 Hi guys! What is up? Welcome to my channel! For today's video, I'm going to be reviewing two of the new products that just came out in the new Mark Jacobs Summer 2020 collection. It is his gold collection. So if you are interested in seeing my thoughts on the products as well as how I got this eye look, then just keep watching! It has been a hot minute, I feel like, since I've purchased some Mark Jacobs goodies, a lot of the stuff they've been coming out with hasn't caught my eye. This is the first time in a while where I'm like, oh, I need to pick up some of the stuff. So this collection, as of now, is relatively small. It is mostly based around gold. So you have a lot of gold packaging here. There are four different types of products at the moment from this collection. I purchased two of them, so quickly I'm going to go over the other two items that are in this collection that I don't have. So he came out with five of the Highliner Agile Eye Crayons. These are very, very nice. I have a few. They are pricey. They are $26 each. And honestly, I just didn't need another cream pencil eyeliner, so that's why I didn't purchase these. And all of these colors are based around gold shades like brass, gold, glitter shade, and olive shade. Just colors that I didn't need and I didn't feel like spending $26 on. But if there is a color that speaks out to you, these are a very good product. They are a very popular eyeliner for a reason and I do like the quality of them. Just, I didn't need any of those colors. There also is the Atlash Lengthening and Curling Mascara. I know there's a lot of reviews about this right now. I was this close to getting it, but I have so many mascaras. I just did not need another one in my collection. That's going to be $27. So now let's get into the items that I did buy. So I bought a new eyebrow product. It's been a long time since I bought an eyebrow product. So I thought it would be appropriate to do it. And this is the Brow Wow Duo Brow Powder Pencil and Tinted Gel. And then I also got the new Eyeshadow Palette, which is the iconic multi-finished eye palette in Extravagance. Look at this, so beautiful. So let's get into the details with the eyebrows so I can get my eyebrows on. Like I said, this is the Brow Wow Duo. From what I've seen, this is available at Sephora right now. I will link any other places it is available. I personally purchased mine from the Mark Jacobs website. So let's go over the details of this guy. Basically what this product is, it is a 2-in-1 brow pencil and tinted gel. So you have a tinted gel on one side, which is going to be on the shorter end. And then on the other side, you have a pencil, which is supposed to be a soft, powder-like pencil to quickly fill in and shape. This says it doesn't need sharpened and it's for full, natural-looking, fluffy brows, which is very on trend. This guy is $39. The pencil has a lifespan of 12 months and the gel has a 6-month lifespan. I got mine in the shade Medium Brown. There are five shades. There's a taupe, a light brown, a medium brown, dark brown, and a black. So I think that's a decent shade range to start off with for a first-time product. Also something really neat about this, I thought. In the box, it actually comes with an additional brow pencil refill. This I didn't read when I purchased it, so I was surprised when this popped out. Just for comparison really quickly, the pencil has 0.1 grams of product. Whereas just for example, a Benefit Precisely My Brow, this guy has 0.08 grams in it. So I believe that the refill isn't counted in the actual weight of the product. So 0.1 grams, this is actually more than a Benefit Precisely My Brow. And then you have an additional refill. So that actually makes the value of this way better if you ask me compared to the Benefit pencil. Especially since you also get a gel. Enough talking about that, let me zoom in here. In case you were curious about shade range or color comparisons, I did swatch medium brown next to 4 in the Benefit pencil. These are very, very close. The Benefit pencil is a little bit more waxy. So if you use a light hand, it looks like it's a different color than the Mark Jacob. But if you actually put some pressure on it, it ends up being the same shade. So you actually have a little bit more ability to go light versus dark with the Benefit formula. I'll get into that in a second. I have been wearing this brow pencil for the past couple of days. So I have some experience with it. It's not a first impression. So I'm just going to brush my eyebrows up and we are going to start off with the pencil side. I can't sharpen this, but it is a slender pencil. The only thing I don't like is I'm so used to using slim pencils that have a slim top. It feels a bit odd that this is small, but the actual component is big. I don't really like the way it feels in my hand as much as I would a thin one. And also for size comparison, you can see the Benefit precisely. My brow is much more precise than the Mark Jacobs would be, but they both are very small. But just note that the Benefit is smaller. I would say that where I disagree about this pencil formula is they are really marketing it as a powder like product. I personally find it to be a little bit more creamy. Now, I think this is a good formula, but you have to use a light hand especially if you got a darker color because it does deposit the color that you see on the pencil right away. Like I said, the Benefit is a bit more waxy. So if you use a lighter hand, you get a lighter color. This, no matter how much pressure you use, you are getting that dark color. So just be careful with that as far as application. So I just think it honestly is a creamier formula. It deposits more color and I don't think that's bad at all. It's just something to be aware of that I'm going to blend it out. I don't want to do anything too, too defined. But as you can see, very, very simple application. I'm using a very light hand to get it down because I don't want my eyebrows to look too crazy. I do wish the pencil was a little bit smaller and more precise like the Benefit only because that's what I'm really used to. I don't really like too fat of a pencil. I do think that this is going to run through pretty quickly as well. That's why I think it's great that they added a refill and that makes it more worth it because I can see myself going through this pretty fast because to me it is just more creamy. So you go through it quicker, especially if you have a lot of brow to draw on. But I do like how it blends in with the spoolie. You can kind of change how it looks a little bit based on how hard you brush your eyebrows out. And I think it's just a really nice consistency. As far as the pencil goes, I'm very happy with it. Let's take a look over at the tinted brow gel side. And I like that it's all in one. I do love a lot of different brow gels, but I really have been liking this. So this is tinted and earlier this afternoon, I did try the brow gel out without anything underneath my brows. If you kind of make sure the spoolie is clean, you can get a really simple, almost clear brow gel just to kind of shape your eyebrows. But if you do put on a heavier layer, you will see the tint and you can use the tint to kind of fill in the sparse areas on your brow. The more you go up on, the more hard your eyebrows are going to feel. But if you don't like that hard feeling to really set it down, if you use a little bit of the brow gel, it is also very, very nice still. So when I fill in my brows, I don't like to put too much of the brow gel on. But if I choose not to fill in my brows and I just want some of this gel, I really like it because it's not too colorful. The ABH brow gel that is very potent, I feel in that you can get a fully done brow look with this, you could not. And I think that's okay because if you mess up, you know how with the brow gels, you can kind of see the brown that got on your skin. You really don't see that with this. I feel like I have a lot more control with this. So I think this is much more easy to use than the ABH tinted brow gel. So with just the amount that I put, my brows stay in place and they feel really nice. So I'm going to zoom out really quickly. I mean, so overall, I really do enjoy this brow product. I think it's very good and I definitely am going to be continuing my use with it. I like how just easy and all-in-one it is. Now let's move into what is the most exciting part for me and that is the new iconic eyeshadow palette that's out in his line and it is the Extravagance palette. I have not bought one of these in forever. It feels like it's been at least a couple of years since I purchased a Marv Jacobs palette. These used to be a big deal and I feel like people stopped talking about it. But this color story, if you like neutral colors, you're going to be so excited about this one. So this is $49. It is limited edition. It is made in USA and I don't think I mentioned this, but the eyebrow pencil is made in Japan. And in here, you are getting seven shades. You are getting four shimmer shades. You're getting one matte with a lot of those micro glitters in it and then two matte shades. Online, it says this is a limited edition palette with seven shades from unexpected neutrals to smoky shimmers for gilded looks. This eyeshadow palette covers lid in the same velvety rich super plush pigment of the original iconic palette. Style your eyes with its four fashion finishes. Buttery, matte, which are going to be these. Shimmering, satin, sparkling silk and then their metallic shades. So that's how they're describing it. Matte, shimmer, shimmery satin and then three metallics. By the way, this is also paraben-free, sulfate-free and here are the swatches. All of these shades swatch really beautifully and very buttery. I am in love with the metallic shades. They have some microfine glitter in there that I think are going to pull really a dimensional on the eye. I'm just really, really excited you guys. As far as the color story, I am loving it. You just have two simple basic mattes. You have a deep defining shade and then you pop the shimmer on the lid. So it's really easy, thoughtless palette. I like the smaller, more condensed color story and you can do a lot of different fun neutral looks with this. Now, there is a similarity that I do want to talk about. Instantly, when I looked at this, I thought of the Artist Couture Supreme Nudes palette. So if you can see, they basically have the same kind of color story. You have a pop of olive, you have some shimmery browns, you have creams, browns, all of that good stuff. Obviously, the Artist Couture has more shades. It has 12 shades as opposed to the five in the Marc Jacobs. So I did swatch them side by side. The Marc Jacobs is on top and the Artist Couture is on the bottom. I chose the most similar shades. You can pretty much get the same look with the Marc Jacobs that you can with the Artist Couture. I would say the differences are there wasn't exact dupes for any of the shades, but they were definitely family members, definitely sisters, not twins. But you definitely can get the same looks with both palettes. Also, the texture as far as the metallics in the Marc Jacobs are different just because the Artist Couture doesn't have the really blingy metallic foiled formula in it. It has a beautiful, creamy, shimmery, shiny formula, but there's an extra little dimension and pizzazz to the colors in the Marc Jacobs, which makes me like it more, but of course you have more variety with this. But if you're balling on a budget and you have the Artist Couture, you probably don't need the Marc Jacobs. So let's come on in and try this baby on already so I can stop talking. The look I'm doing is not revolutionary, but I feel it lets me get a good idea of these shadows. And if you're buying this palette, you probably don't want to do crazy looks anyways. I'm quickly just going to start off with a bit of the cream shade here. And I'm going to set my under brows. And as you can see, we're very pigmented. There's a little bit of kickback with this if you are curious. So it's a softer matte. And now we're going to go into the second shade, which is just a very simple topy shade. And for me, this is essential in any palette, a cream shade and a brown shade like this. If it contains any sort of wearable colors, you need to have these two colors. So I'm happy they incorporated these. And I mean, as you can see, it's blending out just fine. So I'm just applying that to my crease. And then I'm going to take a smaller brush and I'm going to run this along my lower lash line. If room would allow for it, I would like a dark matte brown. But we are going to go in with this shade right here. I'm going to take that and I'm going to apply it to the outer corner of my eye. And I'm going to blend it in with the leftover product. We're going to start blending that into the upper part of the crease. Wiping up my brush off just a little bit so that we can get to blending instead of applying more shadow. And as you can see, I'm kind of blending the black in everywhere. We are going for a bit more of a dramatic eye because I really wanted to test out how this black worked. The shimmers are basically all gone. I'm sure if you pressed and didn't buff, the shimmers would stay. But if you're blending, they kind of just go away and it blends out relatively easy. I wouldn't say the best black I've ever used in my life. But it's a solid black. I'm going to take the tip of a brush. I'm going to run a little bit very close to my lower lash line and we're going to blend that a little bit. And then of course I wanted to take this glittery olive shade. And this shade does have some fallout so be prepared for that. But honestly, guys, it is absolutely stunning. I would recommend using your finger for application just like I am because I think if you use a brush, it could get a little bit messy. If you must use a brush, I would use it wet just to make sure all of the dimension actually sticks to your eyelid. And just be prepared for a touch of fallout. It's going to happen. But it applies beautifully with so much ease. I didn't really have to go in and build it up. It's just there and I'm going to take a little bit of the gold, which by the way, this gold came kind of broken, but I pressed it back in and it was fine. And it's layering over the olive color really beautifully and it's adding an extra element to the eyelid. You guys see how pretty that is? And it's so easy to achieve. This is so gorgeous. And then I'm going to take this color right here and I'm going to apply that to the inner corner of the eyelid. So these shades can get a little bit messy because they're a little bit crumbly, but that's the price you pay for getting such strong, beautiful dimension on the lid. So I'm going to do liner and lashes and I'll be back for my final thoughts on this whole collection. Okay, so with lashes and liner and all of that good stuff, here is the final look. Very, very smoky, but it doesn't need to be smoky. You didn't need to add that black. I am very impressed with both of the products from this collection that I purchased. Cannot speak on the mascara and the eyeliners are really good. They're just gold, so I didn't want to purchase them, but I know for a fact they are a good formula. The eyebrow pencil and duo, I think, is totally worth the money. I think it's really nice and this definitely is going to be in part of my everyday rotation. I think they did a nice job with that. And then the eyeshadow palette, I am absolutely in love with. Now, maybe, you know, it's not the most special, unique palette, but I think the formulations in here are really good. It's very solid quality. The dimension that you get from the shadows is really beautiful. It's just a solid palette. And if you like these colors, I think that you will like this. I think what makes this palette very special is that you don't need to think too hard to create a look. And whatever look you get, it's going to be glittery and glam and gorgeous. Because all you have to do is put this in the crease and pop any of these colors on the lid. And you're good to go. It's just an easy, thoughtless palette. And that is what makes this palette special. It's going to be good. So the quality, thumbs up for this. Very happy with how this collection turned out. So if you have any questions, do not hesitate to comment them down below. Thank you guys so much for watching this video. I hope you found it helpful. Make sure you subscribe to my channel if you aren't already. And you would like to see more videos from me. And I will see you guys in the next one. Bye, guys. Have a good one.