Microblading in Rockaway, NJ

Following these makes the difference between pigment that stays and pigment that fades unevenly.

• No alcohol for 24 to 48 hours before
• No coffee, energy drinks or extra caffeine the day of
• No aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen or other blood thinners, unless your doctor prescribed them. Never stop prescribed medication without medical approval
• Stop retinol, Retin-A and exfoliating acids around the brows 1 to 2 weeks before
• Tell me before booking if you have had recent Botox or filler in your forehead or brow area

This is not a tattoo, and how you care for it over ten days decides how it looks for the next year. Be strict with this.

• Day 1. After we finish, clean the area front to back with an alcohol-free wipe, then apply a thin layer of the vitamin cream, pressing it into the skin. Repeat every 2 hours.
• Days 2 to 10. Clean your brows and apply the vitamin cream 3 times a day, in a thin layer.
• Throughout. No makeup and no oils on the area. Stay out of direct sun. No pools, steam rooms or exercise for a week. Do not pick the flakes; let them fall on their own.

I will message you at one week to see how it is going.

We use numbing cream, and most clients tell me afterward that it was nothing like what they expected. If you’re especially sensitive to pain you may find it uncomfortable at moments, but it isn’t unbearable.

This is the fear I hear most, and it’s a fair one. It comes down to two things: the design and the color. I measure the shape to your face instead of applying one template to everyone, and I mix your pigment for your undertone.

That’s what happens when an artist uses a premixed brown without knowing what’s inside it. Different skin holds the components of that mix differently, and as it fades the wrong undertone surfaces. I build every color from primary pigments, for your skin specifically. That is the single biggest reason my work fades warm and soft instead of changing into a color you never chose.

There are a lot of people working without a license out of their homes around here. I don’t judge them, I started out too, and that’s usually where you are when you’re learning. What I can tell you is that a real part of my work is fixing permanent makeup done somewhere cheaper. Removal is expensive and slow. The price difference buys you a licensed, insured artist, pigments and needles I chose on quality rather than cost, a design built for your face, and someone who actually listens to what you want before touching your skin.

Book a consultation. It’s free, there’s no obligation, and I’ll show you what each technique would look like on you and answer everything. Plenty of people come in for that and book weeks later. Consultations are normally in the studio. If you’re coming from further out (Elizabeth, Fort Lee, North Bergen, West New York) we can do it by video instead.