Powder eyebrows: execution technique

Olga Kravenskaya , methodologist of the European Beauty Business School "Cosmotrade", master of permanent make-up, member of the International Public Organization "Association of Permanent Makeup Professionals" (IPO APPM), participant of the educational and game show on permanent make - up "Battle of Styles" (2016) , speaker at scientific and practical conferences on permanent makeup at the InterCHARM exhibition, author of articles in the Permanent magazine, participant of The Permanent Make-Up World Conference 2017 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Every person who decides on a permanent makeup procedure has an idea of how he wants to look in the end. Some people like rich, clear eyebrows, which become one of the main accents of the image, and some want to achieve the easiest effect, just emphasizing this element of the face and giving it neatness. Powder coating technique allows you to achieve the second result

So, powder brows. Light, translucent - for the background, without clear borders and contours. Suitable for everyone: who has their own thick eyebrows, and who does not have them. The pigment in this technique is applied superficially and transparently. With the help of spraying, you can achieve different results - from a transparent haze to a more saturated, dense color. Therefore, this technique is universal. The pigment is applied to the upper layers of the skin, so the procedure is atraumatic, and this contributes to faster healing and a small release of color. The pigment should be selected as similar as possible to the native color of the hairs or to the regrown hair roots. The application itself takes from half an hour to an hour, depending on the desired density and characteristics of the client's skin. The needle used, one (for me personally), is the most predictable, it achieves maximum airiness over the entire surface of the brow, and it also makes it possible to perform a soft color transition from a lighter head to a denser tail.

It is worth noting the main mistakes of the masters working in this technique:

• no airiness;
• asymmetrical coloring of the left and right eyebrows;
• uneven coloring of parts of the eyebrow;
• immediately after the procedure, a very pale head (after the procedure, it may seem that the coloring is sufficient, but keep in mind that with the passage of the crust, part of the color also disappears).

Procedure steps

We proceed to the stages of the procedure and the technique of execution.

Photo 1. We fill out the client agreement.

Photo 2-6. We photograph the client before the procedure, draw a sketch and approve it.

Photo 7. We apply primary anesthesia.

Photo 8-10. The first pass of pigment application: we fix the sketch and prepare the skin for secondary vasoconstrictive anesthesia. In the first pass, we perform hatching. We do all the strokes with the same pressure, parallel to each other, in the same direction, from bottom to top at an angle of 90 degrees, while the skin should be very well stretched in the direction of the forehead. Departure of the needle is about 1.5 mm, but we work only with the tip, on touch, with the minimum speed of the device. In work, try to avoid the joints of the pigment, which is layered on top of each other. To avoid this, enter the skin as gently as possible. Keep in mind that the skin in the area of the break and the tail is thinner, so it is easy to go deep in these areas, which is fraught with spots and cold pigment release. At the beginning of work, do not oversaturate the head area - mark it, and in the next passes, shape and saturate it with color.

Photo 11. The result after the first pass.

Photo 12-13. The second pass: we bring in the pigment more densely.

In this and subsequent (if necessary) passes, try to cross the strokes in order to achieve uniform coloring. We remember this moment: the longer and faster the stroke, the lighter and more airy it looks, and the shorter and slower, the more dense and opaque it is.

We carry out (if necessary) the third pass.

Photo 16-18. We apply a special post-procedural agent, evaluate the finished result.

We inform the client about post-procedural care.

After complete restoration of the skin, we inspect the work and, if necessary, make a correction.