How Do I Get Me Some Bush??

Bush Is In - But How Do I Get Me Some Bush??

After my last blog where I basically made anyone who has thin brows feel like bollocks...I thought it would be good practice to give some solutions to making your brows a little more bushy.

Us females (and I suppose some boys out there as well) have realized that ones brows can make or break you. They are a thing of beauty and can accentuate your facial features or close your features in & add years.

To obtain this, we’ve plucked, picked, shaved, threaded and waxed at our wee puppies, all pulling the eyebrow hair out from the follicle itself.

And unfortunately, over time this causes the eyebrow hair to actually stop growing. It also promotes breakage and loss of existent hair.

But never fear there is actually something you can do about your wee hairless puppies to stimulate some growth back into them!

The ‘Au Naturale’ Approach

You know how your mother (or grandmother) may have told you to eat your crusts because they make your hair curly? Well they didn’t know what they were talking about when they told you that. BUT when they said to drink your castor oil...well they did know what they were talking about on this one (except this was for constipation...and we are not on the subject of that right now).

And also I’m not going to get you to drink it nor am I trying to advise a cure for constipation.

Castor Oil is a little secret that I have been using for years. There is a lot of scientific guff on how and why it works...but to break it down for you...it is an essential oil (which simply means that it is derived from a plant and not had stuff done to it nor is it chemically derived) that promotes hair growth by stimulating the hair follicles.

Apply the castor oil (you can get it from a chemist/drug store - it should be under $20) to your whole eyebrow area nightly. Wash it off with warm water & a cotton pad in the morning.

During the day you want to keep your eyebrows and surrounding skin nice and moist. Moist skin provides opportunity for optimum hair growth on the facial region. A moisturizer containing vitamin E or C is a jolly good choice (I personally use the Body Shop Vit E Day Cream - but that is just me).

You could also if you are really keen grab some vitamin E oil capsules (the ones you would normally take orally) from your chemist/drugstore. Take a pin and make a little prick in a capsule, and apply the oil directly to your whole eyebrow (this could also substitute for any eyebrow moose/gel that you already use.) 

Vitamin E & D will help also to prevent breakage (breakage can make the eyebrows look thinner.)

I would recommend doing the above religiously for 6-10 weeks (maybe longer or shorter depending on what you start with).

So that is the au naturale way to handle your hairless puppies.

A More Chemically Inclined Approach (and I must say, not necessarily more effective)

Ever heard of Minoxidil Lotion? No I didn’t think so. It sounds way too scientific and like some smart people were naming something to make you feel stupid.

Anyway, this drug was first invented (under the name of Loniten) to treat high blood pressure. However it was noted that it had a side effect which was maybe bad for the patients at the time, but fab for us because it increased growth & darkened fine body hairs. 

You can buy an over the counter lotion containing minoxidil (you’ll find 2-5% minoxidil is safe for the eyebrow area) in most countries. Some common brand names are ‘Rogaine’ in the United States and Canada, and ‘Regaine’ in Europe and down under (where all the ultra-cool people hang out.)

Apply each night (or whatever the directions on the label tell you to do.) You should see some difference in 6-12 weeks (again depending on what you started with.)

Please note that when you stop using this product, your hair growth will return it’s previously normal level within 30-60 days - but that is ok if your puppies have grown by then!

The Last Solution

We have recently discovered that eyelash serum actually DOES work on your eyelashes (I must admit that I thought it was a gimmick to sell cosmetic type stuff). But my business partner (Jaimee - she’ll be stoked I mentioned her by name) tried it on her eyelashes and she noted a 1-2mm growth in 3-4 weeks.

Hence we have been trying it on the eyebrows and it is already having some great effects!

She is currently using “Rentoil Lash Serum" which she said she is finding is giving her the best results.

There are loads of brands available (just about every major cosmetic company has one now) - I can’t advise you on all of them, but Jaimee also said she had success with the Loreal one.

If you wipe a big blob of the serum or castor oil or minoxidil on your cheek please don’t expect that overnight you’ll get a hairy cheek & look like a werewolf. All of the solutions I have given above stimulate and promote hair growth where there once was.

It’s all worth a shot ha! Go Play with it!

Peace out kids

Love

Jessica xXx