Bleaching eyebrows vs. MAC browset

[Miss_Behave]

Ok, so I was bored and was going through KA's Making Faces book again, I recoginzed that he bleaches the eyebrows on most of his models - and it looks great! Since I have really BRIGHT red hair that is naturally nearly black, my eyebrows are black aswell, and sometimes I wish they would look softer, especially if I wanna do I soft, neutral look. They work fine if I haven't done the roots of my hair, because then the color fits, but if I just dyed my hair, they only work with bold looks IMO

Does anybody bleaches their eyebrows? if yes, how?

What about the MAC Brow sets? Would they work to make a dark eyebrow lighter, so I could try how it would look before bleaching them?

And last but not least: I would love to hear your opinion on eyebrow colors in general! Like, is it ok to have black eyebrows if you're blond or red?

 

[aziajs]

I have bleached mine before. I have a lot of red tones in my hair so when I bleach it my hair becomes reddish/orange/brown. It's kind of weird. I have used hair dye and I haev used bleaching cream.

 

[gorgeousgirlie]

I bleach my eyebrows all the time. I have dark skin and black hair which means that my eyebrows are black too. I love doing it, it takes away some focus off my eyebrows and onto my eyes and makes me look less like a cartoon character.

If you are to do it, do it properly- don't use a hair colouring kit for it. Use the proper facial hair bleeching kit and wait exactly the amount it tells you. If you don't want as obvious a shade difference, wait a little bit less (my kit says I should wait 10 mins, and if I only want a really light change I'd wait only 7mins). NEVER wait longer than the instructions tell you to. I did that once and my brows were orange! I had to cover it up with eyepencil until the hair grew back!

 

[xSazx]

I want to do mine, cuz i'm going platinum blonde next hair appt & my eyebrows are really dark :/ i'm scared they'll go wrong though.

 

[caffn8me]

The colour in M·A·C Brow Set is not opaque enough to make very dark brows go light but if you bleach your brows you can have a lot of fun with it

In the UK we have a bleaching product called Jolen Creme Bleach which is safe for eyebrows. You probably have something similar in Germany

 

[rouquinne]

the best way to lighten eyebrows and have it look natural is to get a bottle of 10% hydrogen peroxide. dampen a cotton ball with it and rub it across your brows twice a day every day until you reach the desired shade. then touch up every 3 days to maintain the colour.

whenever i've used speed bleach to try to lighten, the colour comes out TOO light and i end up having to add colour or use a LOT of powder or pencil to get the right shade!