• You have radically change your hair color. For very dark haired people who dye their hair a much lighter color, dark eyebrows can be a dead giveaway. In this situation, tinting the eyebrows one or two shades lighter is an easy and effective way to make the change look more natural. Similarly, blondes and redheads who wish to dye their hair dark may also consider tinting their eyebrows to match. However, you should remember that your eyebrows don’t necessarily have to match your hair color precisely. You are generally advised to keep your eyebrows one or two shades lighter or darker than your hair color.
• You have noticed grey hairs in your eyebrows. Greying hair is a natural part of getting older. Whereas some people choose to let nature take its course, others prefer to conceal it. Although plucking the odd stray hair from the scalp is fine, plucking hairs from the relatively sparse eyebrow area is likely to produce unsightly bald patches and leave the brow looking misshapen. For this reason, you are advised to avoid the tweezers and opt instead for an eyebrow tint, which simply dyes the grey to match the surrounding hairs.
• You want thicker looking eyebrows. Pale, translucent hairs can make the eyebrows look thin and straggly. Tinting these hairs would reveal a neat, shapely brow you never even knew was there. Even though the thickness and denseness of your eyebrow hair can of course not be changed in the tinting session alone, the darker color will make them appear naturally thicker.
• You want to add definition to your face. It’s amazing what a difference a nice pair of shapely eyebrows can make to the structure of the face. Having neat, define eyebrows frames the eyes, boosts facial symmetry and creates an attractive high-contrast look.

It’s a nightmare scenario-coming out of the salon with big, horrible unnatural looking brows. How do you make sure you avoid looking like your eyebrows have been drawn on? The trick is to choose a shade of that perfectly suits your skin tone and hair color.

Luckily, your beauty professional will be able to recommend the most suitable shade, while taking your own preferences into account. If you want to achieve as natural a look as possible, you are advised to only ever lighten or darken your eyebrows by one or two shades. Eyebrow tints are available in a range of colors, including:

• Black – recommended for use with black hair only.
• Taupe – a lighter brown shade with a hint of grey.
• Chestnut – a brown/red color great for redheads and brunettes who want their brows to look browner than taupe (which is more of a grey/brown).
• Blonde – for people with fair hair or skin who want their eyebrows lightening.
• Grey – for people with white or grey hair who want their eyebrows darkening or lightening.

• Carrying out a patch test at least 24 hours prior to treatment
• Using a vegetable-based stain to minimize the risk of irritation
• Using Vaseline or some kind of blocking solution to keep the tint off the skin
• Using a disposable applicator to prevent the spread of infection between clients.