I have black eyebrow hairs but sparse areas that need filling. A makeup artist from cle du peau actually recommended this to me in number 4 because of the color and it's ability to give me a natural yet more full looking brow. The pencil is waxy and requires more work then creamier products because you must work in small strokes for the pencil to not get clumpy in your brows. it does contain some shimmer I imagine because it's probably also intended for white/ silver hair folks. it is great quality just a little hard to work with.

My gosh, this eyebrow does wonders for my brows. My brows are naturally gray/ pale black. and I have brought so many shades of eyebrow pencil over the back few years which are either too brown or black, giving an unrealistic look. Then I came across YSL Dessin Des Sourcils brow pencil. It comes in four shades and I have selected shade 4. I have none negative things to say about the product, but if you are preparing to buy Shade 4- Ash, you might find it contain glitter. Don't get me wrong, the price is expensive but trust its worth your money.

I LOVE the color of this pencil! I used to have lorac brown pencil but it has a reddish tint that i hated because my eyebrows are not that brown. they're more of a black color. So i decided to spend the money and im glad i did! I bought it in Ash and it works really great. The application is a little hard because you kinda have to tug at your skin which bothers me. The price is expensive, and i wish it came with a sharpener since its already expensive. Other than that i really like this product <33 continued >>

This it the eyebrow pencil I already use for over more than 2 years now. Sometimes I tried another one to compare but I always return to this one. Why? Its has for me the best colour, stays all day, easy to use, you can use it for a long time (for me about 6 months). Just don't let the pencil fall cause it breaks easily from the inside.. besides that its a great pencil

I have been searching for a brow pencil in gray since Maybelline stopped making their gray pencil.
Tried the Anastasia eyebrow pencils and they are too dry
and hard to use.
The Yves Saint Laurent eyebrow pencil is great for those with silver (white) hair. I purchased #4 Ash. It's a pretty gray color.
The price - $28.00 - is awfully high but the pencil should
last a long time. It would be nice at that price if a sharpener was included.
The pencil stays somewhat creamy and applied easily. Really, there is no other choice.

I'm a fan of this pencil. I've pretty much accepted that I can't really skimp on eyebrow pencils. I tried using the drugstore ones, to no avail. They were either rock hard (so I'd be stabbing at my face trying to get the product off), the wrong color, wouldn't sharpen properly, or awful in other ways.

Then, I found MAC's Lingering which I really liked, but I swear to God it lasted me 2 1/2 weeks. I'm not slathering it on too thick and often, either! I'm suspect of the plastic container it comes in, where you have to twist it and more pencil comes up...I bet there's only like 1 inch of pencil in that damn tube because it lasted WAY too little for me. Maybe I could put up with that if it was way cheap, but it was $14.

ANYWAYS, I finally found this one and like it a lot. The colors are great, very natural and not abrasive looking, the crayon goes on really lightly and settles into my brow hairs quite well, and it comes with a little brush too to comb my eyebrows. Also, it sharpens well. I can't tell you how important that is...a lot of the other ones I was trying would crumble and break off when I tried to sharpen them and I couldn't get a fine point at all.

Yea, this one is expensive but it's good.

I would never have expected a simple pencil to work so well. I thought MAC's Lingering was natural, but compared with no. 4 (Ash) it has a reddish tint to it, plus it finished much more quickly than any other pencil I've used. Ash is absolutely perfect for my medium dark but reasonably sparse eyebrows. Shame it's very expensive, but I will keep buying it unless I find the same quality and colour in a cheaper brand. One small complaint: the cap for the very useful brush at the bottom end is exactly the same in shape and colour as the cap for the pencil, which is a little annoying.

Until recently, this WAS my brow pencil of choice. I'll still buy it if
my favourite cannot be found. And this is saying something as I can barely justify spending this much on a brow pencil.

When Maybelline's Brow Pencil in Grey was discontinued (WHY?!), I tried many brow pencils including Chanel's and none worked better than Dessin Des Sourcils. It's hard enough to feather in some colour in patchy areas and soft enough to add pigment quickly so brow grooming didn't take too long. Make sure you select the correct shade. I chose "Ash" and it works well, looking natural even though my hair is dark. (There's nothing more aging than brows that are raven-black).

So ~ what IS my current favourite, you ask?
NYX's Brow Pencil ~

HG brow pencil, as it is for many others. My mother was who originally bought this, and was so pleased with it that I asked to try it. OH MY. I'm saving money to buy another one for myself, especially because I have really few and veeeeeeeeeeeeery thin brow hairs (totally opposed to my 'scalp' hair, if that makes sense) and if I want to give my brows a shape (just that, forget arches) the outer half practically disappears. This pencil allows me to fill in the areas where my hair should exist, without looking reddish, waxy or just artificial. Plus, I have an exact colur match for me. What else could I ask for?

First - *slaps self on wrist for spending $30 on a brow pencil* Yikes...I can't believe I allowed myself to spend that much. But, it was my bday yesterday and I suppose I gave myself a gift.
Second - This is pretty awesome. I have it in color #3 - you can see my coloring/hair color on my profile pics. I was looking for a neutral light brown. This works exactly as I wanted it to. It feels as though it has a little wax to it - which is great, it keeps my brows in line. Also, I have seb derm in my brows, so I'm hoping it will do a great job of keeping that at bay as well.
I feel like I've tried SO many brow products. Most recently, I was using the Milani Brow Fix Kit which I thought was amazing (still do!). It's the best powder product I've ever used for brows (please feel free to check out my review on that as well!). I had tried pencils to no avail - I couldn't find one that looked natural. This one is soft and fills in nicely, is easy to work with.
EDIT: this is really awesome, with a really less than awesome price tag. I have found that the Revlon ColorStay Brow Enhancer in Light Brown is a DS dupe.

I use this in shade number 5. I like the colour because it's not too dark or too brown and it's a grey tone in it. Usually it's difficult to find a good brow pencil for everyone tends to be too warm. I've been using this years already.

PROS: I prefer the "universal" cool shade called "Ash." Almost a taupe. Quite natural on me (I'm N15.) Like that it has a brush on the end for blending.
CONS: Wish they made one like this just a hair lighter. Expensive (will wait for it as a gift.)

I purchased this blind based on the reviews here and am extremely glad that I did. I bought it in No 3 and held my breath that I got it right. Phew! This is a beautiful natural looking brown which is so easy to use. The colour of the pencil to look at prior to application is nothing like it looks on your brows. Love this one. Having tried loads of other brands I think this is HG status for me now.
UPDATE: Having used this for a few weeks now I am amazed at how fab this is. It does the best job ever yet still manages to lok natual. I LOVE THIS!

I haven't used many brow products, but for a few months I hadn't been very happy with what I previously held to be my HG product - the Shu H9 brow pencil.
It just seemed too hard and not filling in the gaps smoothly enough. I have no idea what's changed, but it just wasn't giving the results that I wanted.
After reading the reviews for the YSL pencil, I just had to try it and am so happy that I did - I haven't even touched the Shu since and this has to be 10000 times better, for me at least.
It's slightly softer than Shu's, but is still quite hard, which I like. It really is so smooth and fills in those tiny pesky gaps like a dream. Easy to use and just the right formula in my opinion.
I purchased the darkest shade which looks natural and it's survived hot days without smudging or fading! No mistakes, no regrets! So very, very happy that I discovered this!

Wow! And to think I almost didn't buy this! I've got tons of eyebrow pencils, kits, mascara type brow fillers and not one has ever been particularly impressive. I thought I was doomed to always have fake looking brows. They would either be lackluster looking or fake because the color was too dark or too light. Most brow formula's look and feel like nothing more than glorified eyeliners (and if you look at the ingredients, that's exactly what they are)! I love YSL, but never thought about their eyebrow pencil because I just assumed it would be yet another expensive, glorified eyeliner in a long line of them that I already owned. I saw the reviews here and at Sephora and they were very positive on this pencil. I then ran across an article on fave raves of the runway and this was their top choice for brows. That sealed the deal for me.

I bought this in Glazed Brown and it just blew me away! You cannot tell the difference between my own brow color and this pencil! I have never seen that happen ever with any color from any brand I have ever tried. The others were right about the formula too. It really is different from other pencils. It does not slip and slide and run. It is much harder to overdraw with this one and the strokes look more like real hairs than colored lines like you get from most pencils. I think the mascara wand type blender on the flip side of the pencil is genius. It really does make the brows look natural when you use this method to blend in what you just drew. This is a real winner here. Yes it's expensive, but well worth the cost. Most brunette colors look really fake and obvious, but this is a very natural and muted brunette color that would work for light haired brunettes as well as dark haired brunettes like me. Very natural looking. It stays put until you remove it! Love! Love! Love! continued >>

At last. My HG of brows pencils!
Ive been using a brow pencil by Laura mercier )have used 2 differetn colours), but no matter what, the LM colour still has a reddish tint to it. Not Pretty!
YSL's pencil (No. 4) is a true ash colour without looking grey.
Whilst the pencil itself is hard and I need to push harder than previous brow pencils, this also means that its harder to make a mistake and be heavy handed! LOVE it!
Update. Whilst I still love the colour, the hardness of the pencil was becoming tiresome, and I was ending up with brow hairs coming out from the pressure of the pencil. Have put it away for good, and would not buy again. Discovered brow pencil by Laura Mercier (yet again) in brunette - pure ash colour. Perfect!

I LOVE this eyebrow pencil. It is perfect...the application is not too light...not too dark...perfect. I lightly stroke this pencil over my brows then I use the brush to spread the product evenly. It's amazing. My brows look well groomed daily. I recently went on a trip and forgot this pencil and felt ungroomed every day. This pencil makes such a huge difference in my appearance. My brows stay in place too! I have been using this pencil for about 5 years and have no plans to change.
Even when I am not wearing full makeup, I use this pencil, blush, gloss and mascara and feel absolutely beautiful.

this is my HG! I am so happy I have this. Gives me control and the brush at the other end is useful. Keeps my brows fresh and groomed, perfect color too.

UPDATE: The formula of this pencil is really hard, making application a little painful. How I *wish* I could get this color in the Lancome pencil, but I digress...I did try sharpening it in case that made a difference, but no. My advice? Try writing on your hand at the counter/Sephora before you buy. This is a problem for me, so I downgraded this item to 3 lippies.
Yay! Found a color that matches! After an exhaustive search for the perfect brow product, I have finally found it in the YSL pencil in Ash (#4). I have gold/blonde brows, fair skin, and light to medium brown hair. The only truly non-red colors that I found were just too dark for me - made me look angry. And old. Old and angry. Who wants that? However, all "ash" blonde colors I tried did have red in them - and it really shows up on me. This pencil looks a little grey but goes on a true ash blonde and works great for me. The formula is a little hard, IMO...love the Lancome cream to powder formula. Still, it is good and, so far, is lasting on me. The other end of the brush has a helpful spoolie. If used daily, this pencil should last many, many months.
*whew*
Now...off to find more worthy cosmetics.

ACHTUNG Girls!!!!! I have found my HG eye brown pencil after having searched for Years. It is this Pencil in No 5 - Ebony.
My HG used to be a black/grey color from Priscriptives which was discontinued years ago. I have searched and searches and over the years have bought so many eye brow pencils in the hopes of finding the same color again. They were either too brown or too dark. The search is over..... thank god.

The color ebony by YSL is not actualy black but a perfect mix of brown and black which actually looks grey and it matches my brows exactly: also the crayon has the exact texture which I need. My eyebrows are very thin and I must draw them in every day of my life... not kidding. With crayons which are too soft it becomes a mess as I do not have enough hairs to absorb the extra color and when they are too hard it is painful This crayon is perfect for the job. I can draw away and fill in with perfection every time.
If this one gets discontinued again, I will have to get a tattoo.