eye brow bleaching???????

i was gonna make this same post, i have brownish eyebrows and have already dyed my hair blonde, what if we just thin out the eyebrows instead of dying them? how would that look?

I bleach my eyebrows all the time.  I use Jolen Creme bleach on them for about 7 minutes or so (a little longer on the thicker area close to my nose).
Be VERY careful not to get any in your eyes!  The first few times you do it, it's probably a good idea to do one brow at a time and keep that eye closed.  Until you know how much your brows will lighten, I'd recommend checking after 3 minutes... then every 2 minutes or so until you've reached the desired shade.
I do mine about once per month.  Brows grow in quickly, but if you decide to take your hair darker again and your brows are still light, you can use brow pencils to compensate.
Good luck!  :)



Edited by KarenNJ - December 27 2006 at 6:43pm

You can buy Jolen at most drug stores... Walgreens, CVS, Eckerd, etc.  Walmart has it, too.

My brows are very dark brown - even too dark for my natural hair color.  I bleach them to dark blond.  You will probably prefer to keep them slightly darker than your hair color.  With thin brows, you may like them even a little darker.

If you end up going too light, remember brow pencils can do wonders.

One more thing - if you also wax or pluck your eyebrows, don't bleach right afterwards.  Wait 24 hours because your skin may be too sensitive.  It's better to bleach first, then remove unwanted hair.

Good luck!


Edited by KarenNJ - December 28 2006 at 6:40am

When I bleached my own naturally very dark brows with Jolen bleach, I always looked like an idiot. I now have my colorist bleach them for me and they look MUCH MUCH better. When I did them myself they were either TOO LIGHT (pencil didn't help much) or too orange. Just my two cents.