Review (4/5): Been using for years
I bought my first box years ago (when I seem to remember it being the old packaging being labeled as brow safe?). I just finished up another box (3rd? 4th?) and noticed that it’s not meant to be used on the brows. It’s not difficult to keep far away from your eyes, just exercise caution.
I used to apply it for the recommended couple of minutes and got decent results, but now that I’m used to the performance I’ve left it on for as long as 40 minutes and have had the same color payoff but much longer lasting color. I have clear blonde brows despite being a natural dark brunette, so anything I can do to prevent fading helps.
Recommendations:
- Block/outline your brows with a white eyeliner before applying so you can just fill in the shape without having to be too precise with the actual dye- this also keeps skin staining within the area of the brow and less noticeable
- Dye at night or when you can stay in for a couple of days if you’re worried about skin staining
- Dont exfoliate the day of dyeing and the skin stain will come up easier
- use a cotton bud lightly dipped in skin salve/Vaseline to scrub up skin stain rather than washing it away to avoid early fading on brow hairs- even just applying a bit to brows and leaving it on for a while before wiping it away can really get it off much easier AND avoid irritating the skin
- wipe away areas you want to be lighter half way through your dyeing process (Ex: if you want the inner part of the brow to be lighter than the tail, wipe away some dye on the inner part and leave more to develop on the tail)
- You can reapply dye if you feel it didn’t tint enough in one session. Just leave any you didn’t use up on the counter and only discard extra after you’re satisfied with the color payoff (don’t save dye for another day, just go ahead and reapply right after taking off the first application if you feel you want more color)