Finding the perfect brow pencil is a journey. My eyebrows are large, in charge, and somewhat unruly, and I never leave my apartment without grooming them. I also love to see a professional from time to time to help shape and tint them (it's 100 percent worth the splurge, trust me). When I'm in New York, I visit Joey Healy at his Manhattan studio. When I visit LA, that means I'm hitting up Kristie Streicher at her Beverly Hills salon, STRIIIKE. The brow artist is a master of the full and fluffy eyebrow look, a tweezing technique which she calls "The Nurtured Brow," and has translated that aesthetic to her tightly-edited brow care line, KS & Co.
As a longtime fan, I'm always eager to learn that the brand has a new launch coming, so when I was out west in January and stopped by STRIIIKE for an appointment, Streicher treated me to an early preview of the KS & Co Backcombing Texture Stick. I use a brow pencil pretty much every day (unless I'm feeling particularly lazy and only reach for a tinted brow gel), but I often find that the pigment doesn't look natural, or the finish looks too "done." After using the Backcombing Texture Stick, quite literally down to the nub, for six months, I can confidently say that this is the best brow pencil that I've ever used—but not for the reasons you might think.
