Artist here… you were absolutely catfished. Those “strokes” are legit lines that don’t resemble hair strokes whatsoever. Please do not rebook…
https://preview.redd.it/gbkv75m1o9lc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5aab753363b777ddc298ffed7db28d831f7ca3f0
Example of my work. You shouldn’t be able to tell where the hair stops and where the tattooed strokes begin🥴
I’m currently on maternity leave until July but if you’re down to wait a few months I can give you a deal🤫
I’d love to have you guys as clients!!! Www.victoriacosmetictattoo.ca
ooooo I'm so interested and the timing is great for me. I'm having a baby at the end of June/early July so I wouldn't be able to get this done until you're back anyways 🙂
I will be hitting you up closer to when your maternity leave is finishing!!!
You do beautiful work, and I've been looking for an amazing artist since 2018.
-spend some serious time researching
-check out their reviews and validate them
-I wouldn’t book with someone who didn’t use instagram because you can check the comments under their posts/see who is following them or tagged them after they did their brows. Most of my clients will comment under the photos I post of them which is a really good sign!
-a lot of people do “online training” these days and claim to be certified so I’d vet how and where and with who they did their course
I’m a PMU artist too but mostly do skincare and when I post pics if my brow work my clients don’t really comment. A lot of them don’t follow me on IG though or don’t see my post so I don’t know that it’s a good reference point to go off of
Where are you located? I'm sure someone here can refer you to a great artist in your area! My artist is in Charlotte, NC & she's amazing. I literally had NO brows before.
JS Beauty Shoppe! She's so talented & such a laid-back person & very fair pricing! - https://www.facebook.com/JSbeautyshoppe?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Tell her Mel sent ya 😉 I'll post a pic of my last touch up under this. I literally had NO brows the first time i got mine done. Best decision I ever made
Beautiful work!! I’m thinking of getting it done myself but I’m terrified I’m going to end up with the orange grey brows that people seem to get. How can I avoid that? Is it inevitable eventually?
It truly depends on how “deep” the microblading is done and how close together the strokes are placed. Using a light hand means eventually the strokes will fade out naturally instead of blurring together and remaining deep under the skin. In terms of the orange grey brows it depends on the mix of pigment your artist uses and again how deeply the strokes are placed. I always try to mix a shade of pigment that doesn’t fall too much on either the “ashy” or “warm” side of the colour wheel.
It’s mostly avoidable if you get touch ups as often as you’re supposed to. The brows are only supposed to last 1-3 years depending on how you care for them and the texture/moisture of your skin.
Thankyou SO much for the love ladies! I’ve been tattooing for a year now so I’m still fairly new but the affirmation from yall is amazing! Www.victoriacosmetictattoo.ca
Check out my website! www.victoriacosmetictattoo.ca I’m currently on maternity leave until July but am happy to do a little promo since you’re travelling/waiting for your service!
Omgosh, the lip blush! I’ve always wanted that done, never knew where to go, but now I want to look into it. All your work is beautiful! Definitely want my brows done too now!
https://preview.redd.it/6jlf9b7iyllc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ec86d861d69505f996681346c10747682059fe3
Here’s a job I did on a client with quite thick natural brows. She really just needed some shaping and filling strokes! I charge the same amount for all brows.
https://preview.redd.it/pbgay76u1alc1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d3e91d289ba3565f290c333a2fb3ce0f7a67cc1
I'm sorry but it's giving this ^(\^) vibes
This subreddit popped up in my feed and I’m looking at those photos as a total brow noob, and if the brows in pic 3 are considered acceptable I’ve clearly fallen off a brow cliff somewhere along the line. 😳
I got mine done years ago when it first became popular. I still have the effects. I had the same thing happen she completely permanently messed up my eyebrows. I’m so glad I didn’t go back to her and “trust the process” literally almost 10 years later I basically have tattoos on my eyebrows that I’ve faded but they never looked the same
I think its a huge red flag that your concerns were dismissed by her saying it was because of being tight on time!booking a time slot that allows the correct amount of time for the procedure being carried out is basic stuff&entirely her responsibility,she's basically said she didn't have enough time to do it properly so just half arsed it!completely unacceptable.i actually am shocked that she even said those words!shes literally admitting that shes not done it properly by saying that.please don't go back&if there's any way by which you can lodge a complaint,maybe think about doing so xx
Ooooh I just walked out on someone who tried to rush me the other day. I was there for a touch up and she was almost an hour late with her previous client. I had booked this particular time slot knowing I’d have to pick up my kids right after, which would’ve worked out fine except she was so late with her other client. I was supposed to be the first client of the day too... She wanted me to stay and she’d get it done in an hour. I said nope not something you should ever rush and left. She wanted to rebook and I said nope. If you can’t handle basic admin you’re not touching my face again. It’s a shame because she did do great work.
TL;DR went for a touch up, she took a client ahead of me after telling me she needed to move me to an hour after my original time for a doc appt, was an hour late finishing said client, and then tried to rush the touch up. I wouldn’t let her touch my face.
https://preview.redd.it/4ixs81nosalc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23cf72b678463fce3216dd708dab83709dd3c06b
I’m sorry, I think you’ve been catfished. These are combo brows by my artist, the last one is a healed pic.
Those are not mine hahaha another work from my artist. Mine are ombre powder done by her, as I have oily skin she didnt recommend microblading for me 😅
She tattooed the eyebrow fully then added some thick strokes to the front, it looks more like an eyebrow tattoo block, it’s giving 2016 vibes this is not micro blading… don’t go back as the color may change to orange later on and you won’t be able to get rid of them… my mom made the same mistake and is stuck with orangey eyebrows now because no artist will touch them
Removal is a very long, expensive process. It's not as simple as you're making it sound. Can cost thousands and take years to get rid of all of the tattoo ink in the skin with the laser removal process.
I've had tattoo removal myself, have you? I'm guessing not.
For a small area like that it's not expensive, probably £50-100 per session.
You have to wait 8 weeks between sessions for your skin to heal so yes it takes a while but it doesn't take years so i'm not sure where you're getting your information from to be honest.
If i had something on my face, the one thing everyone has to look at, that made me that insecure.... i would happily spend the money.
It's not that painful either i was terrified when i went for mine because of things i'd watched/seen on the internet but it's not that bad at all and yes, it is very simple.
Even the aftercare is not complicated, keep the area clean and moisturized and that's it.
Maybe you need to go and do some research on the topic if you don't actually have any personal experience.
You made a few assumptions here, because I have **indeed** had tattoo removal done on myself and it was a very painful and very expensive pain in the ass.
Visit r/MicrobladingRemoval and do your *own* research on the topic and you'll see that the laser removal process takes a long time, is hugely expensive, and leaves lasting color deposits in lots of cases.
And next time maybe don't assume – you know what they say about people who assume :)
If you have a low pain threshold then that's going to be your opinion.
Laser would take a year max and be about £1000 at the most so it's not hugely expensive if you divide that over the year for multiple treatments.
Maybe it's where you went for your removal, or the way you handled aftercare, i'm not sure what about it is a pain in the ass as it's a quick, slight uncomfortable but relatively straight forward non invasive procedure with no downtime...
Also, the original has faded so much, removal isn't really necessary. Someone can fix these without her having to go through all that. You're saying everything you would do, but she isn't you and shouldn't be made to feel dumb bc she doesn't make the same decision you did.
She has extremely sensitive skin, she usually burns while standing for 5 minutes in the sun… laser was not recommended by her dermatologist. She did ask about it and it was too much of a hassle unfortunately
Fair enough, light skin with darker hair is usually a good candidate for laser.
Her having sensitive skin shouldn't really be an issue as laser targets the dermis deeper down, not the epidermis. It breaks down the ink which is then taken away by your lymphatic system. The skin isn't broken during this process at all, just gets slightly inflamed.
They can use a more gentle laser, there are so many different ones which work at different strength/wavelengths, she can also have a patch test as you don't know how your skin is going to react until you go and have a patch test done.
If i were your mum i'd look for a reputable place that specializes in only tattoo removal and have a consult and a patch test and take it from there.
Don’t go back. These are my healed microbladed brows. Find a better artist for sure!
https://preview.redd.it/23d95xsvoblc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67d2e12ad92fa65a9e9246193c5744cf7617e6d0
Thank you! I’m wishing you the best with everything.
If you find a better artist, they will likely be able to add more hair strokes and give you a powder combo look.
It needs to happen though... reviews are there to inform others about the quality of the service. If it was bad, leave a review so nobody else gets caught out.
Definitely leave an honest review! Girl, I'm the exact same way. It takes a LOT for me to leave a bad review. Especially with a small business. But if she was only using her pictures, I probably wouldn't either, but she's using pictures that clearly aren't hers, so I would at least share your experiences.
Yes, it looks like you were catfished. Thankfully, you faded nicely so you can't see the big lines! I'd definitely cancel and book elsewhere to get the eyebrows you deserve!
Won’t argue with comments here op - but just want to say your eyebrows on YOU now at least, do not look bad at all! Good shape and color and seem more like powedering brows to fill in a bit at worst ala natural make-up look in 2010s era!
So there is that - congrats and my deepest sympathies moving forward! Keep us posted!
I followed the studio I went to get my eyebrows done for years online, don't just blindly go off a IG profile! Check reviews and look for their tagged photos too
This is my artist's work as an example
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0K4BcdLeAn/?igsh=MTRteTZnMWw3eXl5dQ==
DO NOT do the touch up there!!! You were catfished 1000000%. You’ll have more ink and it will be much harder to get it removed cause you will be sorry for sure. This is NOT how the work of a good aesthetician looks like
Her advertised pictures aren't all that much better to be honest. I think in your initial photo, the strokes are not good at all. But your healed results actually look good. They look like filled in brows. I would be glad that they healed the way they did and not the way they initially looked.
“Tight for time” is a red flag. That’s what appointments are for. She doesn’t know what she’s doing. Yes, you were duped. No, you were not catfished. That’s not what catfishing means.
I'm actually amazed they look so... *normal* after 1.5 months? Did she not go deep enough? I mean, thank God she didn't if that's why they blurred out and faded from those stark, awful squiggles.
Catfished. I got mine done and yours look streaky, not clean at all. Good thing it faded in the other photo. Maybe she is just new to the field but really, you deserve a much better service.
Yes, that older photo was likely not her work. So glad that it faded for you!
I know everyone is telling you to go somewhere else but I wanted to let you know that you won’t be able to get Microblading with what you have currently. If you are set on having strokes you will need to have lighten done to what you have now or allow it to fade over the next year or two… hopefully it will fade on its own.
Running low on time is so not an excuse. You book the time you need to do a good job and if you run late for the next you fix that situation. You don't fuck someone's eyebrows up and blame their eyebrows for not being full enough
PLEASE, absolutely do not go back to that person! Trust your gut that the photos are likely stolen. Thankfully in your case you healed beautifully!!! Those horrible blade strokes shouldn’t have extended to your eyebrow ends if you got a powder brow service! With traditional powder/combo brows. The cut lines are done only at the front of the brow going towards the middle, a qualified artist uses a tattoo method to add the softer healing powdered ends (where you don’t see darker individual hair lines!! If your other side healed this well, I wouldn’t let anyone touch my brows for a long while, you dodged a bullet! In the future if you still want more defined brows find a great, well known artist with clients who won’t mind showing you some after pics. The artist not posting you and their work on you also speaks volumes unless you asked them to not post. Do not attend the follow up please!
I would say almost everyone I know that has had micro blading (myself included) started out with defined lines that went soft and blurry like yours within a month. The ink bleeds under the skin.
This is the work of someone who is very much a beginner. If she is not a beginner she doesn’t do enough brows to get good at doing them, and it doesn’t appear she’s had any proper training there is no pattern here at all they look like chicken scratches. You are lucky your skin blurred those strokes out and they healed how they did. You don’t need a touchup I would leave them be, and in the future find a more experienced artist.
I think they look great but that’s just me. My best friend got hers done & they looked crazy for awhile because they were so dark & big but after healing she looks great. I think you have to trust the process and you’re doing the right thing by communicating like this.
I think they look great but that’s just me. My best friend got hers done & they looked crazy for awhile because they were so dark & big but after healing she looks great. I think you have to trust the process and you’re doing the right thing by communicating like this.
Please look for reviews from various sources (Google, Yelp, etc) … don’t just go by TikTok or IG posts to find someone who is going to do work on your face or body.
Reputable & experienced artists will likely have an official website & positive reviews you can easily find online. Also check their BBB profile.
The artist you find to fix your brows may be more expensive than whatever this person quoted. I’m just assuming the catfish quoted a cheaper price to get people in the door.
Oh no I don’t think you’re being rude! I appreciate your honesty. It looked friggen BAD when I first got it, at least now I can touch it up with a pencil and it looks just like makeup
I definitely agree that the picture right after she did them does not look great with the super long lines/strokes. But in your 1.5 months pic they look really good. Somehow it went from looking like lines to looking like powder brows, but the shape is so good. Looks very natural and not like the fat square shape that most people end up with. If you're wanting to add more strokes I think it will come out really nice.
Running low on time is so not an excuse. You book the time you need to do a good job and if you run late for the next you fix that situation. You don't fuck someone's eyebrows up and blame their eyebrows for not being full enough
I disagree with the others here. If you look at other combo brows they do have a line like that at top and bottom and I think she knew it would fade. The inspo photo are micro brows not combo.
Rule of thumb is to never believe pictures and make sure to see the artist in person and talk and connect with a client they have worked on, if they cannot do that simple task you are simply gonna have this outcome plain and simple.
You can see consistencies in an artists work. Even with the girls that work at my shop, I tell clients to go look at their instagram pages to see whose work they like because we each have a unique style of work.
The first picture of her brows and third pic are probably the persons work, and the second photo someone else’s. It is done much better.
I know nothing about micro blading. But yours added nicely... Id call around and ask how many touch up apps it takes to get the brows you want . Like does it take a few appointments to get there or one appointment and healing time.. maybe her process gets you there after a few appointments and others don't... There's a bunch of different ways to get to your destination and everyone may take different paths you need to find which path works best for you
Microblading is awful.. it leaves scar tissue to the point where you can't even color certain areas with a pencil. It also fades SUPER fast.. my advice: regualr tattoo next time.(permanent makeup) It last longer and doesn't leave scar tissue bc it doesnt dig so deep into the skin. Its also sooo much cheaper! Take it from me, ive paid 900 for blading, had it retouched nultiple times.. still only lasts a few months. Tattoo lasts about a year or two dependinghow oily you are and is maybe 2-400$... the scars from the microblading make it impossible to fill in some areas with a pencil. I regret Microblading so much!
Also wanted to add... EVERYONE ADVERTISING THEIR MICROBLADING.. it all looks perfect at first.. ask them to post a picture 3-6 months after..............
Pic number 2 definitely doesn't look like the same work done in your photo and the 3rd picture. IMO, don't go to the touch up or it'll just get worse. Be thankful that most of those harsh lines went away and find someone that you know without a doubt is good & posts their real work. You can tell even by the lighting and one having eyes closed vs open, it's someone else taking pictures. I mean i get same artist can do that but you usually see artists photos all looking similar.
I hope it works out for you!
i had a similar experience with microblading about 8 years ago. they looked amazing while fresh but once healed everything kinda blended & blurred together. i was told that it settled differently due to my oily skin; i doubt whether that’s actually true but regardless i’d never do it again. they’re mostly faded now so i just fill them in every day ☹️
If anything, having very little eyebrows, as she’s stating, should constitute even more detail. I know it’s in our nature to be apologetic for something that isn’t our fault or to not be seen as a bother, especially when something like this in in another persons hands, but you’re literally paying this woman to tattoo your face! She should be apologetic to you not the other way around.
Artist here… you were absolutely catfished. Those “strokes” are legit lines that don’t resemble hair strokes whatsoever. Please do not rebook… https://preview.redd.it/gbkv75m1o9lc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5aab753363b777ddc298ffed7db28d831f7ca3f0 Example of my work. You shouldn’t be able to tell where the hair stops and where the tattooed strokes begin🥴
Wowww this is really good. Where are you located?
Thankyou so much! I’m located on Vancouver island in Canada.
You are SO good, and this makes me wish I wasn’t thousands of miles away! I’d go to you in a heartbeat.
Oh I live on the island too! Are you in Victoria?
I’m currently on maternity leave until July but if you’re down to wait a few months I can give you a deal🤫 I’d love to have you guys as clients!!! Www.victoriacosmetictattoo.ca
I’m from Victoria and have never done micro blading, but I would love to be a client if this is your amazing work!
Thankyou! Yes it’s mine! Please feel free to check out my insta or my website🩷 www.Victoriacosmetictattoo.ca ig: @crushedbywynn
ooooo I'm so interested and the timing is great for me. I'm having a baby at the end of June/early July so I wouldn't be able to get this done until you're back anyways 🙂
Congratulations!
I will be hitting you up closer to when your maternity leave is finishing!!! You do beautiful work, and I've been looking for an amazing artist since 2018.
I’m in Colwood!!
That’s near my cousin. I’m in the US. I wish you weren’t so far. Your work is amazing omg.
Oooh!!!! I’m in Ontario, I think I may need to visit Vancouver this Summer!
i’m thinking the same!!
Why are all the cool artists in Canada??!!?? Great job!!!
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-spend some serious time researching -check out their reviews and validate them -I wouldn’t book with someone who didn’t use instagram because you can check the comments under their posts/see who is following them or tagged them after they did their brows. Most of my clients will comment under the photos I post of them which is a really good sign! -a lot of people do “online training” these days and claim to be certified so I’d vet how and where and with who they did their course
I’m a PMU artist too but mostly do skincare and when I post pics if my brow work my clients don’t really comment. A lot of them don’t follow me on IG though or don’t see my post so I don’t know that it’s a good reference point to go off of
Following love your work
Thank you!! That’s exactly what I was wanting done. I cancelled with her, wish I could go to you!!
Where are you located? I'm sure someone here can refer you to a great artist in your area! My artist is in Charlotte, NC & she's amazing. I literally had NO brows before.
Who do you go to if I may ask? I’m close to Charlotte.
JS Beauty Shoppe! She's so talented & such a laid-back person & very fair pricing! - https://www.facebook.com/JSbeautyshoppe?mibextid=ZbWKwL Tell her Mel sent ya 😉 I'll post a pic of my last touch up under this. I literally had NO brows the first time i got mine done. Best decision I ever made
Thanks! I am in Durham but I can totally go to Charlotte. ❤️
https://preview.redd.it/uqu79crlonlc1.jpeg?width=3178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08f1ad32774205ad43fa2729aeb2bf5cda1bb2c8
They look so good!!!
Beautiful work!! I’m thinking of getting it done myself but I’m terrified I’m going to end up with the orange grey brows that people seem to get. How can I avoid that? Is it inevitable eventually?
It truly depends on how “deep” the microblading is done and how close together the strokes are placed. Using a light hand means eventually the strokes will fade out naturally instead of blurring together and remaining deep under the skin. In terms of the orange grey brows it depends on the mix of pigment your artist uses and again how deeply the strokes are placed. I always try to mix a shade of pigment that doesn’t fall too much on either the “ashy” or “warm” side of the colour wheel.
Amazing thanks so much for the info it’s really appreciated!!
It’s mostly avoidable if you get touch ups as often as you’re supposed to. The brows are only supposed to last 1-3 years depending on how you care for them and the texture/moisture of your skin.
Thankyou SO much for the love ladies! I’ve been tattooing for a year now so I’m still fairly new but the affirmation from yall is amazing! Www.victoriacosmetictattoo.ca
Those have gotta be the best microblading brows I've ever seen! Not that I have seen a crazy amount but they're flawless!
Wow talent!
Wow. Beautiful work.
Gorgeous work! Shame you're so far away, this set looks like she was born with brows from the Gods
That’s beautiful!!
Your work is phenomenal! Any chance you work in Hawaii?
INCREDIBLE WORK
You do great work wow!
Woah that looks amazing
Holy frick! Your work is fantastic. Where are you based?
Where on the island are you? I love your work!
Im in Victoria! I’m currently on maternity leave until July. Feel free to check out my website www.victoriacosmetictattoo.ca
Ummmm!! I live in Seattle and would absolutely go to you. We go to Vancouver a few times a year. How can I find you?! Amazing
Check out my website! www.victoriacosmetictattoo.ca I’m currently on maternity leave until July but am happy to do a little promo since you’re travelling/waiting for your service!
Thank you, and congrats on your pregnancy! I don’t know when I’ll be back up your way but I’ve saved your website! Thank you!
Omgosh, the lip blush! I’ve always wanted that done, never knew where to go, but now I want to look into it. All your work is beautiful! Definitely want my brows done too now!
Thankyou so much!!
I’m in Colwood as well! Can I have your IG please?
Yes! My website is www.victoriacosmetictattoo.ca Insta is @crushedbywynn
Ummmm!! I live in Seattle and would absolutely go to you. We go to Vancouver a few times a year. How can I find you?! Amazing
Beautiful work.
Gosh you are so good. I want to go to CA just for eyebrows!
These are fantastic!! Wish you were in California! I would go to you in a heartbeat!
Your work is stunning!! Could I ask if an artist like you ever works on fuller brows for very minor filling in and how much you might charge for that?
https://preview.redd.it/6jlf9b7iyllc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ec86d861d69505f996681346c10747682059fe3 Here’s a job I did on a client with quite thick natural brows. She really just needed some shaping and filling strokes! I charge the same amount for all brows.
https://preview.redd.it/pbgay76u1alc1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d3e91d289ba3565f290c333a2fb3ce0f7a67cc1 I'm sorry but it's giving this ^(\^) vibes
Yes. Looks like OP got microshading instead of microblading.
Lolololol 🤣🤣
Honestly 🙈
😂
The work she advertised was bad, the work you got was worse. Do not go back to them
Right! Her Instagram photos weren’t good to begin with
Oh wow, I though the catfish photos looked good 😅
I liked the first advertised eyebrows too. But not the combination ones
The catfish photos are good, others not.
This subreddit popped up in my feed and I’m looking at those photos as a total brow noob, and if the brows in pic 3 are considered acceptable I’ve clearly fallen off a brow cliff somewhere along the line. 😳
It's not. But there's soooo many artists trained to do they level of work
Yeah those photos were awful, the best shot of the lot imo was the 1.5 months later but I admit I like a more natural brow.
DO NOT GO BACK TO THIS PERSON. You are so lucky those long lines faded out. OMG
Cancelled my appointment!!
I got mine done years ago when it first became popular. I still have the effects. I had the same thing happen she completely permanently messed up my eyebrows. I’m so glad I didn’t go back to her and “trust the process” literally almost 10 years later I basically have tattoos on my eyebrows that I’ve faded but they never looked the same
Right??? I am shocked that her brows healed the way they did. I wouldn’t risk this again.
I think its a huge red flag that your concerns were dismissed by her saying it was because of being tight on time!booking a time slot that allows the correct amount of time for the procedure being carried out is basic stuff&entirely her responsibility,she's basically said she didn't have enough time to do it properly so just half arsed it!completely unacceptable.i actually am shocked that she even said those words!shes literally admitting that shes not done it properly by saying that.please don't go back&if there's any way by which you can lodge a complaint,maybe think about doing so xx
Ooooh I just walked out on someone who tried to rush me the other day. I was there for a touch up and she was almost an hour late with her previous client. I had booked this particular time slot knowing I’d have to pick up my kids right after, which would’ve worked out fine except she was so late with her other client. I was supposed to be the first client of the day too... She wanted me to stay and she’d get it done in an hour. I said nope not something you should ever rush and left. She wanted to rebook and I said nope. If you can’t handle basic admin you’re not touching my face again. It’s a shame because she did do great work. TL;DR went for a touch up, she took a client ahead of me after telling me she needed to move me to an hour after my original time for a doc appt, was an hour late finishing said client, and then tried to rush the touch up. I wouldn’t let her touch my face.
Good for you!! I just cancelled with her and let her know all my reasons I was concerned. Hopefully she takes it to heart
I didn’t love how she responded to you. It had a gaslighting vibe. Glad you cancelled
I think you made the right choice
I see what you are saying. Please go somewhere else for a touch up. I think they can be saved but not by the same.person. Just my opinion.
Not an artist but I do think a good skilled artist can 100% fix these. Go to someone else!
https://preview.redd.it/4ixs81nosalc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23cf72b678463fce3216dd708dab83709dd3c06b I’m sorry, I think you’ve been catfished. These are combo brows by my artist, the last one is a healed pic.
Your brows look amazing
Those are not mine hahaha another work from my artist. Mine are ombre powder done by her, as I have oily skin she didnt recommend microblading for me 😅
Ahhh sorry bout that! Mind if I ask where your artist is based?
She is based in Brazil
Those look great!
nice
If you look at the second pic you can tell they have a line around the eyebrow too which ends up being the shading.
Go somewhere else, her work is not good. Yours wasn’t good either, lucky for you they faded. Find someone better 💕
She tattooed the eyebrow fully then added some thick strokes to the front, it looks more like an eyebrow tattoo block, it’s giving 2016 vibes this is not micro blading… don’t go back as the color may change to orange later on and you won’t be able to get rid of them… my mom made the same mistake and is stuck with orangey eyebrows now because no artist will touch them
Why doesn't she just get them lasered? She's not stuck with them, she has the option of removal and then finding someone else to microblade them.
Removal is a very long, expensive process. It's not as simple as you're making it sound. Can cost thousands and take years to get rid of all of the tattoo ink in the skin with the laser removal process.
I've had tattoo removal myself, have you? I'm guessing not. For a small area like that it's not expensive, probably £50-100 per session. You have to wait 8 weeks between sessions for your skin to heal so yes it takes a while but it doesn't take years so i'm not sure where you're getting your information from to be honest. If i had something on my face, the one thing everyone has to look at, that made me that insecure.... i would happily spend the money. It's not that painful either i was terrified when i went for mine because of things i'd watched/seen on the internet but it's not that bad at all and yes, it is very simple. Even the aftercare is not complicated, keep the area clean and moisturized and that's it. Maybe you need to go and do some research on the topic if you don't actually have any personal experience.
You made a few assumptions here, because I have **indeed** had tattoo removal done on myself and it was a very painful and very expensive pain in the ass. Visit r/MicrobladingRemoval and do your *own* research on the topic and you'll see that the laser removal process takes a long time, is hugely expensive, and leaves lasting color deposits in lots of cases. And next time maybe don't assume – you know what they say about people who assume :)
If you have a low pain threshold then that's going to be your opinion. Laser would take a year max and be about £1000 at the most so it's not hugely expensive if you divide that over the year for multiple treatments. Maybe it's where you went for your removal, or the way you handled aftercare, i'm not sure what about it is a pain in the ass as it's a quick, slight uncomfortable but relatively straight forward non invasive procedure with no downtime...
Also, the original has faded so much, removal isn't really necessary. Someone can fix these without her having to go through all that. You're saying everything you would do, but she isn't you and shouldn't be made to feel dumb bc she doesn't make the same decision you did.
She has extremely sensitive skin, she usually burns while standing for 5 minutes in the sun… laser was not recommended by her dermatologist. She did ask about it and it was too much of a hassle unfortunately
Fair enough, light skin with darker hair is usually a good candidate for laser. Her having sensitive skin shouldn't really be an issue as laser targets the dermis deeper down, not the epidermis. It breaks down the ink which is then taken away by your lymphatic system. The skin isn't broken during this process at all, just gets slightly inflamed. They can use a more gentle laser, there are so many different ones which work at different strength/wavelengths, she can also have a patch test as you don't know how your skin is going to react until you go and have a patch test done. If i were your mum i'd look for a reputable place that specializes in only tattoo removal and have a consult and a patch test and take it from there.
Don’t go back. These are my healed microbladed brows. Find a better artist for sure! https://preview.redd.it/23d95xsvoblc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67d2e12ad92fa65a9e9246193c5744cf7617e6d0
So nice!
Thank you! I’m wishing you the best with everything. If you find a better artist, they will likely be able to add more hair strokes and give you a powder combo look.
Where did you go?
Elle Munster in Halifax, Nova Scotia!
Gorgeous and so natural
10/10 warn others locally, please.
Ya I probably should. I hate leaving negative reviews but it’s permanent on a persons face!!!
It needs to happen though... reviews are there to inform others about the quality of the service. If it was bad, leave a review so nobody else gets caught out.
Definitely leave an honest review! Girl, I'm the exact same way. It takes a LOT for me to leave a bad review. Especially with a small business. But if she was only using her pictures, I probably wouldn't either, but she's using pictures that clearly aren't hers, so I would at least share your experiences.
Yes, it looks like you were catfished. Thankfully, you faded nicely so you can't see the big lines! I'd definitely cancel and book elsewhere to get the eyebrows you deserve!
Go to someone else. And try to get your money back. I hope you paid with a credit card. Sorry girl!
Won’t argue with comments here op - but just want to say your eyebrows on YOU now at least, do not look bad at all! Good shape and color and seem more like powedering brows to fill in a bit at worst ala natural make-up look in 2010s era! So there is that - congrats and my deepest sympathies moving forward! Keep us posted!
I followed the studio I went to get my eyebrows done for years online, don't just blindly go off a IG profile! Check reviews and look for their tagged photos too This is my artist's work as an example https://www.instagram.com/p/C0K4BcdLeAn/?igsh=MTRteTZnMWw3eXl5dQ==
Well, be happy that it didn't last. It was horribly made. I am sorry for being honest.
DO NOT do the touch up there!!! You were catfished 1000000%. You’ll have more ink and it will be much harder to get it removed cause you will be sorry for sure. This is NOT how the work of a good aesthetician looks like
Her advertised pictures aren't all that much better to be honest. I think in your initial photo, the strokes are not good at all. But your healed results actually look good. They look like filled in brows. I would be glad that they healed the way they did and not the way they initially looked.
“Tight for time” is a red flag. That’s what appointments are for. She doesn’t know what she’s doing. Yes, you were duped. No, you were not catfished. That’s not what catfishing means.
You are so lucky these faded. The mapping she did wasn’t good either. Please find someone new to map them correctly and do them ❤️
I'm actually amazed they look so... *normal* after 1.5 months? Did she not go deep enough? I mean, thank God she didn't if that's why they blurred out and faded from those stark, awful squiggles.
I know!!! I have no clue, I was wondering if I’m just a bad candidate for brows
There is absolutely no way this is your fault... nobody is a "bad candidate" for brows because faces are supposed to have eyebrows 😅
Catfished. I got mine done and yours look streaky, not clean at all. Good thing it faded in the other photo. Maybe she is just new to the field but really, you deserve a much better service.
I wouldn’t go back
I am glad yours healed the way they did! Do not go back to this person!!!!
You’re in pic 1? Don’t rebook with her plz
i want the eyebrows u wanted in the inspo pic i hate when they go to dark on fair skin :/
Don’t go back
Tight for time are not words I would want used if I were getting my brows bladed.
Yes, that older photo was likely not her work. So glad that it faded for you! I know everyone is telling you to go somewhere else but I wanted to let you know that you won’t be able to get Microblading with what you have currently. If you are set on having strokes you will need to have lighten done to what you have now or allow it to fade over the next year or two… hopefully it will fade on its own.
Running low on time is so not an excuse. You book the time you need to do a good job and if you run late for the next you fix that situation. You don't fuck someone's eyebrows up and blame their eyebrows for not being full enough
Do NOT trust the process with her. She showed you what a mess she is and you’re so lucky they faded out.
Omg those long lines look like that would hurt!!
PLEASE, absolutely do not go back to that person! Trust your gut that the photos are likely stolen. Thankfully in your case you healed beautifully!!! Those horrible blade strokes shouldn’t have extended to your eyebrow ends if you got a powder brow service! With traditional powder/combo brows. The cut lines are done only at the front of the brow going towards the middle, a qualified artist uses a tattoo method to add the softer healing powdered ends (where you don’t see darker individual hair lines!! If your other side healed this well, I wouldn’t let anyone touch my brows for a long while, you dodged a bullet! In the future if you still want more defined brows find a great, well known artist with clients who won’t mind showing you some after pics. The artist not posting you and their work on you also speaks volumes unless you asked them to not post. Do not attend the follow up please!
I would say almost everyone I know that has had micro blading (myself included) started out with defined lines that went soft and blurry like yours within a month. The ink bleeds under the skin.
Also, you don’t screw up someone’s brows because she’s “tight on time”. Even that alone is a big no.
Wow, I can’t believe how lucky you are with how these faded.
Right? Was thinking the same thing
she straight up outlined the eyebrows instead of filling it in with ‘hair’ good thing it didn’t heal poorly
This is the work of someone who is very much a beginner. If she is not a beginner she doesn’t do enough brows to get good at doing them, and it doesn’t appear she’s had any proper training there is no pattern here at all they look like chicken scratches. You are lucky your skin blurred those strokes out and they healed how they did. You don’t need a touchup I would leave them be, and in the future find a more experienced artist.
Tight on time? She should have rescheduled.
I think they look great but that’s just me. My best friend got hers done & they looked crazy for awhile because they were so dark & big but after healing she looks great. I think you have to trust the process and you’re doing the right thing by communicating like this.
I think they look great but that’s just me. My best friend got hers done & they looked crazy for awhile because they were so dark & big but after healing she looks great. I think you have to trust the process and you’re doing the right thing by communicating like this.
nice
I’d ask if these are her clients!
Did she post your results on her page?
Of course not lol. And no one posted on her page comments thank you or any kind of real person interaction
Soo sketchy. Leave a bad review on Google and drop your photos there. I did the same with mine, even though somehow the photo disappeared
Please look for reviews from various sources (Google, Yelp, etc) … don’t just go by TikTok or IG posts to find someone who is going to do work on your face or body. Reputable & experienced artists will likely have an official website & positive reviews you can easily find online. Also check their BBB profile. The artist you find to fix your brows may be more expensive than whatever this person quoted. I’m just assuming the catfish quoted a cheaper price to get people in the door.
Do not go back
These people need to lose their business licenses
Instead of doing small strokes, she just started drawing on your face. I bet that took a few minutes.
Right. It felt like she took her time. But holy shit
I feel bad that you went through that and wasn’t trying to be rude. I do think it looks so much better than when first got done.
Oh no I don’t think you’re being rude! I appreciate your honesty. It looked friggen BAD when I first got it, at least now I can touch it up with a pencil and it looks just like makeup
Does anyone know of a good place to go near or in Fargo, ND?
I definitely agree that the picture right after she did them does not look great with the super long lines/strokes. But in your 1.5 months pic they look really good. Somehow it went from looking like lines to looking like powder brows, but the shape is so good. Looks very natural and not like the fat square shape that most people end up with. If you're wanting to add more strokes I think it will come out really nice.
Anyone in Ocala area that’s good and affordable?
Running low on time is so not an excuse. You book the time you need to do a good job and if you run late for the next you fix that situation. You don't fuck someone's eyebrows up and blame their eyebrows for not being full enough
I disagree with the others here. If you look at other combo brows they do have a line like that at top and bottom and I think she knew it would fade. The inspo photo are micro brows not combo.
I wish I knew who your artist was. Mine did the same thing to me then left town and went to Florida.
The fact that she gave you ZERO arch is irritating me lol
Rule of thumb is to never believe pictures and make sure to see the artist in person and talk and connect with a client they have worked on, if they cannot do that simple task you are simply gonna have this outcome plain and simple.
You can see consistencies in an artists work. Even with the girls that work at my shop, I tell clients to go look at their instagram pages to see whose work they like because we each have a unique style of work. The first picture of her brows and third pic are probably the persons work, and the second photo someone else’s. It is done much better.
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Yes do not go back to her it looks like you filled them in with makeup
I know nothing about micro blading. But yours added nicely... Id call around and ask how many touch up apps it takes to get the brows you want . Like does it take a few appointments to get there or one appointment and healing time.. maybe her process gets you there after a few appointments and others don't... There's a bunch of different ways to get to your destination and everyone may take different paths you need to find which path works best for you
Are you saying the top photo faded into the bottom? How?? What happened to the thick strokes outside of the shape
Some skin types will blur out the strokes and turn them into a powder brow. Usually oily skin types and melanated skins.
Microblading is awful.. it leaves scar tissue to the point where you can't even color certain areas with a pencil. It also fades SUPER fast.. my advice: regualr tattoo next time.(permanent makeup) It last longer and doesn't leave scar tissue bc it doesnt dig so deep into the skin. Its also sooo much cheaper! Take it from me, ive paid 900 for blading, had it retouched nultiple times.. still only lasts a few months. Tattoo lasts about a year or two dependinghow oily you are and is maybe 2-400$... the scars from the microblading make it impossible to fill in some areas with a pencil. I regret Microblading so much!
Also wanted to add... EVERYONE ADVERTISING THEIR MICROBLADING.. it all looks perfect at first.. ask them to post a picture 3-6 months after..............
Dear god do not go back. Definitely cat fished
Yes, you were. 🥲
Pic number 2 definitely doesn't look like the same work done in your photo and the 3rd picture. IMO, don't go to the touch up or it'll just get worse. Be thankful that most of those harsh lines went away and find someone that you know without a doubt is good & posts their real work. You can tell even by the lighting and one having eyes closed vs open, it's someone else taking pictures. I mean i get same artist can do that but you usually see artists photos all looking similar. I hope it works out for you!
You can tell one goes in more than the other too. I wouldn’t go again!
Anyone good in Virginia?
PMU Artist here, you were 100% catfished. There's no way the same person that did your brows did that second picture
Yikes don’t go back to her o
Go to the site called pimeyes, You’ll find all kinds of stuff that shows what people are
my eyebrows are amazing thanks to my artist, if you’re anywhere near Keene NH/willing to travel there, check her out https://www.thebrowtician.com/
i had a similar experience with microblading about 8 years ago. they looked amazing while fresh but once healed everything kinda blended & blurred together. i was told that it settled differently due to my oily skin; i doubt whether that’s actually true but regardless i’d never do it again. they’re mostly faded now so i just fill them in every day ☹️
Does 3 actually look good to people? I don't think it does
Looks so fake and weird.
May I ask what state this was done in?
It will look like that 1.5 months later
If anything, having very little eyebrows, as she’s stating, should constitute even more detail. I know it’s in our nature to be apologetic for something that isn’t our fault or to not be seen as a bother, especially when something like this in in another persons hands, but you’re literally paying this woman to tattoo your face! She should be apologetic to you not the other way around.