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ShaniFaye · 10-14-2005, 11:08 AM

have you ever gone against the instructions and dyed your eyebrows? If so how did they turn out?

maleficent · 10-14-2005, 11:23 AM

If you do your eyebrows, you want to leave it on for a very short time.. and apply it with a tooth brush... being very careful to avoid the skin... use vasoline on the areas around your eyebrows...

snowy · 10-14-2005, 11:32 AM

My mom does her eyebrows like mal said, and hasn't had any problems. She's also been doing it for years.

maleficent · 10-14-2005, 11:35 AM

most salons will do it for about 15 bucks and that will often include a eyebrow shaping... you might want to consider having it done by a professional.

ShaniFaye · 10-14-2005, 12:10 PM

now why would I wanna do that when I can get my dye and do it myself for 9.99

*Nikki* · 10-14-2005, 12:22 PM

Being that it is so close to your wedding do you want to end up with burnt off eyebrows or something?? I would have it done somewhere!

ShaniFaye · 10-14-2005, 12:25 PM

well thats why I was asking if it had been done. I honestly dont have the money to go get my hair dyed anywhere right now, and I'd have to get them to do my hair along with my eyebrows if I wanted it to match

Sage · 10-14-2005, 12:46 PM

I just slap on a bit while i'm dying my hair- always turns out fine for me.

5757 · 10-14-2005, 02:35 PM

As far as I know, if you have to dye your eyebrows to make it look natural, then it's the wrong color for your hair. I was a hair model and I remember being given that advice. What is your natural color? What color are you changing it to? If you are truly satisfied with the color you have chosen, more power to you. Just heed the advice about not leaving it on the brows too long.

ShaniFaye · 10-14-2005, 02:39 PM

I have been dying my hair the same color for 18 years.....red (Im naturally a dark brunette which I cannot stand), I dont think I'd be still dying it if I wasnt satisfied with it

I've never considered it before.....but I dont want my eyebrows to stand out in my wedding pictures in 2 weeks.

maleficent · 10-15-2005, 08:36 AM

that woman you had talked to about doing your make up for the wedding -- you might want to ask her for some 'professional' advice on it... sometimes just using eyeshadow or eyeliner on the brow line (depending on how much you do or don't tweeze) can be enough to get the colors to match. (I've watched entirely too many makeover shows....

Elphaba · 10-18-2005, 01:44 PM

Shani, Maybelline has a brow styling gel with various colors and they might have one with a reddish tint.

ngdawg · 10-18-2005, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 5757

As far as I know, if you have to dye your eyebrows to make it look natural, then it's the wrong color for your hair. I was a hair model and I remember being given that advice. What is your natural color? What color are you changing it to? If you are truly satisfied with the color you have chosen, more power to you. Just heed the advice about not leaving it on the brows too long.

I have auburn hair(natural) and while I have eyebrows, they are too light to be seen except close up, so I use an eyebrow powder. Maybelline I believe makes it. I would certainly consider dying the brows even though I don't color my hair.
Shani, if this is for the wedding, I think I'd go with the powder or a mousse. What if you dye them and they're too dark?

Sorceress · 10-18-2005, 09:28 PM

I have never tried to dye my eyebrows, but I have been dying my hair for years. I too am a naturally dark brunette. When I was dying my hair red, I used a redish copper colored eye liner and some artful tweesing to do my eyebrows. It worked well, people often refused to believe it wasn't the color I was born with. You can always find a way to make it all look good without taking too much of a risk, especially if you have really sensitive skin, or are easily bothered by chemical smells and so on.

edited for spelling*looks sheepish*

10-14-2005, 11:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	For you girls that color your own hair..... have you ever gone against the instructions and dyed your eyebrows? If so how did they turn out? __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

10-14-2005, 11:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	If you do your eyebrows, you want to leave it on for a very short time.. and apply it with a tooth brush... being very careful to avoid the skin... use vasoline on the areas around your eyebrows... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

10-14-2005, 11:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	My mom does her eyebrows like mal said, and hasn't had any problems. She's also been doing it for years. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

10-14-2005, 11:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	most salons will do it for about 15 bucks and that will often include a eyebrow shaping... you might want to consider having it done by a professional. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

10-14-2005, 12:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	now why would I wanna do that when I can get my dye and do it myself for 9.99 __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

10-14-2005, 12:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nikki ~~~~~~~ Location: Charleston, SC	Being that it is so close to your wedding do you want to end up with burnt off eyebrows or something?? I would have it done somewhere!

10-14-2005, 12:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	well thats why I was asking if it had been done. I honestly dont have the money to go get my hair dyed anywhere right now, and I'd have to get them to do my hair along with my eyebrows if I wanted it to match __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

10-14-2005, 12:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sage hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005 Location: North side	I just slap on a bit while i'm dying my hair- always turns out fine for me. __________________ Sage knows our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's She answers hard acrostics, has a pretty taste for paradox She quotes in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus In conics she can floor peculiarities parabolous -C'hi

10-14-2005, 02:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
5757 Insane Location: Vegas!!	Hmm. As far as I know, if you have to dye your eyebrows to make it look natural, then it's the wrong color for your hair. I was a hair model and I remember being given that advice. What is your natural color? What color are you changing it to? If you are truly satisfied with the color you have chosen, more power to you. Just heed the advice about not leaving it on the brows too long. __________________ Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint, Forever in debt to ((your)) priceless advice. - Nirvana

10-14-2005, 02:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	I have been dying my hair the same color for 18 years.....red (Im naturally a dark brunette which I cannot stand), I dont think I'd be still dying it if I wasnt satisfied with it I've never considered it before.....but I dont want my eyebrows to stand out in my wedding pictures in 2 weeks. __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

10-15-2005, 08:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	that woman you had talked to about doing your make up for the wedding -- you might want to ask her for some 'professional' advice on it... sometimes just using eyeshadow or eyeliner on the brow line (depending on how much you do or don't tweeze) can be enough to get the colors to match. (I've watched entirely too many makeover shows.... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

10-18-2005, 01:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	Shani, Maybelline has a brow styling gel with various colors and they might have one with a reddish tint.

10-18-2005, 09:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
Sorceress Upright	I have never tried to dye my eyebrows, but I have been dying my hair for years. I too am a naturally dark brunette. When I was dying my hair red, I used a redish copper colored eye liner and some artful tweesing to do my eyebrows. It worked well, people often refused to believe it wasn't the color I was born with. You can always find a way to make it all look good without taking too much of a risk, especially if you have really sensitive skin, or are easily bothered by chemical smells and so on. edited for spellinglooks sheepish __________________ Born of mist and dreams, chapters from an alternate mind. Last edited by Sorceress; 10-18-2005 at 09:31 PM..