WHAT TO EXPECT AT YOUR APPOINTMENT
All New Client Appointments are scheduled for four hours. In this time frame our experienced artists will provide the consultation, shaping and the tattooing all in one appointment.
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For the consultation portion, we take careful consideration of each clients' eye shape, bone structure and personal preference.
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Before proceeding to the tattoo portion of the appointment, we carefully measure and outline a shape that is the most flattering for the clients features.
We will suggest a shape is the best suited for the client and once the client approves the shape we will proceed to the tattooing process.
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After 6-8 weeks, the client may return for their touch up which may take 1.5 hours.
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT?
PRIOR TO YOUR PROCEDURE, CLIENTS ARE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING:
No caffeine or alcohol and aspirin/ibuprofen and any vitamins that may thin your blood for 72 hours.
Take a Tylenol if you are more sensitive to pain or buy Emla cream from the drugstore and apply 30 mins before your appointment
Avoid plucking or tweezing one week before
Botox should be done one month before or one month after
Avoid tanning so we can assess your natural skin tone.
No face scrubs or chemical peels at least two weeks prior.
Go to the gym BEFORE your appointment as you will are required not to sweat for up to 7 days.
Please moisturize brow area several days before your appointment.
Please be advised that you are more sensitive to pain during and around your menstrual cycle.
You may want to wash your hair prior to your appointment as there should be no water contact for 3 days on your brows.
Feel free to come in with your brow makeup on so we can see your every day look you prefer. Reference pictures of shapes and colors of brows are always welcomed. We will then work together to create the perfect brows!
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW AFTER MY APPOINTMENT?
AFTER YOUR PROCEDURE, CLIENTS MUST FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS:
FIRST 2 HOURS
Any redness or irritation will decrease.
Lightly dab the area with a clean cotton pad every 30 minutes.
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DAY 1-3
Avoid sweating and all water contact on new brows.
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DAY 2-3
Brows will appear slightly darker than the first day.
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DAY 4-10
With a cotton swab, apply a paper-thin layer of the provided Vitamin A&D ointment every 3-4 hours.
DAY 5
There are NOT the true results of your brow tattoo as the pigment has not yet peeled completely. Once the skin starts healing or flaking the colour will fade considerably, as it heals beneath the skin.
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DAY 10
Colour may appear very light as your skin is resurfacing.
The colour will re-appear slowly.
DAY 14
Brows are nearly fully healed.
6-8 WEEKS
Final colour will be apparent and brows should be fully healed.
WHAT TO EXPECT AFTERWARDS
DO NOT expect your brow tattoos to heal perfectly after the first session. This is a 2 step, sometimes multiple step process. It takes time.
BE PATIENT during your 2 week healing process your brows will change and appear different from day to day, THIS IS NORMAL.
Immediately after your procedure brows will appear darker and more defined and this will last up to 2 weeks . Your brow tattoo can appear more solid, hair strokes may seem to disappear and it may look wet and painted on. THIS IS NORMAL.
Around days 4-5 you will experience scabbing and your brows may look dry and flakey. DO NOT PICK your scabs, let come fall off naturally. If scabbing gets picked off prematurely missing hair stokes will result and cause patchy brows.
Your brow tattoo will take up to 6-8 weeks to fully heal. When the scabbing comes off the hair strokes may seem faint this is because a fresh layer of skin has healed over the brow tattoo. Give your brows a few weeks and the hair strokes will become clearer.
You may experience itchiness in the brows after the 10 days for up to 2 months due to the healing process of the dermal layer.
Not everyones hairstoke brows can heal clean and crisp. Hairstrokes for oilier skin types tend to heal more solid and powdery while drier skin types tend to heal more crisp and defined. Also for those who bleed more may tend to need more touchups as the blood pushes the pigment out while we tattoo.
THINGS TO AVOID AFTER THE PROCEDURE
DO NOT go on any sunny vacations and avoid high sun exposure during the healing process, UV rays can alter the pigment of your tattoo.
DO NOT use cleansers, soaps or any other creams on your brow tattoo. Wash around the area using a cleaning cloth or makeup wipe.
​DO NOT exercise and sweat for 10 days. Sweat contains salt and can infect and prematurely fade your brow tattoo. Salt in the sweat may also alter the color of your tattoo.
DO NOT go into sauna’s, pools, and steam rooms.
DO NOT run direct water on your brow tattoo. This is especially important in the first few days, you do not want to wash out any pigment.
DO NOT use any makeup, creams, exfoliants on the brows for 2 weeks.
DO NOT get massages or facials or skin treatments during the healing process.
DO NOT use exfoliants,retinol acids, or AHA’s on the area for 30 days after the appointment, it will fade your tattoo prematurely.
DO NOT sleep on your face.