So there I was at the traffic lights this morning. happily plucking my eyebrows in the rearview mirror, as you do, when I noticed a small flicker of silver glimmering back at me in my reflection.
At first I assumed it was merely a bounceback from this beautiful Indian summer sunshine we are experiencing today, so I continued on to the next set of traffic lights.
When I stopped at the Marble Arch junction, I pulled out my tweezers again and popped down the mirror, at which point I discovered to my absolute HORROR, that there were in fact several little flecks of silver living in amongst my eyebrows!
I skillfully tweezed each and every one of them before the lights changed, as only someone who has been grooming their eyebrows in a car rearview mirror for over 20 years can.
I was only 25 when I discovered my first grey hair. For years, whenever a new one sprouted up I would simply pluck it out, only to find two more appear in its place a few weeks later.
Eventually, I realised that even my advanced plucking skills could no longer cope with the extent of the problem and it will be no great surprise to regular readers of Grenglish, that I have been having my hair coloured every 7-weeks, for a very very long time.
I am just not ready to be grey yet. At some point, I know that I will have to give in to this and go grey gracefully but until that day comes, please just answer me this one question:
Can I use mascara on eyebrows?
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes.
Or get them dyed too.
Damn the bloody grey. All I see when I look in the mirror at the mo are the silver scoundrels doing a mexican wave back at me.
Thank god for Monday when I have my new months money and Aveda has a hair colourists appt book with my name in it.
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I can’t bear it Noodle, I really can’t 🙁
The grey hair I can cope with BUT GREY EYEBROWS!!!!!
Whatever next…
Tint them! Xx
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oh but the effort, Angie 😉
Oh my darling smudge I fear I will soon be losing the grey battle myself, lucky for me I have this beautiful youthful face (no comments from the gallery please)
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You are indeed very youthful and very beautiful! When did this happen to us Pete? One minute we were happily drinking vodka without a care in the world and now… THIS!
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Yes. Mascara, shoe polish, whatever it takes. I remember my first grey hair. I thought perhaps I’d gotten paint in my hair *sigh*. Best of luck my dear!
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I have had a long time to get used to the grey head hair… but eyebrows! I have such high maintenance eyebrows now!
Reminds me of when we were living together in Maida Vale and I found my first grey hair!
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Hahaha, the HORROR Thomo, the HORROR! xx
of course…I see no difference between a hopeful teen male using mascarra on his moustache and a horrified discoverer of a grey eyebrow using the same weapon 😉
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Keri…? Really! That is hilarious 😉
Well I am allergic to hair dye and the greys hairs am coming thick and fast!! 🙁
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You are allergic to ALL hair dye??? I am not sure how I would cope 😉 My hairdresser uses a lovely organic one…
Can I ask how you found out? What is it a horrific discolouring episode or did you get a rash or headache etc.?
it was pretty horrific…very swollen head and closed up eyes!! I still have it dyed now & again but only in packets, not near the roots and not very often, can’t bear not too! I have tried a few but not sure I have tried any organis ones, might have to look into it, thanks!!
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That sounds AWFUL!! You poor thing. What did the hairdresser do?! I bet she was crapping herself…
Maybe give the organic ones a go… but do a patch test first!
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No. But you can go every three weeks and have them dyed like me, and they will even shape them for you too – then you can focus on getting your lippy right in the rearview mirror instead of your brows 😉
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that is a fantastic idea! I have never heard of eyebrow dye-ing…