Just For Men Touch of Gray Mustache & Beard, Beard Coloring for Gray Hair with Brush Included for Easy Application, Great for a Salt and Pepper Look - Dark Brown & Black, B-45/55, Pack of 1

I like this a lot more than the gray-reducing shampoo. Simple, brush-in dye makes my beard a lot darker while leaving some gray for a natural look.

My beard started graying out and becoming more brittle years ago and added the appearance of 10+ years to my age. People were shocked when I showed up one day with a darker beard and the compliments started flying. People who I just meet can't tell that I color my beard (until they see a slow fading when I need to treat my beard again). Many people tell me I look far younger than my 66 years.PROS: Color lasts for 2-3 weeks before slowly fading, mostly covers the gray with each application (some thicker hairs don't seem to want to take the color). Moisturizes and softens dry and brittle beard hair which slows breakage. It can be left in for more than the 5 mins they recommend to more deeply color your hair. I have never had to go past 6-7 minutes.CONS: Have a very limited amount of time (1-2 minutes) to mix and apply thoroughly to beard. The second the mixing of color and developer starts the clock is ticking. If color is changing in the mixing tray it will not color your beard, so don't delay.

I have used the two-part "Just For Men" that isn't a "Touch of Gray" before and it works fine. At my age however (55), a fully colored beard looks ridiculous; so I tried the "Touch of Gray". My beard is almost completely gray, but my hair is still 98% dark brown with a gray strand here and there, and a hint of gray at the temples; I have not lost any hair from my head yet, so the almost completely gray beard just looks weird.I chose the light to medium brown at first, fearing the blue-beard syndrome. At five minutes, there was no appreciable difference. I waited two days and tried again, but this time I left it in for 10 minutes. This time it worked, but the color was a little un-natural for me. It was lighter than my natural color and didn't look right.I ordered the dark brown-black and mixed a little of it in with the medium brown paste, for a third attempt. I mixed it about 1/3 dark, and 2/3 light and left it on for seven minutes. I felt that there wasn't enough of the dark to cause a blue-beard reaction. This time the result was much better, though still not quite the right color. Next time I plan on mixing it about 50/50 and leave it in for maybe 12 minutes.After each application I rinsed in the shower and applied a little dab of my wife's shampoo to clean the beard. I never use shampoo on my hair. I have dry hair and shampoo is too harsh for me, so I only use conditioner to clean my hair.My beard is soft and getting close to the right color to match my still mostly dark brown hair. As far as I can tell, it lasts more than a week for me. With the not-quite-right brown I went more than a week and still wasn't seeing any gray roots. With the mixture, I am seeing some gray still, which is exactly what I want, it just needs to be a little darker.So, while it's not a single-product solution, with a little experimentation I think I have found a solution that looks natural.

Great product!

I bought Just For Men Touch of Gray Mustache and Beard B-45/55 Dark Brown & Black by just ordering directly from my order history page, which I have done previously, ensuring I would receive what I have previously . Having used this for years, I am adept at it's application as well. The issue is its not as it always has been for the 2 - 3 years that I have used it, Less than 6 months ago it came with two tubes of color, one marked B-45 and one Marked B-55 which I would blend to a color that was more natural to my own. Now there is one tube, marked B-45/55 and it came out far to black and seems to cover more gray than previously, goodbye salt and pepper, hello obviously dyed black haired old guy, not a good look for anyone past a certain age. I have to say after years of use, they have lost me. I do not have any of the older tubes of color so I cannot verify this, but if I was a betting man, my $ would be on they are very close to the same size, tube to tube contents, if any difference exists at all. Effectively receiving 50% less product for the same price, and losing the ability to blend your own color at that price. Even if the tubes are slightly larger, I did not get the same coverage it seemed to dye black what ever it was on, no touch of gray left afterwards as it had previously. For this purpose I wish I had an older one to verify. Does it color facial hair, yes. Does it work as it had at leaving the Touch Of Gray, not for me, as it has for years. I suppose I could buy two packages, but that is just not going to happen. I also did not notice any change in packaging informing me of the change, until I wrote out the product name from the box, I do not recall if it previously specified there were two tubes of separate color previously or not, but it has for the years I have used it. Maybe I received a defective batch, but since the tube is marked with both the 45 and 55, it does not appear to be, and that's just too bad, as it has always been a 5 star product, not anymore in my book, and the 3 star rating is generous, if they dropped the "Touch Of Gray", then it would be a solid 4 compared to other black hair dye's available.. Sadly, another great product seems to have changed for whatever reason, and this change should be in BOLD on the front of the packaging, Shame of them for seemingly trying to schluff this off, do they think their customers are just old men who can't write or would not notice there was now just one tube, I really hope I received some sort of botched package, because now the search begins for a new one that does what this one traditionally has, sighhh..