Testers who used Arches & Halos Tweezers on brows reported a nice squeezing resistance and great tip angle. But the tips were almost too sharp, and they sometimes cut hairs close to the surface.
Beauty Secrets offers an array of adorably shaped and patterned Novelty Tweezers (think cacti, ladybugs, and bumblebees). But what gets lost in the $2 bargain, testers said, is sharpness and precision. Panelists also tried the brand’s Tweezer Brow Brush, and while they liked the concept — and found the brush side effective — the slant tips were no more precise than the Novelty Tweezers’ tips.
Brow Code Professional Eyebrow Tweezers were too long and slim for some testers to grasp securely.
The Japonesque Slant Tweezers did an okay job for the price ($10), but the tips couldn’t shimmy under super-fine hairs as well as our Tweezerman Slant pick. Plus, the tweezers dulled after just a few months of weekly use, and Japonesque does not have a sharpening service.
Panelists found that the KS&Co X Rubis Angled Tweezers had the perfect tension, pinching strength, and angle for grabbing tiny brow hairs. But the $75 difference between this model and our Tweezerman pick didn’t come with a commensurate performance boost.
The Nippes Stainless Steel Slant Pink performed as well among testers as our pick — but without the color range or the free sharpening service.
The Regine Switzerland Slant Tip also performed well in our testers’ experience, but it’s more than twice the price of the Tweezerman Slant.
Testers found the tips of the Revlon Expert Tweezers Slant Tip dull and lacking grip. This pair also took more force to squeeze closed than any other model we tested.
The Rubis Swiss Cross Classic tweezers were so sharp that some testers repeatedly pinched themselves.
Some testers found the TweezerGuru Professional Stainless Steel Slant Tip hard to maneuver: They reported that the tweezers didn’t open very wide and weren’t very springy.
This article was edited by Nicola Dall’Asen and Jennifer G. Sullivan.
