Is it safe to use hair dye to tint my eyebrows?
What is the difference?
If you are thinking of using hair dye on the eyebrows consider this. Hair dye has two components: there is the colour aspect, and the developer. The key active ingredient in developer is peroxide.
Peroxide levels are measured according to what you’re doing to the hair. Peroxide content in professional dyes used at a hair salon can range up to 40%. For example, if you are depositing colour, then you’re woking at a lower percentage of peroxide (about 10%). On the other hand, if you are lifting colour, the peroxide level will increase.
Specialized dyes for use on facial hair have a lower peroxide content of 3%.
Peroxide’s Purpose
The role of peroxide is to open up the seal of the hair. Peroxide pops the scales of your hair up so the colour can tuck itself into the cuticle of the hair. Eventually you mask it and seal it back up. Higher percentages really open up those scales often resulting in split ends. The wider the scales are opened, the harder it is to close them once you’re done.
Relatively speaking, the 3% found in specialized facial hair tint is very mild. It won’t completely open the hair, just enough to deposit the colour.
Drugstore Dyes
Box dyes contain lesser percentages of peroxide than professional dyes. Again, if you’re lightening your hair it will be a higher percentage, if you’re darkening it will be a lower percentage. However, professional hair dyes filter out harsh chemicals that can affect the hair and/or skin of people with sensitivities.
Using hair dye on eyebrows may result in the colour not being stable since it’s not the right formulation for that type of hair strand. Even though all hair is made up of the same thing, there are different amounts of layers and density, depending on the type of hair.
Hair Repair
Treating the eyebrows or eyelashes with a daily conditioner will help to repair and strengthen the hair. There are a few options available for lash and brow serums to boost the health of natural lashes. At Dérmica, we retail Adoreyes Lash and Brow serums in-store or online.
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