Soap & Glory Archery | Not worth the hype...

I'm not really one who wants to post a negative post on my blog, I always feel like who wants to know whats bad; but thinking a little deeper? We all do! I've bought so many products now which I've instantly regretted and I want to help anyone else out there who's in the same boat as me. The Soap & Glory Archery brow pencil and tint is a much loved blogger favourite (this and its sister product) I'm yet to find anyone that has got a bad word to say about it. Naturally when the raves came along off I went to see what all the fuss was about and well? I'm still trying to find it...

I really wanted to love this, i'm really not into my eyebrows I want to be able to add that little bit more shape into them and I thought this would end up becoming my holy grail; how wrong I was. The felt tip end of the pencil is the better end but it still comes up so faint on my brows that it just doesn't really have a point too it. The pencil end? This is the biggest down side, press lightly hoping for a little 'hair like hair' and you get nothing, not a smudge; that comes when you press harder. Once you press harder you end up with one thick line of brown right where you wanted it too look like you had a little hair. I've tried with this product so so many times now and I just can't get it to work for me... the fact everyone else raves leaves me questioning am I doing it wrong? Am I really that bad at brows? I just haven't figured it out yet. I can imagine this product is good for those who want too add more dept to their brows, if they already have the shape and just lack the colour but unfortunately my brows are already dark they've just been over plucked and waxed and this product isn't the one to help make them look lovely again. I'm sorry soap and glory, I really did want to love this but it's just not for me. Maybe I should give its twin product a whirl?

What are your thoughts? Do you love this? Am I missing something?
You can buy the Soap & Glory Archery Pencil in store or online at Boots, £10

Soap & Glory Solar Powder | worth the hype?

It took me 4 weeks in a row of nipping into 3 different Boots stores till I finally struck lucky and got my hands on the Soap & Glory Solar Powder. I'd almost given up hope, it was even out of stock online and I never thought this bronzer would be mine. Finally one day I went into boots and there it was, there was loads of them and I pretty much ran up to the stand to grab one, finally it could be added into my collection! I've been dying to use this for so long, everyone had raved about it and I just had to know, is it worth the hype?

First thing is i'm obsessed, my Nars Laguna bronzer has been dropped from my everyday make up selection and replaced with this (sorry Nars, I still like you too) This bronzer features two shades a darker and a lighter. These can be used separate or swirled together with your brush to add a pop of colour and some dimension back into your face after applying your foundation. My current preference is to swirl them together and still use my filmstar bronze and glow for the contour but that doesn't mean the solar powder can't do that job either. The lighter shade in the compact has much more of a shimmer too it for my liking so i'd dismiss that for a contour myself, however the darker shade i'm feeling. It still has a slight shimmer but nothing like the lighter shade has got too it and is perfect for creating the chiseled look. Or for those of you like me which just want to stop their head looking so round, it does that job too. So the product itself is good but what about the packaging? Soap & Glory have a really unique and feminine style, which I really like however, the cardboard compact isn't my thing. I much prefer something more sturdy feeling. Having said that I do like that  1. there is a mirror and 2. it has a little magnet to help keep it shut. In all honesty though, a product this good the packaging doesn't really fuss me so much.

The Soap & Glory Solar powder can be bought in store or online at Boots for £11
Have you tried the Solar Powder?