My Microblading Experience

As I've said many times before, the 90s ruined my brows. I was a teenager with a pair of tweezers and no direction. They started going and kept going and then never came back. I've had to draw my eyebrows every day for at least 5 years. I should have started before then, but I didn't know anything about makeup prior to those days. So here I am every morning waking up at 4:30am and spending at least 20 minutes drawing on these darn things and hating every second of it. After talking about it for months, my husband asked if I wanted microblading for our anniversary and I was elated, not only was he supportive, it wasn't going to hurt my debt Snowball! 

The above is my before picture. Now I'm a natural blonde who is currently rocking bright red hair. My eyebrows were WAY too light. 

I did a ton of research and being in Atlanta I had A LOT of options for professional microblading. I found XoBeautyandBrows on instagram and I didn't see a single picture I didn't like. I knew she was who I wanted. Now she is busy, so you might have to wait for an appointment, but in my opinion, it's worth it. 

The appointment took about an hour and a half and I was free to go. The above photo is immediately after my appointment. 

Here is days 1-8. The peeling began on day 7 and continued for the few days. I was really scared when they first started peeling. I was scared it was too soon, but I looked the color had stayed on quite nicely. There were a couple of areas that will definitely need the touch up, but I knew that prior to my first appointment. 

The rules for this procedure stated you can't get your brow area wet for 2 weeks. This also means no makeup on or around this area until healed. I was given tattoo goo when leaving the appointment and was told to wipe each brow with a baby wipe and apply a small layer of the goo on twice a day. 

The cons: these babies itch! I'd say by day 4 the itching was horrible. I have other tattoos, but I don't remember any of them itching this bad. It was a struggle, but I succeeded and didn't peel anything by giving into the itch. 

All information states they'll be healed by day 14. Above is a photo on day 14. I had a few scabs leftover (the area with hair peeled much slower), but overall they were pretty darn close to being healed.

Was this worth it? Yes! And even with the pain I would absolutely do it again. This procedure has saved me so much time in the mornings and looks great on days when I'm wearing no other makeup.