The last time I had my eyebrows tinted must have been back at beauty college
and that's yonks ago. I'm not one to tint my brows, but over the past
few years I find that I'm using far more brow products and
my faves have to be the brow "goodies" from benefit.
As I've aged I've also discovered that grey hairs not only confined to your head
but they love to appear in your eyebrows and thankfully it's easily
remedied with an eyebrow pencil.
It's not that I'm wanting to go much darker with my natural brow colour,
but I'm wanting to cover up the grey hairs and make the colour of my brows
more uniform and hopefully become a little less reliant on the daily brow tools
Eyebrow tinting seemed like the best option and always one to promote
the services of a "professional" at a beauty salon,
this time I'm going against my own advice and I'm going it alone.
My reasoning behind this is simple, I wanted to be in control of my eyebrow colour
and not reliant on what someone else thinks that my colour should be.
I didn't want the shade or depth of colour to be in the hands of anyone else,
but moi...hence the DIY.
RefectoCil is a professional range of Austrian Lash & Brow tinting products
that I remember from beauty college and subsequently the range
I used in my own beauty salon.
It's been reliably tinting brows and lashes around the world
for over 70 years and is now available
for retail through Clicks, Dischem and Takealot.
Back in the day RefectoCil had a very small range of products, today they have
a much wider range of both tints and tinting accessories.
I opted for the NEW Sensitive Tint range, as opposed to their Original Tints.
eyebrows and eyelashes in only 3 minutes with colours based on plant extracts
and is perfect for sensitive skin and eyes.
Step 1:
The tint is applied carefully with the white applicator to clean,
dry eyebrows and leave for 2 minutes and then remove with a dry cotton pad.
dry eyebrows and leave for 2 minutes and then remove with a dry cotton pad.
Wait for 3-5 minutes before applying The Developer Gel over the brows
with the silver applicator and then the gel is removed within 3 minutes.
with the silver applicator and then the gel is removed within 3 minutes.
(Remember the longer you leave the developer on the more intense the colour
because I was using Black on my brows I left on for only about 60 secs)
Lasts up to 6 weeks and is smudge and waterproof.
(I enjoyed the fact that I covered those pesky odd grey hairs and
achieved a more even colour and to redo only every 6 weeks is a pleasure)
RefectoCil Sensitive is the first eyelash/brow tint that works based on
plant extracts,
with yarrow, horse extract, juniper, goldenrod, nettle, blueberry,
chaste berry, red wine extract.
Its also not tested on animals.
Dermatologically and Opthalmologically tested.
(I opted for the Sensitive Tint to play it safe and I found there to be no
irritation at all)
Available in 4 colours - Black, Light Brown, Medium Brown, Dark Brown.
(I could have used Dark Brown, but I wanted to also use on my lashes,
so opted for black.Even though my hair is highlighted blonde my
natural hair colour is quite dark)
I was completely blown away by how gentle and easy this duo was to use and the
result was exactly what I was looking for.
result was exactly what I was looking for.
*I do advise*
that before you "tint your own" you pay a visit
that before you "tint your own" you pay a visit
to the
to gen yourself up re the preparation, the application and loads
of other tips and advice plus tutorial videos and as always,
fully read the enclosed leaflets prior to using.
If you have been considering tinting your own brows or lashes then the
tried and tested RefectoCil products are the ones to opt for
and brows are the easiest to start with.
Let me know in the comments section below if you tint your own
brows and lashes...
RefectoCil Sensitive
Eyelash & Brow Tints
15mls
R119
RefectoCil Sensitive
Developer Gel
60mls
R160
Takealot currently have a combo pack available which include the
Sensitive Tint and the Sensitive Developer Gel
R200
Combo Pack
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