A WOMAN has proved why you should always book a patch test before getting your brows tinted.
Kelsey Cleaver, from Canada, decided to get transform her just before her to Mexico – but little did she know she’d soon regret the decision to skip patch testing.
The young woman explained she was aware she “was allergic to hair dye”, however, as “most salons” use “sensitive dyes”, she hadn’t had a reactionCredit: tiktok/@kelseycleaver
Despite Kelsey remaining hopeful the swelling would go down, it didn’t – and soon, the TikToker ended up looking like “E.T.”, she jokedCredit: tiktok/@kelseycleaver
The young woman explained she was aware she “was allergic to hair dye”, however, as “most salons” use “sensitive dyes”, she hadn’t had a reaction.
Wrongly, Kelsey “assumed brow tint would be the same”.
Although Kelsey loved her new brows, things quickly went from bad to worse when she woke up “with a little bit of ” the following morning.
It was only when her eyes were slowly “being pushed closed” that Kelsey realised something was seriously wrong, eventually making the decision to skip work.
Despite Kelsey remaining hopeful the swelling would go down, it didn’t – and soon, the TikToker ended up looking like “E.T.”, she joked.
Kelsey, who didn’t blame the salon, was also worried the boarder control wouldn’t let her board the plane, as her brand new face looked nothing like her.
“Flight to Mexico is in less than a week. I doubt they will believe my is me,” said horrified Kelsey in her video .
While the jaw-dropping swelling eventually did start to go down, the beauty buff was left with a slightly deformed face and burns forming where the tint had been applied.
Sharing the horrific snaps of herself throughout the journey, Kelsey revealed it took her a total of almost two weeks to get somewhat back to normal.
“13 days later and now only some redness as a reminder. Get your patch tests and don’t get comfortable with your allergies,” she urged.
“Wanted to get my eyebrows tinted since I’m going to Mexico for the holidays. I knew I was allergic to hair dye, but haven’t had a reaction due to most salons using sensitive dyes,” Kelsey wrote in the caption.
“I wrongly assumed brow tint would be the same! I also thought my allergy was becoming less apparent, since the reactions I did have were super minor.
“Thankful this is only surface level and not life threatening. My much needed lesson to be more cautious,” Kelsey continued.
Posted just one day ago, the clip has taken the internet by storm, racking up more than 742k views and leaving people with their jaws on the floor.
“Oh my gosh girl!!! What the heck?!” one was lost for words.
“Nah girl sue everyone and sue me too,” another joked.
“This is why patch tests can be important if you’ve never had them done before,” a third reminded.
“I’ve never been allergic to hair dye but i’m getting my brows tinted for the first time ever this Saturday and now i’m fearful,” a beauty buff commented.
What is the 'eyebrow blindness' trend?
YOU may have seen the term "eyebrow blindness" in videos on your FYP, but what does it actually mean?
The trending term is being used by people referring to their former looks, which they thought of as on-trend at the time but can see were a total fail now looking back.
While big bushy brows are trendy at the moment, thin, sculpted ones were more popular back in the 90s.
With many people regretting the fact they’d over-plucked their brows and left them so thin.
The ‘blindness’ term has also been used to refer to other parts of the appearance that people regret – such as massive fake lashes, migrated filler or patchy, overloaded fake tan.
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