Dipbrow Disaster

I bought the lovely Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbow Pomade (in medium brown- if you were curious), roughly 6 months ago.
True to form- I love it!
The smooth creamy texture means that shaping and filling in your brow's has never been easier, yet looked so professional.

The secret to the pomade, is to use less than you think. It also takes a tiny dip of your brush into the pot to do one brow, and I find filling in the tail-end first easier, and then using a spoolely to brush and blend the product into the inner portion of the brow.
This helps to avoid the scouse brow.

When you first get the dip brow, it is untouched and perfect. The top layer is so creamy and soft that every brow is perfection. However, I found that after the top layer of creamy-ness had gone, you are left with a slightly harder, rougher product, that does not work so well.
Yes, you can dig your brush into it and find some cream, but it's not as smooth and pigmented.

This upset me, as I knew I had taken care of it. Never left it without it's lid off- yet it seemed to be dried out and sad.
After flicking through the internet and Anastasia's Intagram ( I figured I wasn't the only one who had come across this), she mentioned that often they can dry out, but by applying a small amount of oil product, you can re-deem your pomade.
It was recommended to use oil such as Bio-oil, baby oil or Moroccan oil etc.

So, I tried it! And it worked! Success!!

As you can see, my pot before hand was sad and dried out, however a small (and I mean small- like less than  a drop) amount of oil has worked wonders. I used the end of a bobby pin to mix it together, but you could use anything that you have to hand. The end of a makeup brush, a cocktail stick, a spoon.

You can also see the difference in creamy-ness and pigmentation after doing a swatch on the back of my hand, before and after the oil treatment.

So, this was an all round success. I am so pleased my DipBrow has been restored and is back to brand new!