Style & Beauty
To microblade or not to microblade? The brow is the question 🤨
oxymomon · 21/01/2023 21:28
So I have ill defined eyebrows. Well, the start of my brows are okay, but then they disappear half way. It's like I have 1/2 eyebrows, without the tail if you will. I'm thinking of getting microblading. But I'm worried I'll look ridiculous, and there'll be no going back. Thoughts? Is microblading a fad or a revolutionary eyebrow perfecting innovation? 🤨
Madamecastafiore · 18/03/2023 08:53
Theos · 12/03/2023 09:19
Ooh hello op. I’m into this thread. I went to get a consultation about it and I am booked in. I need to consider if I want micro blading or powder, brows or a combination of both
Microblading causes trauma to the skin so you can get scarring. Hair strokes is what you want if you are going for the same look.
WeCome1 · 18/03/2023 09:00
I think some colour would be good first, rather than a pencil I like a pen or a wand - Rimmel brow mascara
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and then maybe look at getting them dyed. Dye and colour (from masraca thing) can make them look fuller by darkening light hairs that are there but don’t currently add to the eyebrow party.
noprobbob · 18/03/2023 09:00
I've had mine done. I went to a very experienced lady, had fine hair strokes, totally transformed my face.
However... my skin has been very resistant to holding on to the pigment. One side more so than the other. My practitioner was baffled after 13 years of doing semi permanent make up. Had to have 2 retouches and have spent over £500 and I still need to use some brow powder.
So just a word of warning, you can never predict how your skin will react. I don't regret it as I can still achieve a decent brow, but it is a bit heartbreaking that a lot of her carefully applied brow strokes have just faded.
Buttalapasta · 19/03/2023 07:37
pebbles3004 · 21/01/2023 21:57
I debated it for a LONG time. I'm fair and have rubbish eye brows... finally decided to go for it and I love them! I feel so much better not wearing make up cos I actually have Eyebrows now. Just had them topped up after 14 months (I think that's earlier than I needed to but hoping to get pregnant this year and you can't have them done when pregnant or breastfeeding).
Look at the.browcreator on Instagram, just for the before and after pics to see what a difference it makes, and also how you can achieve the look you want i.e. subtle or a dramatic brow.
It is a tattoo, it's not painful but also not very pleasant. They use numbing cream which you can tell your artist when it starts to get painful and they can add some more numbing cream.
I just looked at that instagram and tbh the before photos are much nicer! Do they fade and soften overtime? It's a really harsh look.
ifyougochasingrabbits · 19/03/2023 09:08
noprobbob · 18/03/2023 09:00
I've had mine done. I went to a very experienced lady, had fine hair strokes, totally transformed my face.
However... my skin has been very resistant to holding on to the pigment. One side more so than the other. My practitioner was baffled after 13 years of doing semi permanent make up. Had to have 2 retouches and have spent over £500 and I still need to use some brow powder.
So just a word of warning, you can never predict how your skin will react. I don't regret it as I can still achieve a decent brow, but it is a bit heartbreaking that a lot of her carefully applied brow strokes have just faded.
Was this done via microblading or was it done with a machine ?
ifyougochasingrabbits · 19/03/2023 09:09
SisterNancy · 18/03/2023 08:25
rabbits what is the gentlest technique on the skin would you say? I’m a bit worried about scarring.
Microblading can and does cause scarring 😔
I recommend a powder brow ...it's much gentler. Machine hair strokes can sometimes be added for an even more natural look
Sisisimone · 19/03/2023 10:04
noprobbob · 18/03/2023 09:00
I've had mine done. I went to a very experienced lady, had fine hair strokes, totally transformed my face.
However... my skin has been very resistant to holding on to the pigment. One side more so than the other. My practitioner was baffled after 13 years of doing semi permanent make up. Had to have 2 retouches and have spent over £500 and I still need to use some brow powder.
So just a word of warning, you can never predict how your skin will react. I don't regret it as I can still achieve a decent brow, but it is a bit heartbreaking that a lot of her carefully applied brow strokes have just faded.
I'm not sure why she was baffled because this is very common and it was explained to me at the beginning that this can happen, usually with oily skin. If you have oily skin the pigment doesn't hold as well or last as long. Due to this I need to go back every 12 months and she also gives me a free top up on that 6 weeks later. I believe powder brows are more recommended for oily skin but ATM I'm really happy with my microblader and OK to go back every 12 mths. I may look at it in the future though.
Rollergirl11 · 12/05/2023 08:15
Sorry to resurrect this thread but just reading after having Microblading last week.
Also don’t understand why @noprobbob practitioner was surprised. My lady explained to me that for certain skin types it doesn’t take; ie oily skin. Or people with immune system issues. Basically the body pushes the pigment back out. But my lady has been tinting and waxing my brows for 10 years so knows my skin type very well.
I am following a strict aftercare regime for 10 days after. Your skin generates lymph fluid and you need to keep wiping this away regularly for the first 2 days to retain as much pigment as possible. Then after that you need to keep your brows from drying out so that they don’t scab. One week in my brows look like they have faded a lot and look a bit patchy. This is my body absorbing the pigment. They should settle in the next few weeks and then I have my follow up session around 4 weeks. She also explained that she wouldn’t use numbing gel during the procedure as apparently this can thin the blood which can make you bleed more and can also make the strokes look less defined and more smudged; all having a deleterious effect on your brows.
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