Nobody struggles with their first eyebrow. It's the second one, trying to match it, that eats the morning.

Six things a brow stamp does that a pencil doesn't — and one honest note about the first few goes, before the price.

The first brow goes on fine. Then you start the second, and now you're not drawing an eyebrow — you're copying one, freehand, in a mirror, on a curved surface, using your non-dominant hand for one side of your face.

So you adjust the second to match the first. Then the first looks wrong, so you adjust that. Ten minutes later you're further from where you started and running late, and the answer is usually to wipe both off and begin again.

A stamp removes the copying entirely. Here are six things that changes.

This is the whole idea. The stamp holds one defined outline, and you press it on each side — so symmetry isn't something you're achieving by eye, it's just how the tool works. That's a different problem to the one a pencil sets you, and it's why people who've never been confident doing their own brows tend to get on with this immediately.

"My brows have always been uneven, so doing them myself was frustrating. With this stamp, I can get a much more consistent shape every time."

Press the stamp into the powder, press it onto the brow from one end to the other, done. There's no drawing, no filling, no shading, and no standing there deciding whether the arch is too high. For the mornings when you'd otherwise leave the house without doing your brows at all, that's the difference between skipping it and taking twenty seconds.

"This has made my morning routine so much quicker. I just stamp, tidy the edges and I'm ready to go. No more spending ages trying to get both brows matching."

Brow product that fades by lunchtime means checking a mirror at 2pm and finding one brow has half gone. The formula here is long-lasting and waterproof, which matters in an Australian summer, at the gym, and on any day that involves rain between the car and the office. Put it on in the morning and stop thinking about it.

"I was a little sceptical about a brow stamp, but I actually love it. The shape looks natural and it's so easy to use."

A stamp only works if the shape is one you'd have drawn anyway, which is why there's a choice rather than a single generic arch. Straight reads soft and modern. Rounded is gentler and suits a more angular face. Arched is the most defined of the three. Pick the one closest to your natural brow rather than the one you like most in a photograph — it should sit on what you already have, not fight it.

• StraightSoft and modern
• RoundedGentle, softens angles
• ArchedThe most defined

"I have never been good at doing my eyebrows, but this makes it so much easier. The shape comes out even and takes me hardly any time."

Light Brown, Dark Brown, Natural Black, Blonde and Grey. The usual advice holds: if your hair is dark, go one shade lighter than it — brows the exact colour of dark hair read harsh. If your hair is fair, go one shade darker, because a perfect match disappears. Grey exists for the same reason as everything else here, which is that most brow ranges pretend nobody's hair goes grey.

• Light Brown
• Dark Brown
• Natural Black
• Blonde
• Grey

"Such a handy little beauty tool. It's quick, simple and perfect for days when I don't want to spend ten minutes drawing my eyebrows."

One is $13.95. Most people who like it end up wanting a second — a spare for the handbag, or a lighter shade for summer when hair lifts a little — and the multi-packs are the cheaper way to do that.

• 1 pack$13.95$13.95 each
• 2 pack$24.95$12.48 each
• 3 pack$33.95$11.32 each

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One honest note before the price

Your first stamp won't be your best one. Nobody's is. The technique is placement — where you set it down and how much powder you've picked up — and it takes two or three goes to learn how your face wants it. Practise on a morning when you're not in a hurry, use less powder than you think, and keep a spoolie or a cotton bud handy to soften the edges afterwards. By the third attempt it's a twenty-second job. Judge it then, not on the first press.

And it works with your brow, not instead of it. A stamp lays a defined shape onto what you already have, so pick the shape closest to your natural line. If you want something dramatically different from the brow you've got, that's a job for a brow artist rather than a stamp. As with any cosmetic, patch test first if your skin is sensitive, keep it out of your eyes, and stop using it if anything reacts.

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The stamp, against a brow pencil

Almost everyone reading this owns a pencil already. Here's the difference, laid out plainly.

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About the price

It's $13.95, down from $27.95. The comparison worth making isn't other brow products — it's what brow shaping or tinting costs at a salon, and how often you'd need to go back. This is one press in the morning for the price of a coffee and a half.

Free delivery Australia-wide with tracking, orders out within 24–48 hours, and 30-day returns and exchanges — which is worth knowing if you're between two shades and want to swap.

If doing your brows is the reason you're always five minutes late, this is the fourteen dollars that gets those five minutes back.

— The team at Cute Home

Before you order. Select both a shade and a brow shape at checkout. Allow a few applications to get your placement right — technique improves quickly with practice.

Cosmetic product. For external use on the brow area only. Avoid contact with the eyes. Patch test before first use if you have sensitive skin, and discontinue use if irritation occurs. Keep out of reach of children.

This page is an advertisement published by Cute Home. Customer reviews shown are genuine reviews left by Cute Home customers and displayed as submitted. Individual experiences vary. Pricing, shades, shapes and availability may change — check the live product page before purchasing. Prices in AUD. Cute Home · An Australian start-up from Melbourne · Free Australia-wide delivery · 30-day returns and exchanges.