Lately, natural appearance is considered fashionable, but not all girls have endowed nature with excellent external data and expressive features. Modern cosmetology will help to become brighter without losing natural qualities and naturalness, emphasizing the dignity of a woman and hiding her shortcomings.
What kind of procedure
Eyebrow tattoo, which is also permanent makeup, cannot be called a regular tattoo, although the process of creating it is very similar to a tattoo. The main difference between permanent makeup is the depth of penetration of the dye, which is much less with tattoos than with tattoos. Over time, tattooing on its own comes off the skin. Permanent makeup is used to give clarity to the contour of the lips, eyelash lines, but most often to correct the shape and color of eyebrows.
In the past few years, a fashion has persisted for wide, thick, natural eyebrows among girls, but far from all, nature has awarded them all. Native light, rare and thin eyebrows are a direct indication for tattooing, since painting, including henna, it is almost impossible to fix such a flaw, and daily draw eyebrows using cosmetics is quite tiring.
After permanent eyebrow makeup, the need for daily tinting disappears for several years, the eyebrows become symmetrical, their natural imperfections are corrected.
Eyebrow Tattoo Techniques
Depending on the desired effect, the natural data of the girl and her eyebrows, the permanent makeup master selects the appropriate technique.
Initially, there was only one method of eyebrow tattooing - tribal, when the eyebrows were completely pigmented, with a clear contour line. Such a tattoo looked unnatural and too expressive, giving the girl's face a serious, and often even gloomy expression.
Modern masters use other eyebrow tattooing techniques and often combine several techniques at the same time to achieve the most natural result.
The most popular permanent makeup techniques are:
- Hair Tattoo Eyebrow.
- Shoting (shadow technique).
- Spraying (powdery eyebrows).
- Watercolor method.
- Microblading.
Eyebrow hair tattoo looks quite natural. So, the pigment is introduced under the skin in the form of short strokes that mimic natural hairs. Such a technique can be performed by the European method (all strokes have the same length, thickness and direction) or oriental (the direction and length of strokes differ, similar to natural hairs). The second method is more complex and lengthy, but provides the most natural look of eyebrows.
The shadow technique of permanent makeup or, as it was previously called - shoting, involves the introduction of pigment under the skin by shading. When performing tattooing in such a technique, both individual sections of the eyebrows can be darkened, to give them the correct shape, and spaces between the hairs, to achieve the desired color and density of the eyebrows.
Powder eyebrow tattoo, which is now at the peak of popularity, allows you to achieve the most natural effect. Eyebrows with such a tattoo, even upon closer inspection, look like just tinted shadows or a pencil, and the application procedure itself does not take much time and does not cause pain.
The watercolor method of permanent makeup involves applying pigment in the natural area of the eyebrows, without drawing a contour. As a result, the tattoo looks natural, without artificial clarity and symmetry
Microbleading is a special tattooing technique, since the pigment under the skin is introduced not with a special machine, but with a pen with a blade, and the effect of the hairs is recreated using small microcuts. This method allows you to achieve the most natural result, but only with the high professionalism of the master.
How is the procedure
Eyebrow tattooing procedure takes place in several stages:
- Cleansing. The skin in the area of future tattooing is cleaned of makeup and other impurities and treated with an antiseptic.
- Eyebrow shape selection. The master draws the future shape of the eyebrows with a cosmetic pencil or a special marker. The shape can be either the original one, with a slight correction of length and thickness to obtain symmetry, or radically new, which often happens when the native eyebrows are too rare and light.
- Anesthesia. Eyebrow tattooing is a rather painful manipulation, therefore, special painkillers are used to ensure numbness of the skin in the pigmentation area and comfort during the procedure.
- Tattoo After preparatory measures, the master proceeds to the introduction of pigment under the skin according to the chosen technique. Tattooing is performed with a special device with a disposable needle (blade). The session lasts, depending on the individual characteristics and the chosen method of permanent makeup, about 1-3 hours.
- Treatment. After the procedure, the eyebrow treats the skin with an antiseptic composition and gives recommendations for further care of the eyebrows.
How to prepare for the procedure
Before you do eyebrow tattooing, it is worth taking the time to choose a salon and master. A preliminary consultation will not be superfluous, during which they will talk about contraindications to the procedure, and if there is a tendency to allergic reactions, they will make a test of the compositions used in tattooing on an invisible area of the skin.
Eyebrow tattooing does not require special preparations, but a few days before the procedure, you should refuse to take alcohol and blood thinning medications. On the day for which the permanent makeup session is scheduled, it is also necessary to exclude coffee and strong tea and reduce fluid intake to avoid swelling. Do not sunbathe before the procedure for 7-10 days, and it is recommended to sleep on the eve.
Healing and restoration
Tattooing - although a gentle procedure, but still leads to trauma to the skin, and at least a month should pass before the eyebrows heal completely. Immediately after the procedure, intense pain is quite likely, which any pain medication will help remove.
In the first week after tattooing, eyebrows require careful care, consisting in regular treatment with an antiseptic and applying a healing cream (ointment). What exactly means should be used during this period, the master who performed the procedure will tell.
In the first days, an eyebrow with pigment residues can stand out from the eyebrows, and then crusts form on the eyebrows. It is impossible to remove such crusts on your own in any case, such actions can not only disrupt permanent makeup, but also lead to eyebrow infection and unpleasant consequences. Healing eyebrows can be accompanied by itching, which will help remove a moisturizer.
It is not necessary to sleep face to face in the pillow during the healing period of the eyebrows, as there is a risk of tearing off the crusts and getting spotted eyebrows.
Immediately after tattooing, the eyebrows may look too bright, but you should not be afraid of this. After healing, the eyebrows brighten, their contours become less pronounced and natural.
Why correction is needed
The result of tattooing immediately after the procedure is almost impossible to evaluate, and you need to wait until the eyebrows heal completely. As a rule, after a month, regardless of the technique of permanent makeup, you should once again visit the master for correction.
Correction is necessary in order to correct possible imperfections in the tattoo, to correct the color, shape, and gaps in the eyebrows. Often after healing, the hairs radically change color due to the individual characteristics of the body, and then color correction may be required - the introduction of a pigment that neutralizes or restores the necessary shade.
If the crusts were removed mechanically during the healing process of the eyebrows, gaps may form in the places of their removal, which the master can also fill during correction.
You can evaluate eyebrow tattoo before and after after complete healing and correction.
Disadvantages of Permanent Eyebrow Makeup
Despite the advantages of permanent makeup, there are certain disadvantages to this procedure, which can be good reasons to refuse eyebrow tattooing:
- The impossibility of change. If when coloring eyebrows with henna, paint or cosmetics, the shape and color intensity can be changed regularly, depending on the circumstances, then with tattooing, to make changes, you will have to wait until the pigment is gone, and this can take up to several years.
- Risk. Finding a competent and professional eyebrow mastering permanent makeup techniques can be difficult. Often, the result of eyebrow tattooing is crooked, asymmetrical, spotted eyebrows, and the use of low-quality materials can lead to allergic reactions or unpredictable results.
- Correction. To achieve the desired result, one tattooing procedure will not be enough, and correction will be required after a month, and sometimes even several corrective sessions.
- Pain Despite the use of anesthesia during tattooing, it is still difficult to call the procedure pleasant, especially if the pain threshold is low.
- Long recovery. To get perfect eyebrows, you will have to wait for their complete healing, and the first few days after the procedure will most likely have to be spent at home due to swelling and redness in the tattoo area.
- The complexity of the removal. If for any reason you decide to completely get rid of the eyebrow tattoo, you will have to remove it with a laser or special pigment-neutralizing chemicals. Such events are quite painful and lengthy, in addition, they cost much more than the permanent makeup itself.
Contraindications to the procedure
Despite the small invasiveness and invasiveness of the eyebrow tattoo procedure, she still has certain contraindications.
Permanent eyebrow makeup is not possible with:
- significantly increased or decreased body temperature;
- acute stage of any disease;
- diseases that affect blood coagulation (hemophilia, diabetes, thrombopathy);
- tendency to form keloid scars;
- moles, birthmarks and other neoplasms in the area of the eyebrows;
- bronchial asthma;
- strong weakening of the immune system;
- pregnancy and breastfeeding;
- high blood pressure;
- alcohol intoxication.
How to avoid bad tattoo
Unfortunately, no one is safe from unsuccessful eyebrow tattooing. Often the reason for this is the individual characteristics of the body, due to which the pigment is not retained under the skin, and permanent makeup is almost invisible, or the pigment shade appears on the skin too intensely, and sometimes even changes its color to unnatural red, gray or purple. In some cases, correction helps to solve the problem, but often such a tattoo has to be removed completely.
Often, tattooing does not work, and due to the low qualification of the master, who performed it, for example, with the wrong selection of equipment, pigment, poor choice of shape. Masters with little experience are far from always able to create clear and precise eyebrow lines, especially in the hair technique, and the final result may be disastrous. Unsuccessful eyebrow tattooing (the photo of one is presented above) can scare off even the most daring girls.
Permanent make-up studio and masters should be chosen with great care. A brovist must have a portfolio with his work, and the salon itself, where the procedure will be carried out, is obliged to inspire confidence. It makes sense to rely on the feedback of friends who have tattooed with a particular master, because then you can evaluate the result of his work yourself.
Reviews
Despite the risk of unsuccessful permanent eyebrow makeup, reviews after eyebrow tattooing are mostly positive. Often, the reasons for the unsatisfactory result of the procedure are women called improper eyebrow care or peeling. They will help to evaluate the future tattoo of eyebrows before and after photos, which are certainly in the portfolio of each qualified master. Therefore, before starting the procedure, be sure to familiarize yourself with the brows.
If we talk about which technique will provide the best eyebrow tattoo, then it is impossible to find a definite answer in the reviews to this question. The method of performing permanent makeup is selected by the master based on the original shape, color, natural features of the structure of the face. Often, to achieve the most natural effect, a combination of several techniques, mixing pigments and other manipulations is required. Nevertheless, examples of eyebrows made in each of the modern tattooing techniques will help determine which result will be the most optimal.
According to clients of beauty salons, depending on the method of tattooing the eyebrows and the depth of pigment, you can forget about the need to constantly tint eyebrows for a period of 1-3 years. After this period, the pigment will gradually lighten and disappear.
Eyebrow tattooing is an excellent method to emphasize natural beauty, to make the appearance more expressive and vibrant, but at the same time natural and natural. Modern techniques make it possible to achieve optimal results with minimal trauma to the skin, and pigment formulations are hypoallergenic and safe for health. At the same time, however, one can meet stories about the risks that tattooing will add to your appearance for several years, it will turn out asymmetrical, sloppy, too dark, and it will be too difficult and sometimes impossible to correct the mistake. Do not forget about contraindications and possible consequences of eyebrow tattooing, including scars that can only disfigure the appearance.