Hello beauty hunters! Elena Burlachenko is with you again and we have a super topic today!
Sooner or later, every eyebrow artist starts looking for a product that would be a good helper in building clear lines during coloring.
Working as a brow artist for 8 years now, I concluded for myself that there is nothing better than henna. There are a lot of manufacturers on the market now, but the absolute bestseller is Brow Xenna (Brow Henna). And I can tell you with confidence that, for me personally, this brand is still the best and favorite.
Artists who start working with this brand are often wondering about the choice of shades and colors of the product. Today we will analyze with you the coloristic of henna for eyebrows Brow Xenna.
Henna coloristic Brow Xenna (Brow Henna)
The brand offers a wide range of shades:
- 5 blonde colors
- 5 brown colors
- 2 color correctors
Brown shades Brow Xenna (Brow Henna) Review
#101 "Neutral Brown" - a warm brown shade, suitable for coloring the eyebrows of light blond girls and light brown-haired women. It opens well on light hairs, so it will suit wheaten blondes and redheads. This shade is suitable for the eyebrows of older clients - the coloring is soft and as natural as possible.
#102 "Cold Coffee" - a cold deep shade, suitable for brown-haired women with a cold hair tone. Looks flawless on girls with dark hair and brown eyes.
#103 "Intense taupe" - a cool shade, suitable for brunettes and dark brown-haired women. This is the darkest shade in the palette and can be used to darken any other shade.
#104 "Bitter Chocolate" - cool shade, suitable for girls with brown hair and brown eyes. In its pure form, it gives a rich cold brown tone to the eyebrows.
#105 "Frost Chestnut" - a warm shade, suitable for girls with dark hair with a chestnut-copper sheen. In order to adjust the color saturation, it is enough to change the consistency of the mixture and the number of applied layers.
Review shade Blonde Brow Xenna (Brow Henna)
#201 "Pearl" - a warm shade, suitable for girls with white skin and light shades of hair. It gives a gentle effect of coloring on the hairs, practically not appearing on the skin.
#202 "Light Blond" - a cool shade, suitable for light blondes and girls with an olive skin tone. In its pure form on the skin, it can give a slight haze or look transparent.
#203 "Walnut Light Brown" - a warm shade, suitable for blondes with honey and golden tints of hair, as well as for brown-haired women with a slight redhead in their hair.
#204 "Golden Blonde" - a warm soft delicate shade that suits girls with warm blond hair color, as well as natural blondes. In its pure form, it easily falls on the skin, emphasizing the wheaten color of the hairs.
#205 "Dark Blonde" - a cold shade, one of the most popular in the palette. Suitable for ash blondes, dark blond girls, as well as owners of Slavic and European types of appearance.
What are Brow Xenna Concentrates used for?
There are two additional shades in the palette - concentrate, which are intended exclusively for color correction.
#110 "Graphite concentrate" - used to darken the main shade of henna or to add a cold tone.
#210 "Amber concentrate" - added to the main shade of henna in order to give it a warmer tone or add redness.
Very important! Concentrates cannot be used separately from the main shades of henna!
What shades of BrowXenna henna should a beginner artist choose?
It is important to understand that high-quality products cannot be cheap. Of course, not every beginner can afford to buy the entire line of shades at once.
The question arises: what shades of BrowXenna eyebrow henna should I take to get started and is it possible to make universal mixes? I will tell you how you can get out of this situation.
For a beginner, I recommend purchasing 4 shades: 2 warm and 2 cold.
To get started, I recommend stocking up with such shades:
- Blonde #203 Hazelnut/Light Chestnut - warm
- Blonde #205 Dark Blond - cold
- Brown #105 Frosty chestnut - warm
- Brown #102 Iced coffee - cold
These shades can be mixed with each other and get mixes that will suit each client. And having amber and graphite concentrates in your arsenal, you can additionally darken the existing shades, making them colder or warmer. This will give even more opportunities in working with henna.
Popular henna mixes Brow Xenna for different types
|
Type |
Mix |
Mixture consistency |
|
Warm Blonde |
#203 Hazelnut/Light Chestnut in pure form |
soy sauce |
|
Mix #203 + #205 in proportions 4:1 |
soy sauce |
|
|
Cold Blonde |
#205 Dark Blond in pure form |
soy sauce |
|
Mix #205 + #102 in proportions 4:1 |
soy sauce |
|
|
Dark Blonde |
#205 Dark Blond n pure form |
thick sour cream or soy sauce |
|
Brown |
#105 Морозный каштан в чистом виде |
thick sour cream |
|
Mix #105 + #102 in proportions 4:1 |
soy sauce |
|
|
Brunette |
#102 Iced coffee in pure form |
thick sour cream |
|
Red |
#203 Hazelnut/Light Chestnut in pure form |
thick sour cream |
How to use Brow Xenna henna?
The manufacturer recommends purchasing a special mineral solution for diluting henna. This will allow you to get a predictable good result after coloring. If you do not have funds, you can buy distilled water and dilute the henna with it.
If you are just beginning to work with henna for eyebrows and want to understand how henna lays down, I recommend taking a swatch on your hand and testing different textures and combinations of shades.
You can dilute henna in different proportions, this will affect the density of the shade as a result: the less saturated the henna becomes, the softer the shade will lay on the skin and hair; the more saturated you mix the mixture, the denser and more graphic your coloring will be.
Here are my recommendations to you. I am sure that this article will definitely be useful if you begin working with Brow Xenna henna. Beautiful eyebrows and grateful clients to you!
With love, Elena Burlachenko.
