How to lighten eyebrows at home

By default, ladies want to darken their eyebrows, thereby emphasizing eye color and facial sculpture. However, the catwalk models, walking in expensive outfits from couturiers, have contributed to the beauty industry. Light eyebrows are gaining rapid momentum, as a result of which beauty salons even introduced a similar service to the price list. But it is not cheap, so we will analyze in order how to lighten eyebrows at home.

Who cares for light eyebrows

The first category includes dark-haired beauties. If your native color is dark blond, chestnut, chocolate or black, and you decide to change the image and repaint in blonde, you definitely need to lighten the edges. Traditionally, eyebrows are selected according to the color of the hair, otherwise the face will look inharmonious.

The second category includes girls with a pinkish tint. This also includes pale-skinned ladies and those who are contraindicated in sunbathing. Having brightened eyebrows even by 1 tone, you will turn into an airy beauty, which will suit absolutely any make-up. You can apply bright shadows, lipstick and at the same time look not defiant.

Contraindications to lighten eyebrows

Coat the hairs with a light foundation, then apply loose powder or shadows. Take a picture of yourself on the phone, because in the mirror it is difficult to objectively determine whether this image suits your face. Did you like the photo, did you like everything? Go for it! If the result did not please you, contact the master browist so that he selects the appropriate shade, and you already do the rest.

Important!
Brightening is strictly not recommended for black ladies, as the eyebrows will look awkward. Also, do not carry out the procedure if you often use black eyeliner, black eyeshadow (smokey ice makeup) and a dark tonal foundation. Girls visiting a solarium and often sunbathing in the sun should be careful with light eyebrows, your face will become visually fuller.

Hydrogen Peroxide Lightening Eyebrows

Observe precautions, do not allow the solution to drip into the eyes, and do not increase the exposure time.

You will need:

• 3% peroxide solution;
• washing gel or shampoo;
• double-sided comb for eyebrows with rare teeth on one side and natural bristles on the other;
• fat cream or petroleum jelly;
• Makeup Brush;
• 150 ml. boiled water.

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Remove all cosmetics from the face with a cleansing milk or toner. Apply cleansing gel to the eyebrows, wipe them well with a brush to remove sebum, dirt, dust. Soak the product in the hairs for about 2 minutes, then wash with warm water and pat your face with a towel.

Apply oily cream or petroleum jelly on the area around the eyebrows to prevent possible irritation from peroxide. Dilute 15 ml. solution in 150 ml. water, apply the composition with a makeup brush and leave for a quarter of an hour.

Important!
For dark-haired girls, a single lightening procedure may not be enough. If the result is incomplete, repeat the manipulation again after 3-5 days.Do not achieve the effect by increasing the exposure time, you risk burning your skin and damaging your hair, due to which the eyebrows will begin to fall out.

Eyebrow Lightening Cosmetic Gel

The product is sold in a professional cosmetics store for makeup artists or hairdressers. Prepare the eyebrows for the procedure, removing dust and dirt from them with the foam for washing. Also, as with peroxide whitening, apply a nourishing cream or petroleum jelly to the area around the eyebrows. After that, cover the hairs with clarifying gel with a brush and leave for 3 minutes.

In this case, it is especially important to observe the exposure time, since a burn can be obtained in an extra 15 seconds of overexposure. At the end of the procedure, smear the eyebrows with a mixture of vegetable, corn and olive oils in equal proportions. Keep the composition for 20 minutes, remove excess with a cotton swab.

Medicinal plants for whitening

This method of whitening is considered the most gentle and harmless, it was used by our grandmothers. The method is not suitable for girls who, by nature, have black eyebrows, since their grass does not lighten even by one tone. Choose a more effective method for yourself. Ladies with brown hair will have to apply the composition at least 4 times a day and repeat the procedure for 5 days.

Essential Ingredients:

• calendula solution - 10 g.
• chamomile flowers - 10 gr.
• yarrow - 15 gr.
• linden - 5 gr.
• lemon juice - 15 ml.
• ginseng ether - 4 drops

Sprinkle plants with 50 ml. boiling water, cover and insist a day. After time, strain, drip ethers and lemon juice, mix. Apply the composition to the hairs, after covering the skin around the eyebrows with petroleum jelly. Wait 1.5-2 hours, then rinse with cool water.

Decorative cosmetics

Ladies who do not want to brighten eyebrows for a long time, suitable for masking dark hairs with decorative cosmetics. Cleanse your face with lotion or tonic, do not apply a greasy cream, use a moisturizer (it absorbs faster). Next, comb the hairs and apply a special gel to fix the eyebrows.

If you wear natural make-up, do not use blush, foundation and bright lipstick, take beige shades and cover them with eyebrows. Try not to fall on the interbrow area, otherwise your secret will be revealed immediately. Brush first from the outer edge of the eyebrow to the inside, then vice versa. Continue painting hairs until you achieve the desired result. The method looks especially impressive when used together with evening make-up, it helps to make the face more harmonious.

In addition to shadows, you can use compact or friable powder, special eye shadow for eyebrows several shades lighter, ivory shade and even creamy foundation. It is only important to shade correctly so that traces of cosmetics are not visible.

Eyebrow dye

Get in the store eyebrow paint 3 tones lighter than native hairs. Be sure to look at the expiration date, manufacturer and availability of instructions. Do not buy funds of dubious brands, refuse to purchase paint in street tents, passages, markets.

Apply the composition on the eyebrows, read the recommended exposure time in the instructions. At the time of the first procedure, reduce the interval by a few minutes so as not to overdo it. In cases where you have greatly lightened the hair, use henna for eyebrows to adjust the color to the desired intensity. Again, buy the product only in professional cosmetics stores.

How to lighten colored eyebrows

The most common problem of returning to the starting point is to lighten the colored eyebrows. As a rule, such a need arises when ladies are repainted from light to dark. After washing off the dye from the hair, they do not know what to do with the eyebrows.

It is important to understand that coloring pigments for hair do not fit eyebrows. The hairs grow back, as a result of which they need to be dyed again, but often this can not be done. For such situations, there is a popular way of lightening, it is not fast, but effective.

Take 20 ml. castor, 15 ml. olive and 15 ml. camphor oils. Preheat the composition in the microwave, moisten a cosmetic swab and wipe the eyebrows with it. Wait 5-6 hours, then remove excess with a dry cotton pad. You may have to repeat the procedure more than once, but I draw out the paint very well, so there should be no problems.

Have you decided to lighten your eyebrows? To get started, do a simple test by painting hairs with powder or shadows. Decide on the shade, then proceed to the procedure. The most effective and fastest methods are considered to be a 3% peroxide solution, a special dye or gel for eyebrows. If you are a supporter of folk remedies, give preference to medicinal plants in combination with ethers. In cases where your eyebrows are already painted, use camphor, olive and castor oils.

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