The Covergirl Easy Breezy Brow Ink Pen is a dual-ended felt tip brow product and spoolie available for around $10 and comes in 4 shades. It is supposed to be able to create fine hairlike strokes and be smudge resistant. 

I have the shade Soft Brown which is a sheer medium brown that isn’t too warm. At first I noticed it looked a bit green but it wasn’t noticeable once I had the product in my brows. After using it a couple times, that green tint seemed to go away.

The very first time I used this, I was impressed. It actually did give me a lot of control and I was able to get very thin lines with somewhat sheer but buildable color payoff (good for ease of use and making brows look more natural). As the days went on, I noticed it started taking on the precision of a brow powder rather than a brow pen and the felt tip became more and more dry. I tried storing the product pen tip down and that helps a little, but it still runs out of ink as soon as I fill in one brow.

The base of the felt tip still holds product even when the tip has dried out, so it is still usable. If I hold the pen at an angle, I can use the fat side of it to quickly cover a large portion of the brows, drawing thicker lines through the center of them. After, I will use a tiny angled brush and a brow powder to fill in any uneven edges that I couldn’t get right with the brow pen.

I have gone between brush tips and felt tips before with eyeliners and found brush tips almost always create finer, more controlled lines than felt tips do. One thing about brush tips, is that they tend to deposit a lot of product and look heavy and harsh. It had been a while since I tried a new felt tip product and I went into this hoping things improved.

The spoolie brush on the end was what drew me to this and I would love to see this concept incorporated into brush tip brow products because I find a spoolie necessary for those kinds of products. However, for this one, it really isn’t needed because the color payoff is sheer enough and precision is low enough that it sort of blends itself.

I don’t see myself repurchasing this when it completely dries out. I like that I found a good way to make it work, but I feel like you’re better off passing on this product if you want it specifically for the hair-like strokes you are supposed to be able to get with a brush tip pen. 

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Product Description

What it is: Covergirl Clean Matte BB Cream is a matte-finish bb cream created for those with oily skin. It is supposed to keep your skin “shine-free all day.”

Price/Quantity: $8 for 30 mL / 1 fl oz

Availability: Ulta, Target, Walmart, Amazon, Drugstores

Packaging: This comes in a squeeze tube with a twist off lid that stays on securely.

Smell/Fragrance: If you are familiar with Covergirl’s foundations, this smells just like that. It’s a very subtle, slightly sweet, creamy fragrance that I only find noticeable if I try to find a scent.

Performance

This lightweight BB cream gives me light coverage, blends nearly seamlessly with my skin, and helps to smooth the look of pores and texture. It’s the type of makeup that I could apply and wear by itself since it gives me a “no-makeup makeup” type of look. It’s great for quick everyday makeup. I also use it sort of as a tinted primer and use a higher coverage product on top. Used this way, it helps the high coverage product go on more smoothly and emphasize texture less than it would on its own.

The shade I chose, 510 fair, has a slight yellow undertone which works well for me to neutralize the pink tones in my skin. Because the coverage is sheer, the shades are forgiving even if they aren’t a perfect match for your skin tone.

It has a mostly matte finish but it does’t look or feel dry. I can wear it all day without feeling like I have to blot or use more powder in the middle of the day.

Worth Buying?

Yes. I think this is one of those products that could be universally useful to a wide range people. Even those that don’t typically like matte finish makeup or those who don’t have oily skin would likely enjoy this.

I resisted buying this foundation at first because I never had much luck with Covergirl foundations in the past but I noticed that lots of people were liking it so I decided to give it a try. I purchased the shade Creamy Natural and I thought it might be a hair too dark but it’s actually a pretty decent match. This foundation is supposed to eliminate the need for a primer and a concealer and deliver all day flawless coverage.

Product Description

Price/Quantity: About $12 USD for 30 mL
Availability: Drugstores, Ulta, Walmart, Target, Fred Meyer, Amazon.com
Color Range: 14 Shades
Color/Finish: Creamy Natural is very close in color to Mac NW20 but is just a hair warmer. It has a nearly matte finish – not as matte as it would look if you were wearing a powder but not dewy or glowy.
Packaging: The bottle is made out of glass and is fairly heavy. The lid is plastic and I found that after you start using the foundation it easily gets dirty as the tip of the pump almost touches the inside of the lid.
Smell: It has a slight fragrance.

Performance

Application: I worked on one area (forehead, cheek, etc.) at a time with this foundation because it does dry down quickly. I applied and spread it over my skin with my fingers and finishing off with a buffing brush, then moved on to the next area.
Coverage: This is a full coverage foundation but I wouldn’t say that it completely eliminates the need for a concealer. It does even out skintone very well and it hides mild under eye circles, very faded acne scarring, mild redness, and darks spots that are not very pigmented. If you have active breakouts, moderate to severe undereye circles, or very pigmented dark spots then you will still need a concealer to achieve a flawless look.
Texture: This foundation has a creamy consistency and comes out of the bottle quite thick but it does spread and blend easily. It also doesn’t feel heavy, even though you might think it would.
Longevity: This does last all day without breaking down on my face but if you have oily skin you will still need a powder or blotting papers. My skin started to get dewy about 4 hours into wearing it but not enough that I felt I needed to apply powder, it just had a natural finish to it. It didn’t start settling into pores or fines lines over the day.

Overall Opinion

Pros:

• Long lasting
• Good for oily skin
• Full coverage
• Pump dispenser
• Good color range
• SPF 20

Cons:

• Probably wont work for dry skin

Would I buy this again? Yes. If you are like me and haven’t had any luck with Covergirl foundations in the past, you will find that this is nothing like previous foundations they have come out with. It feels more like a high end product.

This line of eyeshadows is meant to enhance your eyes without looking overdone. Smoke Alarm contains three grey colored satin-finish shades – a light purplish silver, a grayish taupe, and a charcoal grey. It takes a little bit of work to get good color payoff but they are decently pigmented and blend easily. The darkest grey color is the softest and most crumbly of the bunch so it is a good idea to tap off any excess from your brush before applying the color to your eyes. The color combination looks flattering together and the wear time is really great for a drugstore eyeshadow. These lasted a full 8 hours without creasing. These are cooler colored shadows though so if you have a hard time pulling cooler colors off, you might want to try one of the other color combinations in this line – Shimmering Sands is a really nice one. The packaging has been redone slightly and now has a completely flat top so that you can stack multiple palettes together. The downside is that the previous design held a total of 4.8 grams of product while the new packaging holds 4 grams. These retail for about $5 and are widely available.

Pros:

• Decent color payoff
• Blend easily
• Great lasting power
• Colors work well together

Cons:

• Takes a little bit of work to get desired color payoff