no reason to use this product [SEP] i had thought this product would be less irritating to the skin when used as a beard color it is not the capsules are extremely old or so tightly packed that opening them is virtually impossible ultimately i was forced to use scissors and the contents flew all over the place when i cut into three capsules after wasting five capsules to get two i finally got enough lumpy mixture to use on my beard the skin irritation was just as irritating as the primary competitor to this product at less than half the pricewith all the difficulty opening these capsules and mixing the hydrogen peroxide and powder so the product was usable i spent well more than double the time as the competitive product at three times the price the packaging for this item is ridiculously cheap and hard to deal withall and all i wanted this item to work but it is a no go and i will be returning to the other brand