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Splurge Or Save? // Benefit Cosmetics Ka-Brow vs NYX Tame & Frame

The first Splurge Or Save? post of 2019! I fully intend to do a lot more of these posts this year, as I really enjoy doing them and it's actually introduced me to a lot of new make-up that I wouldn't normally have tried. As much as I love high-end make-up, it's always good to look at more affordable brands as well!

 I've actually been meaning to do this post for a while, I just haven't found the time to do it in between the other posts I write. So both of these products are very tried and tested at this point in time! I first bought Ka-Brow from Benefit around two years ago - I really like the brow range from Benefit, especially their Gimme Brow and Precisely, My Brow. I have to say, I never really fell in love with this particular product as I did the others, so when it came to replacing it I thought I'd try out a new brand. Originally, I was looking at the Anastasia Beverly Hills pomade because it seems to be an absolute holy grail product. However, at the time it was only available in the UK on sites like Feel Unique and Beauty Bay, I thought rather than risk not getting the right shade, I'd hunt around for a product that was available in-store. After reading some reviews online, I decided on the Tame & Frame pomade from NYX. And I am in love!

Benefit Cosmetics Ka-Brow

RRP £21.50
As I said, I had really high hopes for this as I had loved all the other brow products I'd tried from Benefit. This one retails for £21.50, which is fairly standard for their brow collections and you get 3grammes of product (there's also a mini version available for £11). I found this product to be really dry and difficult to work with, especially for someone who had never tried a pomade before. I have had it for quite a while (and hardly made a dent in it, so it does last a pretty long time) but I can remember it being really dry even when I first bought it. I found using it with a wet brush helped a lot, but even then it was still very hard to work with. One good feature of this is that it actually comes with a mini angled brush and it's actually really good! I find that a lot of angled brushes are quite thick, which makes it hard to get a precise line, but this one is thin enough for the tail of the brow and for mimicking hairs! 

NYX Tame & Frame Pomade

RRP £6.50
I am so so impressed with this product! I honestly wasn't expecting much given the price, but this is so creamy and easy to use. This is what I expect a good brow pomade to be like! For £6.50 you get 5grammes, which is more than the Benefit one at a fraction of the cost. It's a really great shade match as well for me and it fills in my brows so quickly, half the time I don't even need to go back in with a pencil. The only downside is that I had to buy a separate brush, but even with that factored in it still works out cheaper than the Ka-Brow! 

Splurge or save?

Definitely, definitely save your money and get the NYX pomade! I would still really like to try the Anastasia Beverly Hills pomade, however, I'm doubtful if even that can measure up to Tame & Frame!

I hope you enjoyed this post and found it useful - if you have any recommendations for brow products, feel free to comment them down below 💕


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