"Even if the hair on your head is silver or gray hair, I suggest dyeing brows light brown," says Petrescu. "It creates a frame for your eyes that sharpens your features for a more youthful look."
YOUR BROWS SHOULD BE DARKER
We hate to break it to you, but if you thought that your brows should perfectly match your hair, you might want to think again. In fact, your eyebrows should actually be darker than your hair color—unless your tresses are pitch black. This is what looks the most natural.
All kinds of body hairs change colour when ageing hair follicles stop producing the pigment melanin that makes hair dark. Eyebrow hairs also change texture, grow bushier and longer with age. Their different structure may explain their different rate of greying.
Plucking/Tweezing: This is probably one of the easiest things to do to get rid of white eyebrow hair. All you have to do is to pick a good tweezer and pluck out grey hair. Also, applying colored brow wax and brown/black eyebrow pencil will help conceal white hair if you do not want to pluck them out.
Use a light hand when applying gray brows.
This might make your skin look dull and pale. So you want to skip the thick, waxy pencils and pomades and go for a fine pencil or powder and use really light strokes (and lots of blending) when applying.
What to Do with Greying Eyebrows. Ariane points out that the “grey” hairs are actually white. When they start to appear in your eyebrows, her first piece of advice is not to pluck them.
In most cases a shade darker than their natural colour is usually your best bet but if the hair on their head is grey too they might prefer a subtler finish. Make them aware that it can take longer to tint grey brows.
Mix two teaspoons of coffee in two tablespoons of cold water. Now boil water and add that coffee solution. Mix well and let it cool. Use the mixture to rinse your eyebrows.
“While it depends on many factors, including the tweezers you use, how often you pluck and how traumatic it is for your hair, you won't be stuck with thin eyebrows forever,” says dermatologist Shilpi Khetarpal, MD. “Most of the time, they grow back.”
Reason 1: Pigment Imbalance
A common reason your hair might be turning white or grey is due to a pigment imbalance. Eyebrow pigment comes from the melanin your body produces. Sometimes your melanin levels can get low, which causes your hair to fade in color.
Eyebrow tinting uses semi-permanent dye to temporarily enhance, shape, and define brows. The best part, at least for those who want to attempt it themselves, is that it's pretty straightforward. "Tinting your brows at home is surprisingly easy," says celebrity makeup artist and brow expert Ramy Gafni.
Be aware of the risks. No dye—even products marketed as eyebrow dye—is FDA approved for use on your eyebrows or eyelashes. You can have an allergic reaction or damage the sensitive skin around your eye. The dyes can cause irritation and, if they get in your eye, can potentially cause blindness.
A good rule of thumb is to try to stay within two shades of your hair color. If you have dark eyes, pick a brow shade that is lighter than your hair color and vice versa. Exact matches aren't important as long as the shades are complementary. In fact, sometimes matching too closely can ruin your look.
In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, darker brows were found to make a person look younger, since we seem to (subconsciously) associate defined contrasts in facial features with youth. That makes sense, considering eyebrows do tend to lighten with age.
Henna brows are a natural alternative to traditional eyebrow coloring. Traditional eyebrow tints are primarily made of chemicals while most henna brow products are made of natural plant-based ingredients including Lewsonia Insermis aka – henna, a flowering plant commonly used to dye skin, hair and fingernails.
Microblading is a form of a cosmetic semi-permanent makeup performed using, a manual (not a machine) disposable handheld tool, composed with very fine needles resembling the shape of a blade (we call it a microblade), to hand draw each individual hair and simultaneously implant the pigment into the skin.
"If there is a grey hair that you must get rid of, very carefully cut it! Plucking can traumatize the follicle, and repeated trauma to any follicle is not ideal." Gilman similarly warned of the harm plucking can cause. "If hair is tweezed or plucked from the brows, often some of these brow hairs do not grow back.
"Grey hair will just regrow the same way from that follicle (that's where the lack of pigment originates). Continually plucking will traumatise the follicle so eventually, it won't produce hair at all."
“When you pluck a hair a new one will grow in its place and because the pigment cells are no longer producing pigment, this new hair will also be white.”
Even though most dye instructions say that you should wait between 10 and 15 minutes for the dye to take, please don't wait that long. Smaller increments, between 3 and 5 minutes, will give you better control over the final color. If you want dark brown brows, leave the dye on for 5 minutes.
Want to try eyebrow tinting at home? All you need is 5 to 10 minutes. You'll need a timer, petroleum jelly, cotton swabs, mild shampoo, and the Just for Men Brush-In Color Gel for Mustache & Beard, which comes with dye, developer, a brush, gloves, and a mini tray. Follow along through my routine.
Why You Should Tint Your Brows
Tinting will immediately make brows appear thicker. Tinting enhances your brows, at least temporarily (it lasts about a month—and even up to six weeks if you're lucky). It gives brows a more natural look (versus using a makeup pencil to fill brows).
It can really stain the skin and take longer than the normal 24 hours to fade. – Brow dye will very temporarily stain your skin, so your brows will look like they've been filled in just after you've finished the process.