Shape with wax and define with a tint in twenty minutes
An eyebrow wax and tint is the classic brow appointment. The therapist maps the shape, removes stray hairs with warm or hot wax, tidies the result with tweezers and trims long hairs, then applies a tint mixed to suit your hair colour and skin tone. The tint colours even the fine, pale hairs at the edges, so brows look fuller and more defined without daily pencil.
It is the treatment most people return to every four to six weeks, and many salons offer it as a brow package alongside a lash tint. Henna brows are a related option: henna stains the skin as well as the hair, giving a fuller, more powdered look that lasts a little longer on the skin than standard tint.
Allow 20 to 30 minutes. A patch test at least 24 hours before your first tint is standard, and again if the salon changes brand. Avoid retinoids on the brow area for a few days before waxing.
Also known as: brow wax and tint, brow shape and tint, henna brows.
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Headingley, Leeds
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Stockbridge, Edinburgh
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Paddington, London
Threading, henna brows and lamination, at her studio or at yours
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Woolton, Liverpool
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Didsbury, Manchester
Lash lifts, brow lamination and tints from a Didsbury home studio, mobile on Sundays
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Knightsbridge, London
Microblading and powder brows by appointment, six-week top-up included
Around £15 to £25 outside London and £25 to £40 in central London. Henna brows usually cost a little more, around £25 to £40.
On the hairs, three to six weeks, fading gradually as they shed and regrow. On the skin, standard tint lasts only a few days; henna lasts up to two weeks.
Tints contain dyes that can cause an allergic reaction in some people, even after years of use. A small test patch behind the ear or inside the elbow 24 to 48 hours before shows whether your skin reacts.
