Not by the hair on my chinny-chin chin. (Just for Men in general)

Member Name: T-Boy67

Product:	Just for Men in general
Date:	26/07/01 (7880 review reads)
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Advantages: Works well, Makes me look fine

Disadvantages: Permanent Dye, Bad for the nostrils

Just for Men is hair colour. Don't let the packaging and advertising fool you. It isn't some miracle hair colour restorer which will naturally blend away the grey.

It's hair dye. It will dye all of your hair the same colour. There is no magic, just chemicals. They don't lie to the ladies with their hair dyes, they call it hair colourant, so why the duplicity with the chaps? Well, we are afraid of doing something that seems feminine. We don't want to look foolish down the pub with a Chestnut Rinse, now do we?.

Now it may seem as though I am slagging Just For Men off, well I am not. I have been a very happy user of one of their products for quite some time now.

I have grey hair. I admit it. I am greying at the temples and people often say that it is quite distinguished looking. It gets referred to as salt & pepper hair, but a friend of mine coined a much better expression. My hair is becoming "Clooneyesque". Clooneyesque is great. I am happy with this state of aff(h)airs.

I don't actually colour the hair on my head. I use another product within the Just For Men range. It is called Just For Men Beard & Moustache Gel.

I am one of those poor unfortunates in life, freaks if you like, with non-conformist hair colour.

Let me explain. My hair is Brown, my eyebrows are nearly Black, but I have lashings and lashings of Ginger beard. It's some sort of cosmic joke, but I ain't laughing. I decided to take the plunge and do something about it.

Just For Men Beard & Moustache Gel is my weapon of choice.

~Contents~
Colour Base 14.2g
Natural Colour Developer 14.2g
Applicator Brush
Plastic Gloves
Mixing Cup (as they call it, but it's hardly something you'd have a nice Earl Grey in)
Easy-to-follow Instructions

It comes in a two part solution, one tube of colour and one tube of developer, which
you need to prepare in a little plastic tray with a dividing line in the middle of it. You put an equal amount of developer and colour on either side of the line and then with the brush provided mix then thoroughly together. You should use the plastic gloves provided or you may get the mixture on your nails and this doesn't come off once it's developed. Also be careful as the brush does tend to splatter the mixture about, so it's best to do it bare-chested otherwise that lovely white T-shirt will end up with more freckles than a very freckly thing. The best thing to do is to practically jam your face up into the mirror, so that the only thing it splashes onto will be the glass and not the surrounding area as it will also stain light coloured wallpapers, so be careful to wipe nearby surfaces down as soon as you've finished brushing it through, as you may not see the splashes until the colour has already developed and it's already ingrained.

You should leave it on for about 5 minutes (any longer and the colour might become to intense and not look as natural) and then thoroughly rinse it off with water. When you have removed it all that way, then wash the whole area with shampoo to make sure that there are no residual chemicals lingering on your skin. Then you will see a marked difference in your beard/tache/goatee/sidies. I am sure that the hair continues to take the dye a good while after you've washed it off, so what may not seem brilliant to begin with will look much better after about an hour. I usually find that the colour lasts for about 6 weeks before needing another go.

After that you'll obviously be beating off the admirers with sticks as you'll be blooming gorgeous.

A real bonus is that the tubes that contain the colour and developer have tops so you can re-seal them and then you can use the product again as you'll have plenty left. That way you can really get your monies worth.

>As the product contains hydrogen peroxide, resorcinol, phenylenediamines and a-naphthol, there may be an allergic reaction, so it's best to test it first on an area of skin. Avoid contact with the eyes and do not try to colour you eyelashes and eyebrows with it. Rinse eyes immediately if it comes into contact with them.

I have had no reason to give anything but praise for this product, although do make sure you don't accidentally smear it onto bits of your face and then leave it too long, because you'll suddenly become the proud owner of a sort of brown tattoo, something akin to a Port Wine birthmark, only brown.

I do have a problem with the models that they use on the packets though. None of them actually look like they've ever had a beard in their lives. They all look as though someone's stuck a beard on their clean-cut model looks and said "Say cheese!". But models aren't real people anyway are they?

Updated to correct spelling (d'oh!)

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