Today’s beauty trends are ALL ABOUT THE BROWS!
When the brows are beautifully shaped, this creates a frame, drawing focus to your eyes. And when your brows have been shaped to balance and harmonise your unique features, well, this is a GAME CHANGER!
It can transform your look, giving the illusion of a fresher more youthful YOU.
Great eyebrows can open up the face, complimenting your expression, giving the illusion of symmetry, balance, harmony and sophistication.
If you are interested, google the concept of symmetry and attractiveness. You'll be surprised by the amount of research and science behind this concept.
But the truth is, we aren’t all blessed with symmetrical features and perfect eyebrows. If you are genetically predisposed to thin brows, have over-plucked them in years past, have alopecia or a medical condition that causes hair loss, or simply don’t like the shape; you might be considering a more permanent solution for your “Brow Blues”.
Permanent makeup is fast becoming the ‘go to’ solution for women everywhere and is now more accessible than ever.
MICROBLADING
Microblading hit the scene quite a number of years ago, and fast became a growing trend worldwide. The use of a hand tool and blade to cut and slice the skin to implant pigment in a "hair-stroke" like design.
Recently the hype around this treatment is slowly starting to die down as the disastrous results are surfacing, and it only comes as a relief to all of the skin professionals out there!
We've been seeing these results for years, and still the hype continues.
Cutting the skin is never a good idea. It leaves you susceptible to infection and the formation of scar tissue. And while microblading never lasts more than a few months (if it is conservatively applied), you need more and more treatments to keep the results. And as you can imagine, every subsequent treatment is more cuts, more slicing, and results in more scarring.
Your skin is left permanently damaged, including irreparable damage to the hair follicles.
Microblading is a manual technique, so you are at the mercy of your technician, their experience and skill level.
There is no depth control, or any fail safes of any kind with this treatment. If you are unlucky enough to choose an inexperienced technician, the results can be disastrous. Google search bad microblading, and you’ll see what we’re talking about!
But not all technicians will leave you disfigured.
It's important to note, that there are some highly skilled Microbladers out there that are super creative and talented!
But simply put, the nature of this treatment is to mutilate the skin, so scarring, over time, is inevitable.
I was discussing tattooing with a body tattooist (while he was applying an intricately beautiful tattoo to my shoulder) about the similarities and differences of our industries; and he told me that he too uses a blade to create designs in peoples skin; Cutting and Slicing the flesh…. And it’s called “SCARIFICATION”.
> insert grimace face here <
So what’s the alternative you ask?
COSMETIC TATTOO
with a sophisticated permanent makeup device and sterilised medical grade needles
Cosmetic Tattooing uses a machine and needle to deposit pigment into skin. The needle penetrates and exits the skin creating micro-perforations, strategically placing little dots or pixels of pigment at the correct depth (because these devices have depth control) where the pigment is more stable and long lasting for more desirable results. There are also speed settings on these devices, so the amount of pigment being placed in the skin is controlled.
All of these safety measures, along with the skill of your technician, will result in natural looking, balanced eyebrows.
Featherstroke, Feather Touch, Hairstroke, and more recently known as, NANO STROKE, can be achieved with this method, with the use of Nano Needle Technology.
No cutting, slicing or tearing of the skin is required to create a beautiful and intricate Hair Stroke design.
In the hands of an experienced technician, the risks of infection and scarring is minimal, and the results can last 12x longer! The pigment will slowly soften and fade over time, requiring maintenance visits every12-24 months to keep them looking beautiful and fresh. Cosmetic Tattooing can be used to apply permanent makeup on the eyebrows, eyeliner, lips, scar camouflage, 3D areola and Scalp Micropigmentation.
With these advancements of application, no wonder this is the safer, more sophisticated method of application for permanent makeup.
If you want to have beautiful, healthy and natural looking eyebrows like beauty professionals and celebrities, say no to the invasive, risky, disfiguring microblading technique, in favour of the safer and more advanced treatment of cosmetic tattooing with a machine; which will give you results that you are comfortable with, that ages well over time; a permanent makeup solution you want to wear every day.