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Let’s talk eyebrows, AKA lack of….

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My ”threadist”:recommended tinting. Yes, mine are thinning on half of my brows. Should I ? Or, are there really good products out there that can fill in the blanks? Please share.

TIA


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    Have you tried any of the brow regrowth products? I have used NeuBrow with a fair amount of success. You do need to use it consistently.

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    The brow regrowth products do work pretty well. But I just don't want to do that every day for life. Or at least I know I won't!


    I get mine tinted from time to time, and I have also done it myself (the ironically named "Just for Men" avail. at the drugstore, discovered during Covid).


    But I have never plucked an eyebrow in my life or waxed either, so i need to have the shaping done for me... may as well have them tint it, too.


    I tried this in a pinch and I liked it -- you could experiment. Be prepared for it looking like too much until you get used to it!



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    Try the mini size of this. It adds some color and has small fibers that add some volume. It stays put and looks natural. I have really sensitive skin and eyes and it does not bother me a bit. You can get it at Ulta.

    https://www.benefitcosmetics.com/en-us/product/gimme-brow-volumizing-eyebrow-gel-GIMMEBROW.html

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    I find that I can use NeuBrow in spurts. Use it for a while, get them to fill in and then I can lay off for a while. My hair is black and brows can get crazy when they grow long. They get plucked out when wirey and then depending upon how many were plucked out, I may need to use use the NeuBrow for a while.

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    I still have ok brows, but now many of the new hairs are starting to come out gray! Ugh

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    When I dye my hair, I dye my brows. I also use an eybrow pencil since a little more arch is better to shape them. Then I have a little brush I use, just-for-brows, to brush them up.

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    Dani, yikes, it does. So my luck I will get the side effects.

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    The product only gets on my brow hairs and barely any on my skin. I do see though how though using the lash serum could have those side effects.

    Study size of 1- I have used a prostaglandin similar to the lash growth serums for 10 years. I have glaucoma (thanks grandma) and very pale blue eyes. My color has not changed at all. I was a little concerned about that when starting it but losing my eyesight was a bigger fear. Grandma didn't have the best sight when she died at 94. Thanks for advancements in medicine, I remember her sitting around with a med bottle by her side as she did her drops 4 times a day. Now, one drop at bedtime is enough.

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    RN, thanks. i have multiple eye problems currently. i think I will move on to a cosmetic product.

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    I've always had thin brows. I used to tweeze back in the day just a little bit to shape them. I haven't done thain probably 15 or more years. Now in addition to being very sparse, they are also quite light/gray. I use this ELF brow pencil. It'st great, but it gives more form and color and is very user fiendly *also very inexpensie.

    .ELF at Target and available all over

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    I've been using Latisse for 9 years. It really works. My green eyes have not turned brown and if it's caused orbital fat shrinkage, well, that ship has sailed. At my age it would probably have happened on its own anyway. I have been using a brow serum for maybe 4 years. The first one I bought was Babe Brow (Brow Babe?) from Costco and it worked. It's too easy to be bothered by, a wand through your brows at bedtime. I can't seem to find it anymore and am using another product, name escapes me right now. Despite having gray/white hair, my eyebrows have remained close to black. The serum has filled them in a bit. I even have to occasionally pluck a hair or two.

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    Dani has posted that info in the past and it's the reason I have not tried any of the growth products. Just not worth the risk to me. I have hazel eyes so not worried about change in eye color but loss of fat deepening eye socket is what scares me. I do not need to look older!

    I use 2 products -

    this for drawing in natural brows: Might Fine Waterproof Brow Pen <--Link

    And this for coloring the gray brow hairs: Thrive Causemetics Brow Gel <-- Link

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    I use a teeny tiny eyebrow pencil from Hourglass.

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    For over a decade, I have sparingly used a powder and brush, both by Bobbi Brown to fill in and to cover a small scar area. .It takes years to use one.. It is actually a taupe eye shadow and was suggested by the BB Sak's employee. Works great for me, as I can be light handed with it and an angled eyeliner brush.. Sadly, when I went to reorder, my item is no longer carried (and they only have shimmering now). Need to find something else. At one point, I had purchased a pencil, but was not happy with it. I use the Revlon Lash & Brown Styling Tool via the Big A.

    I was trying/hoping to grow my eyebrows wider, but when I started getting Hydrafacials once a month, she aesthetician shaped them as part of the dermaplaning. Took a few weeks to get used too, and I just asked my hairdresser yesterday what she thought and she said they fit my face. So I am moving on...

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    I'm with salonva....I have used an Elf pencil for the last year and am very happy with it. I don't do the entire brow, just filling in.

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    So far mine aren't thinning but to my great annoyance one has a lot more grey/white hairs than the other which gives an unbalanced look unless I use a brow pencil. I've been using Revlon Colorstay Brow Fantasy Pencil & Gel for a few years. One side is a soft pencil while the other is a gel on a mascara type brush. And since I'm rather lazy about the whole thing I usually just use the pencil.

    My hairdresser dyes them when I have my hair colored but the white hair is a different texture and the colors those fade very quickly.

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    I color mine. I only leave it on for a few minutes. I also like the NYX Lift & Snatch brow pen. It has a really thin tip for drawing individual hairs. I also like the Benefit one mentioned above, but depending on how much hair you’re missing, I would draw them on first with the NYX. The Benefit is good for thickening the other hairs. Also, ashier brown colors are better for most people’s brows. I feel like an ash brown is pretty universal.

    I’d like to try L'Oreal Paris Faux Brow. Looks good duel tip pen. It’s the red tube.

    Also, I would not be put off by any crazy giant, overdrawn Grover/caterpillar type brow review photos out there. It’s all about the artist’s hand and the look you’re going for.

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    22 days ago

    Have friends that used this, the drug in Rogaine, use a q-tip to apply to area twice daily.


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    I still use Latisse on my eyelashes and then finish off with a couple of swipes onto my brows. I have to get my brows shaped-not necessarily waxed every time (mostly cut and trimmed)-every 3 weeks, which can be a pain, yes...but I want to keep my full but trimmed and shaped brows and only wax the peach fuzz.

    My brow lady just told me a couple of days ago that the trend of thinner brows is coming back in style! For some reason, I never fell for it back then and I'm so thankful for my full brows-and I won't this time either! You'd think people would learn their lesson on something that can be permanent from plucking/waxing over and over. I'm assuming this is no different from the younger girls/women crowd of our generation-and the younger generation will learn the hard way...again.

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  • 22 days ago

    I landed on this:



  • 20 days ago

    I use that Thrive brow gel too. It works very well at covering the gray. Better than when I was having my hairdresser color them. The grays just wouldn't take the color.

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    I might need to resort to

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vb_vk7TVRWE


    It’s a video short ; I can’t get it to link. It shows an eyebrow stamp being used. The shades are too dark, IMO

  • 19 days ago

    @OllieJane I wonder how many people in the hyper-plucked eyebrow era of the 90s/00s knew that it could have a permanent impact. I am very grateful that I didn't pluck, but if I had wanted to during that time, I was young enough that I don't think I would have realized it could have a permanent impact.