light in the pot. I have previously used Laura Mercier's Brow Definer (pot) in Soft which still is a tad too warm. The next shade up was way too dark. I think you'd really like Seal Brown. I will try to take pictures and update this post to compare the two.
Thanks for answering my question, I think I might have to give Seal Brown a try! And I look forward to your comparison post 🙂
I love your swatches, what product is the ME brown 02? i love that color.
thanks
Can you please id the Shu gel liner colors in your 9/09 posting? I am trying to order before product is no longer available in the US. The second swatch from left to right is my fav. THANKS so much!
Anonymous 2 – I believe it's now discontinued which is why you probably cannot find it on the website.