Meet Alex
Alex has wanted to get her eyebrows tattooed for a while now
after doing some research and talking to some people who have had the eyebrows
tattooed
we were recommended to PING from The Beauty Zone
who is renowned as being one of the best Eyebrow Tattooists
in New Zealand. I suppose I wanted to come and talk to you about getting my eyebrows tattooed
Is it Tattooed is that the correct word to use?
Yes, it's a new skill of tattooing.
It's different from normal tattoo
Older tattoo is injecting the ink
or color into deeper skin
Now we call this method "semi-permanent" Eyebrows
The color is not as deep
like older tattoo
Underneath the epidermis it just touches the dermis
So color wouldn't spread underneath the skin.
If you inject the skin and get the color too deep the color can spread
so even colors reno's you we keep the shop or change and it's not good looking
So if the color is shallow you will keep the shape nicely. And also now days color is
really good and upgraded
Old color used was water based color
Now we use cream or oil based
So my eyebrows are quite sparse
I don't have many hairs on the outter corners.
But also a little tiny bit of length is what I need.
Um even here (centre of brows) is not very full)
I'd probably like all of them to be a bit more fuller
yeah really
you need to
have the whole lot of eyebrows done. So not just a one bit here or here
Because you've got a little bit more
hairs here
maybe we just need a few strokes to fill it up
to join the natural hair and tattoo look together
These way it's more natural looking
So you'd never do... if someone had one patch, you'd never do the one patch
You'd still do the whole eyebrow
It just means having less to do in some areas and more concentrated on the patch
sometimes you see someone's eyebrows are so beautiful
but it's not really suitable for you
And we all have different face structures
and be friends at highlight how cap he
it's like haircuts, not all haircuts will suit everybody
Because it's not your face.
Like for me, I've got a shape there
but like you say we just need to fill it in.
Just a little bit of fix up
and a more defined shape
You will see how different it looks after treatment
natural looking and it changes everything. Frames your face
Do you do many people who have had cancer and their eyebrows are gone?
Yes, cancer or alopecia, hormone changes or
disease and they have lost the hair
and the hair is not really growing back, so I do a lot like this.
They completely had no hair, it's bold.
I have to recreate the whole eyebrows
I have a very special skill for designing and creating shapes.
I always make shape suitable for
person individually
for the face, choosing the right color for the skin tone
most people they have had an accident and their eyebrows are crooked
or a a scar patch
so we fix that
men's eyebrows are just very sparse on the ends.
Very heavy at the base just
almost like it's a half an eyebrow
So we fix that.
And it looks like complete eyebrows
So this color is not for you, it's just for testing, and we put the color
behind a your I'm right ear
And the numbing agent behind your left ear
You need to keep it on for 24 hours and not wash it off
If any problems or abnormal feelings you have, you just use a soft cleanser to cleanse it off
and leave it and it will go
if this happens call me at anytime
i will give you my information to take back with you
So this part is very easy, this color is not for you ok?
Don't freak out!
before Alex could proceed with eyebrow tattooing
ping needed to know about health if she had any allergies to cosmetic products
she also had to give her a skin sensitivity test
using the tattoo pigment and the numbing cream
what would happen if she had any allergic reaction?
Would it be red? Red or itchy or stinging feeling or puffy
parking lot back yet up into this money is not yet
I've been doing this many years and never had anyone react
So you just check to cover yourself
Yes, I check health before, you always check everything
If someone's really have a problem with their health or their skin
type I wiould refer them to their doctor
to get doctors approval
and a consent form saying I can do it
if doctor approves I can do it
This is the health form, you need to answer all the questions
and also fill in the back as well
If I have any problems, tick off the box
and after that, sign it and bring it back to me
There are certain times that you can't have eyebrow tattooing done. Such things like having a period, breastfeeding or being pregnant
after having your eyebrow tattooing you cannot donate blood for up to one year
or have botox within 1 month of the eyebrow tattooing being done
Click on over to part 2 to see exactly what happens
during an eyebrow tattooing treatment
watch as Alex has her eyebrows designed, and tattooed