With age, the eyebrows become thinner but some white hairs may also appear. Our best tips for giving your salt-and-pepper eyebrows a real “youthful look” after 60.
Just like hair, eyebrows also gradually whiten with age. During this transition, it is not uncommon to end up with salt and pepper eyebrows, a semblance of gray hairs which is in reality only an illusion due to the mixture between the hairs which are still dark by our natural color and the white hairs that appeared in the eyebrows because they grew without melanin. Under the effect of hormonal upheavals linked to menopause, the production of this natural pigment decreases, and the hair system weakens. This is particularly why it is not uncommon to have the added bonus of these graying hairs, sparse eyebrows.
Ephemeral or permanent eyebrow makeup, eyebrow tinting that camouflages the white hairs in the eyebrows like coloring does on white hair, let’s take stock of the best techniques to rejuvenate salt and pepper eyebrows easily.
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Mascara for the eyebrows, a simple but effective solution
To rejuvenate your eyebrow line easily, makeup is a solution that is inexpensive, temporary and very easy to adopt alone at home. It will allow hide the few white hairs which harm the uniformity of the eyebrow by coating the hairs like a classic mascara does on the eyelashes, which leaves you the option of leaving them natural if you wish when you are make-up removed.
It is also a very similar makeup product to eye mascara when it comes to using it as well. The gesture is intuitive when you are used to applying mascara, you just have to pass your brush loaded with colored formula over the bristles, brushing from the head of the eyebrow to his tail, taking care to make upward movements that go from the roots of the hairs to their tips in order to obtain a natural result. I promise: it’s very fast on a daily basis. To choose the shade of your eyebrow mascara, you only have to refer to the colored hairs that you have left in order to make up the white hairs of your eyebrows in the shade closest to it possible. Thus, the effect will be effective but discreet.
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Eyebrow coloring to hide white hairs permanently
Coloring the white hairs that have appeared in your eyebrows will immediately rejuvenate your look. Less radical than hair dye, eyebrow tinting is a perfect grooming technique for those who don’t have time to paint their salt and pepper brows every day. It is also the dream alternative to make-up for those who want to have uniformly colored eyebrows at all times. Even though there are eyebrow tinting kits to do it yourself, we recommend that you entrust your gray eyebrows to an expert, at least the first few times, because it is important to choose the right shade for a natural look. Keep in mind that the shade of your dye should be the same as your hair, or even a shade lighter.
Delivering results that last between about 3 to 4 weeks, the service costs between 15 and 25 euros in most beauty salons. You can find cheaper eyebrow tinting kits, but many cost at least ten dollars. Although eyebrow tinting is offered at a reasonable price in all cases, its systematic recourse once a month still represents a neat expense all year round.
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Microblading to make you forget the white hairs of your salt and pepper eyebrows
This so-called “semi-permanent makeup” technique is actually closer to tattooing than makeup. Although it does not color white hairs, it is a very effective anti-aging technique to rejuvenate your eyebrows because she comes to make a superficial tattoo that restructures them and gives the impression that they are fuller, which makes it possible to forget the few white hairs present in the line. Thanks to the drawing which is carried out hair by hair in a specialized institute, the result is stunningly natural and it homogenizes the eyebrow effectively.
The effect obtained lasts between 1 to 3 years depending on the person, knowing that touch-ups are sometimes necessary every 8 to 12 months to guarantee you impeccable eyebrows. More radical, this solution is also more expensive since it takes between €100 and €600 per session depending on the institute where you have this semi-permanent make-up technique performed.
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