5 Best Eyebrow Dyes for Professional Results at Home

While eyebrow pencils are essential for filling in, defining, and shaping arches, eyebrow tinting adds the look of thickness, dimension, and width to your brows with semi-permanent results. “Brow tinting makes your eyebrows more pronounced and appear fuller,” says Jared Bailey, Benefit Cosmetics' global brow expert. “It’s like waking up with your brows already done!”

Brow tinting lasts four to six weeks and is a process of coloring eyebrows with a semi-permanent dye to enhance and darken fine and lighter hair. “This intensified color creates more impactful eyebrows,” says Dani Kimiko Vincent, celebrity makeup artist, brow expert, and founder of KIMIKO. “Another advantage is it creates a lower-maintenance beauty routine, and it’s a great option for perfect brows for a big event or vacation.”

When professionally done, a stylist will customize the brow tint, considering your hair color and skin tone when mixing your shade. However, if you’re looking to DIY the technique, there are at-home eyebrow dyes you can try.

Avoid using salon products yourself—we recommend leaving that to the pros. “And never use hair dye on eyebrows, as it’s much stronger than brow tint and not deemed safe for use around the eyes,” says Vincent. “At-home dyes are meant to be easy to use, but keep in mind that there is a learning curve to working with these products, so start with a short tinting session to ensure that you don’t over-darken your brows. You can always build color with another application of the brow tint, but once they’re too dark, you’ll have to wait for them to fade with time.”

Clementina Richardson, celebrity brow expert and owner of Envious Lashes, based in NYC and Miami, recommends also staying away from henna brow tints. “They can cause severe reactions that may result in extreme scarring and swelling,” she says. Other options for coloring your eyebrows include tinted brow gels and wax pigments. “These products offer the deeper brow color you want from a professional tint without the commitment,” says Bailey.

Check out our top five picks of products that will give you perfect brows 24-7.