Hi, guys!
I’m senior beauty editor, Lexy Lebsack.
And we’re here hanging out in L.A. with
celebrity makeup artist, Kira Nasrat.
Hi!
So me and Kira have known each other for many years
and I have to say that the last year or two, you’ve been blowing up.
Killing the celebrity makeup artist game.
Thank you!
You have been!
Every time I go to Kira’s Instagram, it’s
a new celebrity.
Jamie Chung.
And Bebe Rexha.
Jessica Alba.
You are killing the game.
Aww, thank you.
You are!
Thanks.
Just trying to stay busy.
So Kira took some time out of her schedule
to come in and test over a hundred drugstore
brow products to narrow down to the five best.
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The drugstore products, in terms of beauty,
the brow game is pretty strong.
I look for products that are going to have
a color payoff and also products that
you know, are just easy to use.
Which one is the first brow product pick?
The first product is the NYX Sculpt & Highlight.
What really drew me to this one in particular
is that it just glides right on.
It really does have a nice color payoff.
I think this is really a great one for someone
who has a little bit more of a bolder brow
and you just want to fill in some areas.
Even someone who is maybe growing their brows
out, like myself.
As you guys could probably tell.
There is a highlighter at the end.
I love that.
Yeah, I love it too.
And you can actually cheat with this kind
of a highlighter into maybe covering a little
bit of the hairs that are growing out or what
not.
Or even just to kind of make the brows look
even more bolder to give that contrast.
I’m going to demonstrate on the gorgeous
Amber.
So I’m actually just going to keep the shape
that she has already and I can tell that she’s
growing her brows out just like I am.
Okay.
Now we have this highlighter on the end.
We’re just going to put a little bit of this underneath.
Oh!
Oh, they do look great.
They do look good, right?
They look so good.
Alright, Kira.
Take us to Number Two.
Okay.
So Number Two in our pick is actually not
a pencil or anything of that sort.
It’s actually a brow gel.
It’s very, very crucial and plays a big
part in the brow game so strong.
So what is nice about this is with the smaller
areas, you can really kind of go in and concentrate
on certain hairs that are more sparse.
While the thicker ends, you can brush through.
And what’s nice is this texture or the product
itself, the gel, is not sticky, which I love.
If it’s sticky, it’s not going in my kit.
My eyebrows, like many people’s eyebrows
probably, just go like that.
They just kind of go straight down and I want
them brushed up.
Yeah.
I swear by a brow gel.
Good and this one’s a really good one.
I mean if you’re going to run to the drugstore
and you’re going to need a brow gel,
that one’s a good one.
Take us to Number Three.
Okay so the third is the NYX 3-Dimensional
Brow product.
NYX, for the first time in this franchise’s
history, we get one brand with two shoutouts.
So what I love about this: it’s like a marker.
It has precision, but it stays on for so long.
I tried this earlier and I was scrubbing my
hands backstage to come off.
So this is great for those who really don’t
have brows but want to create, you know,
very, very fine hair.
Yeah.
It comes in many different shades.
I chose the darker one just because I want
to show you guys and I just want to be dramatic
right now so.
I mean look how gorgeous.
It’s a good one.
I mean I put this on 10 seconds ago and look.
Yeah, it dries real fast.
Cool.
I mean, for those who want brows during yoga
session, working out
this could be really good.
Great.
And again, it comes in different shades.
So you know if you want to go lighter on this,
go for it.
If you have really full brows and you’re
a deeper skin tone, maybe the darker one is
your best bet.
Very cool I love it.
We’re going on now to Number Four.
Almay.
Almay.
I know!
Almay, they just do it for me.
Yeah, that’s great.
I’ve always, to be completely honest, I’ve
always sort of overlooked Almay because it’s
been in the drugstore for so long.
And it’s the only brand that’s been in
every single one of these videos.
Like the artist just comes in and just picks
it.
This is not sponsored.
It’s not sponsored.
This is real. This is real life.
People will say it’s sponsored, but it’s
not.
It’s just they have good products.
There’s nothing worse than getting a brow
pencil that has a brush on the end that hurts
your brows when you’re apply it.
So this is stiff enough but soft enough to
where it’s not going to irritate your brows.
Alright, I really want to see this Almay one
in action.
So do you want to do it on yourself?
Yeah! I’ll do it on myself.
So I’m going to brush it up and out because
I’m letting them grow out.
And I got to make them look not so bushy.
I’m just gonna fill in the areas that need
to be filled in and just gently create little
brow hairs.
So I’m going to stay away from filling in
closer to the inner brow.
Okay, so last but not least is the brow pencil
from L’Oreal.
And this one is just a brow style designer
pencil.
What I love about this is you really, really
can go in and draw super fine hairs with this.
Love it.
And it rolls on really beautifully.
So it’s not going to pull onto your skin.
And this isn't the blonde shade.
It’s much lighter.
And I actually use blonde sometimes on myself.
I feel like I’ve just always been in the
habit of going darker with my brow, you know,
like a dark brown color.
But I’m sort of curious to see what the
blonde would look like.
Should we try this on you?
Okay.
I totally would do this on you.
Yeah, let’s do it.
Brushing up and out.
And you could really go in with this.
It’s not going to give you any crazy brow
effect.
Let’s throw some gel in there.
Yes!
Give me a hit of that gel!
Oh!
It’s good for you.
That’s really nice.
You know I’m such a big brow girl.
I know which made you perfect for this.
I know.
Thank you!
Yeah, definitely.
Good to see you!
Same to you, too.
Okay, so where can people find you online
to follow you and your work?
Oh!
Well, they can find me on my Instagram @KiraNasrat
and I just launched Currently Kira.
It’s a blog, but it’s more of a diary,
a beauty diary, where I can showcase my beauty
looks and style.
And then I'm gonna be showcasing some beauty breakdowns from clients that I work with too.
Cool!
Yeah so that’s called Currently Kira.
Alright, guys.
That’s it for us.
Thanks so much!
And we’ll see you next time!
Bye!
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