Microblading is a semi-permanent tattooing technique that creates hair like strokes to fill in sparse or thinning brows. The practice aims to give you an effortless full brow ― no need for expensive brow pencils or gels.
As mentioned above, Microblading is semi-permanent.
Cosmetic tattooing, unlike body art tattooing, is much more superficial to the skin. The inks are also much more degradable. Your own immune system will digest the ink and also push out the pigment as well. Over time these looks tend to fade. It lasts for one to three years depending on your skin and lifestyle. Microblading does require touchups yearly or bi-yearly, but at least you won’t be stuck forever with eyebrows that you don’t like, in case you don’t like how yours come out.
Cosmetic tattooing, unlike body art tattooing, is much more superficial to the skin. The inks are also much more degradable. Your own immune system will digest the ink and also push out the pigment as well. Over time these looks tend to fade. It lasts for one to three years depending on your skin and lifestyle. Microblading does require touchups yearly or bi-yearly, but at least you won’t be stuck forever with eyebrows that you don’t like, in case you don’t like how yours come out.
Average person needs about two sessions ― one first session, and then they can come back four weeks later for a touch-up session. They have to come back four weeks later because, depending on their skin type, their skin may push out a bit of ink and in some places the hair strokes won’t be as saturated as we want them.
Very oily skin types are the most difficult skin type to work with. They’re at risk of rejecting the pigment, and more concerning, they are prone to pigment hydration, which is where the pigment fans into each other, the strokes sort of blend and it ends up looking like a powder-filled brow more than it looks like distinct strokes.
If you have a tendency to scar or retain keloids very easily, you might not want to have this procedure. But even if your skin type doesn’t yield ideal results, it’s still a worthwhile enhancement.
If you have a tendency to scar or retain keloids very easily, you might not want to have this procedure. But even if your skin type doesn’t yield ideal results, it’s still a worthwhile enhancement.
It takes about two-three hours depending on different eyebrows; the drawing is the most tedious part and the huge majority of the session.
Eyebrows are sisters, not twins! This is very true and very important for people to understand so that they have realistic expectations. Nobody’s eyes are equidistant from the bridge of their nose so the starting points of your eyebrows are a little different. And your ocular cavities ― one side right above your brow bone is sometimes a little bit more flat or rounded. So there’s a lot to account for.
It is a tattoo on your face; it’s not the easiest pain experience. I give my clients two options. They can dry tattoo or have a numbing agent. A numbing agent just makes your skin more vulnerable, more buttery ― overall more difficult for the artist to work on, but the numbing agent also makes the experience more comfortable for the client.
If you’re afraid your brows are too dark as you walk out of the salon, don’t panic.
They will look darker during the healing period, so please don’t panic. Trust the process and follow the aftercare instructions carefully.
The first three days are the darkest days, where your eyebrows look darker. By days four and five those little scabs start to fall off and by days seven and eight you can actually see the result underneath. It’s about 30-40 percent lighter than the day one eyebrows. The look fades significantly.
They will look darker during the healing period, so please don’t panic. Trust the process and follow the aftercare instructions carefully.
For 7-10 days following application of semi- permanent cosmetics
Do not touch the healing pigmented area with your fingers, they may have bacteria on them and create an infection.
Residual pigment, blood, white blood cells, etc., can arise from the open wound. During the first 48 hours, we ask the client DO NOT do anything to the eyebrows. Leave them completely alone to allow wounds to close. No washing or oil during this time.
You will experience some dryness and scabbing, which is normal DO NOT PICK OR PEEL.
Apply oil over your brow area 1 times a day after the 48 hours are up to help with scabbing. There are many suitable natural oils that are great:
• Grape Seed oil - most popular
• Sweet Almond Oil
• Jojoba Oil
• Coconut Oil - absorbs into the skin without build up.
No make-up on brows, tinting of brows, sun, soap, sauna, steam, exercise. Jacuzzi, swimming in chlorine pools or in the ocean for 7-10 days (until area is completely healed) post procedure and after all touch-ups.
Residual pigment, blood, white blood cells, etc., can arise from the open wound. During the first 48 hours, we ask the client DO NOT do anything to the eyebrows. Leave them completely alone to allow wounds to close. No washing or oil during this time.
You will experience some dryness and scabbing, which is normal DO NOT PICK OR PEEL.
Apply oil over your brow area 1 times a day after the 48 hours are up to help with scabbing. There are many suitable natural oils that are great:
• Grape Seed oil - most popular
• Sweet Almond Oil
• Jojoba Oil
• Coconut Oil - absorbs into the skin without build up.
No make-up on brows, tinting of brows, sun, soap, sauna, steam, exercise. Jacuzzi, swimming in chlorine pools or in the ocean for 7-10 days (until area is completely healed) post procedure and after all touch-ups.
Please do your research. Talk to your artist. If you don’t feel comfortable with it, you’re not ready to do this service and that’s OK.
Again please do your research and don’t make an appointment if you are not sure about doing microblading. We want all our clients to be excited about the process!
Again please do your research and don’t make an appointment if you are not sure about doing microblading. We want all our clients to be excited about the process!