Hi friends!
Today I’m sharing something
really exciting with you!
If you follow me on
instagram (@thefashionablylateblonde) then you know about a month ago I got my eyebrows microbladed. What
is microblading you ask? Well, I am here to tell you all about it and hopefully
answer any questions you may have. (If I don’t answer your question feel free
to email me, leave it in the comments, DM me on instagram or comment on one of
my posts.)
Before
Before
Mapping with both brows
Mapping with one brow
Second round of numbing. Almost done
After!!!
AFTER!!
Let’s start with what
exactly microblading is. It’s basically
a semi permanent tattoo on your eyebrows that imitate hair strokes. Unlike real
tattoos that penetrate 7 layers of skin microblading only penetrates 2. (Hence
the semi-permanent part.)
Your microblading artist
will make tiny hair strokes to imitate the natural hair strokes of your brows.
I feel like the next most
frequently asked question is does it hurt? I’m not going to lie, I have a
pretty high pain tolerance. (I also have
a real tattoo on my ribs.) However, they do numb you twice throughout the process.
My brow artist numbed me when I first got there for about 15-20 minutes before
we started and then again about halfway through. I will say my left brow got
completely numb both times. My right eyebrow… not so much. While the numbing gel was setting in the
first time we talked about shape, color and results. Lucky for me, I have a lot
of eyebrows they are just really light. I told her to keep the natural shape
for the most part with just a slight arch. (I have RBF and my mom says when I
arch my brows too much it intensifies my RBF.) I told her I do like my brows
dark and we decided on dark blonde. As with anything like this you can always
go darker, but you can’t go lighter. Once everything was decided and I was nice
and numb it was time to start the process. I can’t tell you exactly what went
down, but I can tell you about what I experienced. Like I said before I have a
pretty high pain tolerance so the pain didn’t bother me, but the sound did. Microblading
is different from a tattoo in that they do not use an electric tool but rather
just a handheld blade with tiny needles at the end. And it sounded exactly like
that. (If you are like me and can’t do sounds I would suggest brining
headphones. I will probably wear some for my touchup.)
The entire process wasn’t
long at all. I think my appointment was at 9am and with numbing, the procedure,
a second numbing and the rest of the procedure I think I was out by 10:30. That
is very quick in my book.
Now let’s talk about
aftercare and what you can expect.
First of all you can’t get
your brows wet for 10 days. This also means no excessive sweating so cancel all
your gym classes. (I had to take 2 weeks off from Orange Theory.) I had J help
me wash my hair so I didn’t have to worry about that. (Such a good fiancé.) If
you don’t have someone that can help you wash your hair a girl I work with saw
another blogger use goggles to keep her brows nice a dry. That is definitely a great option to keep in
mind. I’m sure you’re wondering how I
washed my face during this week and a half period. Honestly, I only put product
on the lower half of my face. I’m also very lucky in that my forehead doesn’t
really break out. Not in a really noticeable way anyway. I also didn’t wear
face makeup except one night when we went out to dinner. When I did wear makeup
I only put it on the lower half of my face. (So weird, I know. But ya gotta do
what ya gotta do.)
You also have to put
ointment on them for the first 24 hours and then aquaphor on them twice a day
for the next 8 days. After the first 10 days you are pretty much out of the
woods. You still want to be really careful because they are still healing. I
think they pretty much require around 30 days to heal. (I’ll post a meme below
so you know what I mean.)
The first few days they are also the darkest.
I loved mine the first few days. I still do, but they have definitely gotten
way lighter. I plan on going the next shade darker at my touchup on Friday.
That brings me to the next phase in microblading. After 4-6 weeks you need to
go for your touchup. (This should be included in your initial cost.) This is
basically a perfecting appointment. You can go darker, fill in any patches, and
go bigger/fluffier or anything you want. After this touchup you should be good
for about a year or so.
I have my touchup on Friday
and will write a final post on microblading in another month. This will cover
my touchup appointment and anything after that.
Have you been thinking about
microblading? What’s stopping you? I’d love to answer any questions you have.
If you have any questions please feel free to leave them in the comments, email
me @ fashionablylateblonde@gmail.com
or send me a DM on instagram.
And if you are a local
Jacksonville girl I will leave my brow gals instagram handle here @cristalwalkerbeauty. Cristal did
such an amazing job. I cannot recommend her enough.
