Ah eyebrows. My eyebrows has always been light, but they have been getting thinner in recent years, along with random long ones. I have trimmed them, and I only pluck the coarse, white one that sticks straight out. From a tip on another thread on CC, I have been using Just for Men Mutasche and Beard to dye my eyebrows. Then I used a pencil to fill in.
Recently, I saw a picture of myself from a day when I was doing a outdoor activity and did not pencil my eyebrows and was definitely overdue to dye them, because it looked like I had no eyebrows at all! Not a good look on me, so I followed what my 3 SILs did and got permanent eyebrows ~10 days ago. It was relatively painless, easy recovery, and they look great all the time. Now I wonder why I didn’t do it sooner.
@“cincy gal” Can you share more about your permanent eyebrows? Are they tatooed? What type of person/professional does it? Is it expensive? Don’t really know much about it but the last half of my eyebrows are all but nonexistent these days…I’m curious!
Yes, my permanent eyebrows are tattooed. Looking very closely, they look like individual tattooed hairs, not an entire colored in section. From a normal distance, they look like the brows I used to have, with an even better shape.
I went to a woman who only does permanent makeup: eyebrows, eyeliner, and lips. I have no plans to do anything more than my brows. She had done permanent eyebrows for 3 of my SILs and a number of friends of one SIL. I liked their results, so I didn’t pursue other options. She also has a Facebook page with many before and after pictures. I had a good, long phone conversation with the woman who did my brows, pondered it for a few days, and then booked my appointment. She would have done a free consult appointment if I had wanted that. She had some certificates on the wall, but I’ll be honest that I didn’t study them.
She looked at my coloring and then mixed two colors together to do my brows. I was amazed at the number of different brow colors she had, so it is really possible to tailor the color to the individual. She started by using regular makeup to restyle and color my brows. We then discussed and modified as needed. Next, she used surgical marker to mark up what she was going to tattoo. These steps took up the first hour of the appointment. The next hour was doing the tattooing, which was only mildly uncomfortable. After care was keep dry for 10 days, and coat with Vaseline 4x/day for 7 days.
Cost was $400, which includes a free touch up within the first 4 months. If I want a touch up a few years from now, the cost is 1/2 of what she is charging at that time.
On a similar note, DD mentioned that her stylist has just started doing something called microblading for eyebrows. It is semi-permanent, which may appeal to the younger crowd who may not want the same eyebrows for life. From what I read, microblading is more expensive than permanent eyebrows. BTW, DD loves my eyebrows. She wants to go with me when I get my touch-up and have a consult for herself.
with regards to dihydroxyacetone (the primary ingredient in sunless tanning agents), I’m a hypochondriac so I did a lot of research on them before I tried them. They’re a simple carbohydrate derived from sugar beets and/or sugarcane. It’s been around since the 1920s, and all the experimentation done suggests that the molecules are too large to pass beyond the dead skin cell layer.
However, it makes me stinky, so I don’t use it. Odor-free my butt.
Sorry!!! Organic chemist/bio researcher here. Nope. Just nope. The fact that something is derived from a carbohydrate does not make it a carbohydrate. And you are completely wrong about this:
“experimentation done suggests that the molecules are too large to pass beyond the dead skin cell layer.”
Cover Your Gray Fill-in Powder. My sister just told me about it so I decided to try it. Bought off Amazon two packs for 11 bucks. She got hers at Ulta (don’t know the price)
Great stuff! I dye my hair but too soon the crown of my head and around my ears shows gray again way before the rest of my hair. I HATE that! So now a swipe with it blends it all back in. Maybe I’m lucky but the color is perfect. Sort of like putting blush or eye shadow on your hair. Doesn’t wipe off
I just bought Color Wow. It is also a fill in gray powder. It works well and doesn’t feel like yuck. It comes in a range of colors. I bought it at the suggestion of my stylist. Bought it at Ulta. I had previously tried the brown Dry Bar brand dry shampoo and root color fill. I didn’t think it was a great dry shampoo and I hated how it felt in my hair though it did cover the gray roots.
I also recommend joining The Ulta reward card. You earn points redeemable as cash towards purchase. They send email coupons, several times a year it is 20% off coupon for the entire purchase. Ulta sells both drug store brands, their own brands and a lot of department store high end brands. They also sell many salon hair products. They also several times a great sale prices on gallon size shampoo and conditioner. I think the reward program beats Sephora by a mile. They don’t have every brand that Sephora carries but they do have many of them. It is also has a great selection of hair styling tools.
What is the “ponds tip” that is sort of mentioned above? @PhotoOp
I love coconut oil…get the big one at Sams or Costco. But…my dogs keep wanting to lick it off…they love the taste.
I also use organic camelia oil on my face. Supposedly, the geishas have used this for centuries. Amazon
I wish there was a less-messy way to apply oils…anyone with a tip for that?
My biggest problem is keeping face products out of my eyes. No matter how hard I try, they seem to find their way into my eyes and then I spend the next 24 hours with sort-of teary eyes.
from Costo…I started daily taking “Hair, Skin, & Nails Gummies”. Hope it makes a difference. Started in January. Its big ingredient is Biotin, along with Vit C and E. Also take a daily multi-vit
from Amazon… tasteless unflavored collagen powder adding to my drinks. I think I got this tip from another thread.
I’m still trying to get rid of an age spot that appeared on my right hand about 2-3 years ago. Have tried several products, but it’s still there. However, I suspect that maybe these products have helped prevent new ones from forming.
I take straight up Biotin every day as a supplement. My nails are beautiful but it does make my hair grow like crazy. I am now getting a trim every 2 to 3 weeks.
Best way to get rid of age spots is have them lasered off at the dermatologist. Not covered by most insurance, though. I was having rosacea lasered off and I had one age spot on my hand (I play a lot of tennis and my hands get a lot of sun), and the tech lasered it off for free (rosacea is covered for me).
I also stopped washing my hair everyday. Now I try to wash every 3 days or if I have to, every other day. It’s just amazing to me how shiny and healthy my hair is now. It took me awhile to figure out what to do the second day so it looks nice. I don’t like it as well as the day I wash, but it’s good enough.
@conmama When I was young, I had to wash my oily hair everyday. Now, I can go 3 days, sometimes 4 (which I appreciate when traveling). I do put some “baby powder” (cornstarch/talc) on my hands and run it thru my clean dry hair (especially at night), and that not only helps the hair look “fresh”, but also makes my aging-thinning hair look a lot thicker.
^^be careful about using talc; it’s a carcinogen and it’s really not good for your lungs. Rice powder is one of my favorites for soaking up oil on your scalp. Be careful with the dry shampoos-some of them have butane and aerosolized alumuinum (sheesh!). Look on amazon for plain old rice powder used to thicken stews, and that works just as well, and is probably less likely to kill you.
I tried the wash my hair less and it will be less oily thing-my follicles didn’t get the message and I looked like a player on Survivor
Any powder etc you have to be careful not to breath it in. Many women use body powder to help absorb perspiration especially due to menopausal years. I do like the baby powder with corn starch.
I have not heard of rice powder - @MotherOfDragons please describe more.
It’s called Hol Grain gravy thickener. I know that sounds terrible, but it’s actually 100% rice flour and the same ingredient that the super-expensive dry shampoo brands use.
