Each fortnight, Stephanie Darling roadtests a different make-up, skincare or wellness trend to find out whether it’s worth your time. Ahead, what to expect from brow misting.
Stephanie Darling: As a result of the treatment, my brows look natural and have a great full shape.Credit:iStock
My brows, the “coathangers of the face”, have been neglected. Time to try a new technique.
The lowdown I am at the Amy Jean salon in Sydney city to boost my fading feather-tattooed brows using a technique called misting. Therapist Erin draws an outline and makes sure I am happy with the shape. Then she tidies any stray brow hairs by plucking and waxing them, after which she applies some numbing cream (which she reapplies halfway through the procedure). She loads the airbrushing gun with my customised pigment and delivers a series of very fine dots that give an ombre mist of colour when implanted into the skin under my brows. As this is a cosmetic tattoo procedure, I am given instructions to keep my brows dry for 10 days to let them heal and to allow the pigment to stick.
Pain factor It’s a bit pinchy but the anaesthetic cream helps.
Results My brows look natural and have a great full shape. I’m told I will lose 30 per cent of the depth of colour in the first couple of weeks, which is normal, and will have to go back for a top-up in about six weeks.
Downtime Two hours.
Where to get it Amy Jean Brows, in Melbourne and Sydney.
Cost: from $995.
At home To shield your newly minted brows so they don’t get wet in the shower, try Lash By Lash’s Face Visor (lashbylash.com.au, $17 for 50).