the thing with powder is, you kinda need more time applying that than you would with a pencil. before school i'd love to use powder, if i had 20 extra minutes of course. however, pencils take like 3 minutes for me and i'm ready to go. but even than it's kinda hard to use it because it's a little jolting if you do a poignant line.

soooo, powder if you have more time and pencil if your rushing.

I like to use a pencil with a very light hand. Anastasia's perfect brow pencil is great because it has the pencil on one end and a wand on the other to smooth it out. I think you can get it from sephora.

I just bought MAC's eyebrow pencil in Lingering and love it! Combined with an eyebrow brush it's been super easy for me to fill in my eyebrows quickly and precisely. I highly recommend it for dark haired ladies! :)

I don't use either, but I've heard powder is generally more natural looking. Depends on what you're looking for, I guess.

On Sephora.com I get a free sample of a pricey product called "Anastasia," which comes in powder form. I could never do a pencil because I like a thicker brow and I'm too worried that a pencil would make me look freakish. I use an angled brush to apply it and have been very pleased with the results.

I've used pencil and powder before. I think powder is more natural looking but it's harder to control. I'm using mac eyebrow powder. :)

I prefer powder to fill my brows in [on top of a clear wax of course, so that the powder adheres better] and I do the little tail ends of my brows using pencils, a light hand & short strokes only of course. Gives me a really defined brow, if that's what you're going for [:

For a softer effect, might I suggest using a tinted brow gel [the ones that come in a mascara like wand] to just give a tint to your brows or putting the powder over the hairs instead of drawing on your actual skin.

I have used both. For pencil I like the brow pencil from Ben Nye, it is a Stage Makeup brand, but I guess people use it for normal life too. For powder I use Mary Kay, I'm not sure what it is called I got it as a gift but it has all three shades of brow color and two little tools for application. I like the powder better, most days but it is a fair toss up.

I think powder looks more natural as you can build up your color. I agree it is a little harder to use but it's well worth the practice to get it right.
I like Stila Browset.