How to Dye Your Beard and Mustache at Home
Face it boys, women have been using deceitful grooming methods for centuries and it seems to work for them. Does your wife look the same at noon as she does at 6 AM? I didn't think so. So, after passing the original shame and realization the old grey dude ain't what he used to be, it's time to purchase some beard and mustache dye. Because most men don't like to shop, finding proper dye for your beard and mustache becomes problematic, most grab the first thing that comes close to their facial hair color. Big mistake. The extra 5 minutes it takes to match the color accurately makes a World of difference, between looking natural or looking like an old guy trying to recapture his vanished youth.
My first venture into beard and mustache dye was about a year ago, I attempted, at my wife's urging, to color my beard. Absolute disaster! I bought the right color, but I left the dye on too long resulting in a very dark beard and it looked awful. I shaved the beard off a few days later and grew another one. The second time around I finally got it right, and it looked pretty good.
Most commercial beard and mustache dyes come with two small tubes of chemicals that are mixed together, follow directions to the letter and it will be the proper color. A good piece of advice here is to really press the mixture into the whiskers firmly, otherwise the base of the hairs will not get proper coverage. If the instructions state to leave the mixture on for 5 minutes, time it to the second literally, for best results. When the time to rinse the excess dye off, do so thoroughly, as some of these hair chemicals can be pretty harsh on skin and can cause a rash.
When you are all finished it should look pretty good, not perfect, but pretty good. You'll probably have to touch up your facial hair up about once a week, depending on how fast and thick your beard grows. If this all sounds like more work than you think its worth, give it a shot, and I bet you'll wonder why you didn't do a dye job on your beard sooner.
Published by Thom W. Conroy
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Post a CommentUSING Just For Men "Beard", use a mascara brush liner(ask girlfriend for hers), prepare a small pewter with a dab of water, poke one dab with mascara brush into the squeeze bottle of LIGHT mix, then into pewter then repeat same with bottle of DARK mix , then mix with mascara brush in pewter, take mascara brush and gently paint image of mustache/ beard on face (providing your beard is grown out and evident), Trim color with rinsed&squeezed-wet-rag (use dark-wet squeezed rag to wipe away out-of-form residue), let alone for 4-5 minutes, get into shower, wash off. Darkness and prominency of beard and/ or mustache will be evident. Use trimmer or shaver to make clearer adjustments. Apply as needed after trimming and grooming days after. This dye application will last and go a long way. Weekly.
Been doing this a long time with a mustache and goatee that are just stubble right after trimming (which makes a dye job particularly tough to pull off). My Tips: 1) Apply dye to center area of hair first, then work toward edges of beard and mustache, PARTICULARLY if they are trimmed very short. Edges that are a little lighter than the center are less conspicuous than those that are darker. This may be because hair usually grows out a little lighter at the base. 2) After the dye has been applied, quickly wash out the dye tray and brush, fill the tray with water, then dip brush into water and use the wet brush to "edge" beard and mustache, cleaning dye off skin first, and close to finish time, edging just a BIT into the colored area. 3) Use a cooking timer. You DO NOT want to over-dye. Dyes usually darken even more a short time after being washed off.