Blade & Shade Nano Brow Mechanical Pencil
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NYX Blade & Shade Nano Brow Mechanical Pencil has a tiny, flat blade-shaped tip that creators praise for creating precise, hair-like strokes and easy filling. Several note the formula is pigmented, not waxy, and lasts all day without budging. Manny Mua flags that his shade was too light and warm, so shade selection may be tricky for some.
FULL REVIEWS
POSITIVE
Variant: Ash Blonde
- “I am obsessed with how tiny it is. It really reminds me of my favorite brow pencil of all time from Kosas”34:21–34:25
- “That is something that really helps to prevent my brows from looking super harsh or pencily or overly filled in”34:25–34:34
- “That is a huge, huge, huge win for me from the drugstore because if you have watched my new at the drugstore videos for the past several years, then you will know that this is a category I really struggle with”34:34–34:40
- “Officially my new favorite drugstore brow pencil”34:50–34:55
- Source: I tried 22 overhyped new drugstore beauty launches... save your money - Aug 17, 2025
Variant: Ash Brown
- “For me, this is better, even better than their original brow pencil”24:44–24:50
- “The tip of this is super precise. It's almost like flat”24:50–24:55
- “If I ever am in a situation where I need a new brow pencil, I would 100% repurchase that. It's so good”24:55–24:58
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 - Jan 22, 2026
Variant: Ash Blonde
- “Everything is too dark, too intense, too cool toned. This is perfect”9:47–9:52
- “I have the shade ash blonde, which they actually describe as a cool toned blonde, but I feel is a perfect neutral blonde”9:50–9:57
- “I not only love it for that reason, but also because it truly is the teeniest tiniest pencil I have ever found at the drugstore”10:07–10:10
- “I just find that a really teeny pencil like this allows me to get a more natural brow look”10:21–10:28
- “I feel like it's easy to overdo it when the actual pencil itself is really thick. This prevents that for sure”10:28–10:34
- “I am super excited to finally have a drugstore brow product that I really love and can highly recommend”10:34–10:38
- Source: 10 Best Makeup Products of 2025 (My Honest Favorites) - Dec 7, 2025
- “I have absolutely loved this. I've been using this for a couple of weeks at least now. And I feel like this is my absolute favorite, like new favorite brow pencil”6:20–6:24
- “It is one of those more like flat tip... it's just very, very easy to use”36:18–36:24
- “I love the way that this product, because it is flatter, I just love the way that it disperses pigment through my brows when I just like kind of like swipe up this way. I feel like it just goes quicker even than the micro brow pencil”36:42–36:48
- “I absolutely love this product. Like, I highly recommend this. Especially if you're someone who likes that more like flat top brow tip”53:48–53:53
- Source: Full face of drugstore makeup - Jun 19, 2026
- “This NYX Blade and Shade Brow Pencil is my favorite”4:49–4:55
- “It has a really fine tip so you can really create like hair-like strokes”4:53–4:57
- Source: How to do clean girl makeup for beginners | Makeup 101 - Sep 14, 2025
- “I like to use a brow pencil”1:06–1:09
- “I kind of just like to go in and fill in spots where I feel like it's kind of sparse”1:08–1:12
- Source: How to apply makeup for beginners: in depth step by step - May 26, 2025
Variant: Ash Brown
- “This is a really unique brow pencil”13:31–13:37
- “It has this two in one precise tip that allows you to use the top edge to define and create hair-like strokes, which is what I mostly use it for”13:47–13:52
- “It's not a waxy pencil, so a light hand is all it takes”13:54–13:57
- “Then you can flip it over and use the flat side to fill in or shade”13:57–14:03
- “It's a very quick, easy brow product to use”14:00–14:09
- “It's a great product to have if you're in a hurry and still want to create some hair-like strokes. You want your brows to look natural and not fully shaded in or blocky”14:09–14:14
- Source: Best drugstore makeup products of 2025 - Dec 4, 2025
Variant: Black
- “This is amazing quality”0:11–0:14
- “The formula is nice and pigmented and it glides on the brows without being too waxy”0:25–0:32
- “It actually says on here it's a nano brow mechanical pencil cuz it has this really tiny applicator so you could be really detailed and precise and fill in your brows beautifully”0:30–0:35
- “This is a great formula and I'm in the shade black”0:39–0:45
- Source: Best drugstore makeup top 3 in every category - Jun 6, 2026
Variant: Black
- “This has a nice flat edge. So, what I like about it is you can really easily fill in the sparse areas of your brows”0:44–0:49
- Source: Full face of nothing new makeup I already own and love - May 23, 2026
Variant: Cool Ash Brown
- “You can use the wider part to like fill in the parts of your brows that need filling in, but yet you can turn it on its side and use that part to draw those hairike strokes to really draw in a believable looking brow”7:00–7:05
- “The shades in this are so good”7:14–7:19
- “This stays all day long. It doesn't budge”7:26–7:34
- “It's a really creamy formula, so it's not difficult to get it to go on”7:31–7:36
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Ash Brown
- “Because it's got this small blade-shaped tipped, it's sort of shaped like a dash, you can easily mimic the look of brow hairs”25:18–25:26
- “It's quick and easy to use”
- “It's not too waxy, so you actually get pigment and it lasts all day”25:30–25:36
- Source: Top drugstore makeup favorites in every category - Aug 31, 2025
Variant: Black
- “It has this really cool flat angled shape, which I really like”1:46–1:53
- “This one is just a little bit tinier, so you could be really precise”1:55–2:00
- “It has an angle, but then also a flat edge to it, so it makes filling in your brows really easy”2:20–2:24
- “I actually like the spoolie on this brow pencil a little bit more than the one in the micro brow pencil. That one's a little bit more firm. This one is slightly softer”2:28–2:32
- “Both incredible. You really cannot go wrong with either or”2:46–2:50
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 drugstore and high-end favorites - Jan 9, 2026
Variant: Cool Ash Brown
- “Oh yeah, that really is very fine”12:55–13:00
- “Ooh, I really like that color. Goes on really easily, looks really nice”13:09–13:17
- “Really like this, really really like this”13:52–13:56
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
Variant: Espresso
- “I really am enjoying the application cuz it is super small”9:26–9:30
- “I like that I can turn it on its side and give me more of a fill and then I can be more precise with it”9:27–9:34
- “The pencil itself is actually fantastic”
- “I like the formula cuz it's kind of like a powdery finish. It's not like jelly”9:35–9:40
- “The shade for me it's way too light and it's too warm. Like it just doesn't work for me shade-wise”9:45–9:51
- Source: Walmart new makeup brands haul and review - May 16, 2026
MIXED / NEGATIVE
No negative reviews yet — creators have only had good things to say.
WHAT CREATORS SAY
- Consensus
- 4.6 / 5 from 10 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Features
- Easy to use (11) · Buildable (2) · Natural finish (2) · Long-wearing (2) · Pigmented (2)
Product details
Details
- Type
- brow pencil
- Finish
- natural
- Shade
- Ash Brown
- Key ingredients
- Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Titanium Dioxide, Synthetic Wax, Zinc Stearate, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Iron Oxides, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Tribehenin, Carnauba Wax, Caprylic/Capric Glycerides
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