7 Reasons Why Smart Women Are Ditching Microblading For A Peel Off Tint
1. I Got My Salon Brows Back
I reached for the pencil out of habit. There was nothing to fill in.
Same shape Emily peeled on the night before, still sitting there at seven in the morning. It looked like I had just come from the salon.
Microblading cost me hundreds and faded inside two years. Twice.
2. My Thin Spots Finally Held Color
The outer third of my right brow has been thin since the nineties. A pencil just draws a line there and everyone can tell.
This one colors the skin underneath, so the bare patches take it the same as the full part does.
The shape reads all the way to the end.
3. It Was Easier Than Using a Pencil
Press the tube until the gel coats the brush, paint the shape a little wider than your line, walk away.
The gel goes on black, every shade. The color turns up when you peel the film off.
Twenty minutes once. Not five minutes every morning.
4. My Makeup Came Off. My Brows Did Not.
Oil cleanser, the kind that gets everything. Foundation gone, mascara gone.
The brows stayed where they were. One application holds up to 5 days.
I stopped checking them in the car mirror on the way in to work.
5. Choosing My Shade Took One Look
Four shades, held against your brow hair and not against your skin. Mine is Chocolate.
None of them go dark. They run from a light caramel to a soft ash, so if you land between two you take the lighter one and go over it again.
And there is a 30-day money-back guarantee, which is what made me press the button.
6. I Was Not the Only One Switching
Half the women I know are quietly done with the salon.
One had her brows tattooed years ago, watched them go pale, and could not make herself pay for the second round. Another gave up her pencil and never went back.
We are all skipping the same appointment.
7. One Tube for Me, One for Emily
Emily used half her own tube on my face at Easter and never mentioned it once.
The Summer Sale is Buy 1 Get 1 Free, so the second one is already in an envelope by the front door.
She taught me. She gets the free one.
Summer Sale. Pick two shades, the 2nd tube is on us.
Peel & Reveal Brow Tint
A pencil or a powder sits on top of the hairs, so it comes off with your cleanser and you start again the next morning. This is a gel you paint over the brow and peel away once it has set. The color stays on the skin underneath, which is why the shape holds for days and why it still reads where your brow is thin.
Before the first use, squeeze until the gel visibly coats the brush, so the tip is loaded and the flow is even. Brush your brows up and make sure the skin is clean and dry. Paint the gel over the shape you want, a little wider than your natural line. It goes on dark, that is the film, not the finished color. Leave it at least thirty minutes, or up to two hours for a deeper stain that holds longer. Then peel the film off slowly, in one piece, starting from the outer edge, and the tinted shape is sitting underneath.
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Frequently asked questions
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Most people get three to five days from one application. Leaving the gel on for two hours instead of thirty minutes sets a deeper stain that holds longer. Oily skin and heavy scrubbing shorten it. When it starts to soften at the edges, that is your cue to go again.
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That is where this does its best work. The color settles on the skin, so a thin patch takes it the same as a full one and the shape reads even where you have no hair. It is the part that surprises people most. Paint the gap in as part of the shape you want. On brows that have gone grey, the skin still takes the tone, but the grey hairs themselves stay grey.
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Four shades, chosen against your brow hair rather than your skin: Espresso, Taupe, Auburn and Chocolate. If you are between two, go one step lighter and build depth with a second thin layer. A thin first coat sets truer than a thick one.
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You have the whole setting time to fix it. While the gel is still wet, a dry cotton bud wipes a stray line straight off, so you can reshape as often as you like before it sets.
The trick brow artists use in the salon: run a thin line of Vaseline around the shape you want before you start, keeping it off the hairs themselves. The color cannot grab the skin past that line, so a wobble wipes away instead of staining.
And if something does set that you want gone, an oil based makeup remover lifts it, and it fades on its own within a few days.
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30-day money-back guarantee on every order. Email casey@adirena.com with your order number within 30 days of delivery to initiate a return. See our Refund Policy for full details.
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We ship to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Orders are fulfilled within 1-2 business days; delivery takes 6-12 business days to the US and 7-12 to Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Times may vary slightly by destination.
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30-day money-back guarantee on every order. Email casey@adirena.com with your order number within 30 days of delivery to initiate a return. See our Refund Policy for full details.