Can anyone recommend an eyebrow stencil kit that has a brush to make it look like individual hairs please? There are lots on amazon but I don’t know what to choose!
I found this tricky. I bought a few different kits (& brushes) but none looked like individual hairs. They looked more as if id had my eyebrows tattooed (which a lot of people do anyway).
I got the AVP eyebrow stamp & imethod perfect brows. I also bought various brushes to use with the kits that advertised looking like individual hairs but they really didn’t.
You can also get temporary tatoo eyebrows (press on, add water & they stick). They definitely look realistic with hairs but it takes a lot of patience to place them both properly to make them symmetrical and they only last about a day. I found thwy started peeling off when i went for a shower at night. They are cost effective though. About £9 for 50 pairs on Amazon so if you had the time & patience tou could wear a new pair everyday.
Eyebrows definitely make a difference to making you look ‘less ill’. I looked so strange without them BUT i would say that it didnt really matter (to me) that the eyebrows didnt look like individual hairs as nowadays eyebrows come in all shapes & sizes, laminated, tattooed etc.
Good luck
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I use the Wunderbrow products. They do a great sweat proof fine pencil and then I finish with their Fluffy brow wax which is perfect if you have just a few eyebrow hairs as it adds fibres to them and you can build them up so they look real and 3 dimensional! They do lots of kits for sparse or thinning brows - would definitely recommend.
Thank you both @ivy-cat and @Luskentyre1. I have a little pen that draws individual hairs. Looks ok but will need stencils. I bought a fringe to go under a beanie which is like my normal hair and will cover eyebrows anyway, but will only wear that occasionally. I think I’ll try both your recommendations…already spend a small firtune on this disease, but vanity is driving this. Only on cycle 1 of EC do I may have a bit of time. What hair falls out first i wonder? Hope you are both well. Xxx
Hi @bluesatsuma
I lost all my body hair after my 2nd EC. I was cold capping and lost a third of my hair during chemo but it was mostly due to thining.
I finshed chemo 4 weeks ago and my eyebrows are starting to grow back.
I am using an Avon eyebrow pencil and brush and Max Factor eyebrow powder. I was given Eylure eyebrow stencils by Cancer hair care charity. They do drop in sessions for scalp and hair care at various hospitals so check if they have sometimg nearby. They gave me really good advice including using nanogen hair fibre to cover bald patches during chemo.
I hope everything goes well with chemo.
Take care
Marion x
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Both the kits i mentioned come with stencils.
I found my body hair started fallin out first with EC then hair on my head started falling out just before my second round of EC.
I managed to hold onto my eyebrows for the entirety of EC but they fell out on paclitaxel.
I know its hard to hear when you’re only at the beginning of your journery but this is temporary.x
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Good to know @Luskentyre1. They said id expect hair loss between day 14 and 17. Wierd to think that I feel ok now, but that all this stuff is going on inside me slowly. I am shaving hair off next week. I don’t want to lose it in bits. All or nothing. Thank you xxx
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Everyone deals with it differently & its important that we do what we can to gwt through it.
Good luck with the shave x
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