Friday, 30 January 2026.
Yes, we really are going to be talking about the Gospels one minute and perfect brows the next. Welcome to my life.
If any of you were around for my original blogs or numerous Instagram accounts you would be well acquainted with my ongoing quest for good brows.
I’ll spare you the history, because it’s long. Suffice to say that a lot of previous attempts, while good at the time, would now fall firmly into the category of “brow blindness.”
And in the year of our Lord 2026, TikTok offers up the latest thing for me to try: Just For Men Moustache and Beard Dye.
I wish I was joking.
Am I unhappy with my current beautician? No, far from it, I’m actually the happiest I’ve ever been. She knows what I like and she delivers. What I’m looking for is a quick no-mess option for topping up the tint between visits. The salon visits (tint, shaping and laminating) only take place once every few months (because: time), and it’s never been the shaping I’ve needed so much as filling in the gaps left behind by my mid-2000’s tweezer-happy self.
Enter the at-home beard dye.
The tinting process started off a bit dicey, what with the tint going on much lighter at first then darkening as it developed, but the tip to use some pawpaw ointment to the areas you want to keep clean came in very handy. The final result, however, was excellent: perfect brows, exactly the right shade and fullness, and I barely needed a couple of tiny pencil strokes added. (Full disclosure: I will always, ALWAYS touch them up no matter how happy I am).
The staying power though, that was the test.
By day five I was still only filling in a couple of strokes, and by day seven only a few more. By day ten I was stoked, and even though I did a small top-up at two weeks I could have easily gone a few more days.
So, the verdict is in: the men’s beard dye experiment was a resounding, perfectly pigmented success. I always feel a little like a mad scientist when I do these things, half-expecting that this is the time it all ends in disaster, but I walked out with the kind of brows I normally get from a much lengthier morning routine (not to mention at least half an hour at the beautician and around $40 just for the tint).
And honestly, I’m not shocked that such a great beauty hack wasn’t actually found in the women’s aisle, but in a highly functional no-nonsense product marketed for men. But we’re not here to dissect the psychological minefield of the women’s beauty industry, because at the end of the day my brows are bold and fluffy, and my morning routine is five minutes shorter.
Although if this is what they’ve been gatekeeping, you may yet find me lurking in the men’s aisle a little more frequently…
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