Another possible eyelash enhancement is to dye your lashes. Please note that in some states it is not legal to perform this procedure. For example this is not allowed in New York State. Other states specify the types of products that may be used. You should check with your State Board of Cosmetology for the current regulations. Basically, your aesthetician is dying or tinting your eyelashes a dark brown or black color. It doesn't thicken your lashes like mascara does and if you are very fair in coloring it can make a big impact on your look. I like lash tinting, because it makes those little blond end tips easier to see. Again, because I have thin silky lashes, I did not feel that I could just leave my lashes like this. I would always wear mascara over them. For people with courser lashes, I have seen the color build in their lashes and their eyes looked exception with nothing else on them. Typically, the results will last about a month.
In order to retain color on eyelashes, many people consider permanent eyelash dyes. In some parts of the world this is an acceptable practice, and even in the United States of America, where the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not approve the use of eyelash dyes, there are salons that offer these services. However, these salons are in violation of the warning issued in the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This is a warning that stemmed from two cases of permanent eyelash dye: one that resulted in blindness and one that resulted in death in the early 1930s.
For more than 70 years the risks and dangers associated with trying to enhance one’s beauty with permanent eyelash have been known. The main problem is that most of these dyes are made using the same ingredients that are used in hair dyes. Regular hair dyes should never be used near the eyelashes or eyebrows. Hair dye boxes carry explicit warnings to keep the chemicals and the dye away from the eyes. This is because the ingredients in hair dye are very harmful to the eyes. When used as permanent eyelash and eyebrow dye, however, these chemicals are placed almost directly on the eye, and can cause serious injury and lasting damage.
In countries other than the U.S., coal tar dyes and other types of dye may be used to as permanent eyelash or eyebrow dye. This is still dangerous, and the United States prohibited the use of foreign imports to dye the lashes or brows. Allergic reactions that cause swelling, irritation, and other potentially harmful effects to the eyes are all possible results from using these types of dyes, even if they are marketed as being specifically for eyelashes and eyebrows.
Previous Import Alert on Products Still in Effect The OHLA continues to advise against the use of products listed in a U.S. |
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Customs Import Alert (IA#53-04) issued initially in 1982 and reissued in 1992. These products use color additives that contain coal-tar dyes, which have been considered unsafe for use on eyebrows and lashes since the passage of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.
The alert was initiated when chemical analysis indicated a number of eyebrow and lash dyes manufactured in Austria, German and England contained coal-tar dyes and were judged to pose an “acute, severe hazard to health with the possibility of permanent injury, i.e. impaired sight, including blindness.”
The following products—listed in the import alert and banned from importation into the U.S.—are thought to be sold and used in beauty salons rather than directly to consumers:
* Refecto Cil
* Dr. Olbrich’s Combinal
* Andora
* Henna Gora
* Permalash
* Continental Eyelash and Eyebrow Dye
* Elle Colour (or Elle Hair Color or New Elle)
* Pialan Hair Dye
* Belmacil Color
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