This is probably the most difficult video
I've ever made! OH MY GOD I can't watch this again!
This looks like Shinchan did her brows! This is a lesson learnt. Why did I do this?!
Hi guy, I'm Saachi and for those of you'll
that don't know me I work as a content producer
and makeup artist here at Glamrs
So skincare tips, unique life hacks and makeup
tutorials are a staple here on our channel but today
we decided to do something a little different and take a walk
down memory lane
to one of our most controversial videos ever!
We're here to talk about my infamous microbading procedure
that I got done about 2 years ago
on the 9th of October 2017
and answer some of your most asked questions that we get that we get on
that video right upto this day!
This is as honest as it's going to get so
buckle up and get on this mysterious microblading journey with me!
So microblading is basically a semi-permanent tattoo
technique used to create the illusion of more fuller and well
defined brows. First things first, who actually
needs to get their eyebrows microbladed?
We're going to see what the doctor has to say and I'm going to give you my own
opinion about that as well, so let's jump in!
As of now I have makeup on my eyebrows
but naturally I have very sparse eyebrows.
I look SO different with my eyebrows not done
I've almost forgotten what that looked like!
It takes me anywhere between 10-15 minutes every
morning for me to fill in and shape my eyebrows
and it's become a very tedious process!
So just to give you a background of that eventful day
I had extremely sparse eyebrows
as I'm sure you can see in the video and no matter what I
did to them castor oil, coconut oil, it was impossible
for them to get thicker or fuller which is why
I decided to go in for this treatment!
I don't really have a history of thyroid in my family
but I think genetics has a very important part to play in this!
Both my mother and grandmother have very scanty eyebrows
and that's why I'm super excited
to get this procedure done.
So as you can see I was super super excited
to get this done because I wanted to just cut down on those
few minutes that we take to get ready in the morning
little did I know that this was probably the WORST
decision of my entire life!
So as I was informed by the doctor there are 3
key steps before actually getting into the actual microblading procedure
so that's what we're going to watch right now. The first one being
numbing my eyebrows.
As you can see an anaesthetic was applied to my eyebrows
left for about half 30 or 45 minutes after which she said
any pain or discomfort that I would
experience would go away!
So now she's actually using a brown eyebrow pencil
to sort of outline the entire
brow so I get the shape that I desire
and I can already see that the inside of my eyebrow
is too close together and so unlike my natural shape!
So next we come to choosing the colour
for my eyebrows. So on that day itself
I remember being very confused when the doctor
picked out a super dark black colour for my eyebrows
and I remember asking her to mix in a little bit of
brown because as a makeup artist I know that our eyebrows aren't
black they're generally a darker brow or light brown
depending on the colour of your hair and that's what I had asked for but
I wanted to believe the doctor knew what she was doing so
I went ahead with it!
So now we can see that she's
finally started the microblading procedure and
right from the first stroke I could
tell that the numbing cream was absolutely useless
because the pain was UNBEARABLE!
And as you can see the doctors going over and over the same
place with heavy strokes of the needle
inspite of some bleeding which I later learnt must
absolutely not happen!
So now that I'm looking back at the video I can already
see that the strokes were very long, thick and unnatural
there was no shading involved whatsoever
and the doctor was very heavy handed because
of which it was so painful!
And that we're at such a crucial
part of our microblading process let's get
into some of the comments that you guys have left behind on this video!
I sadly couldn't agree more!
It actually looks like a throwback from the 90s
where I've sketched in really thin, pencil brows
and as for the micro pigmentation
I did a lot fo research after and I actually
that this kind of technique would work
for micro pigmentation which is done
around your hairline to make it more fuller and even
but it's definitely very unnatural and artificial
for your eyebrows!
So the next comment says
Once again, it is super artificial and unnatural
unfortunately I have to agree with most of these comments
and the funniest part is I still wake up
10 minutes early and do my eyebrows to cover up
this mess that's on my face now!
So the next comment says
So as soon as I read this comment I actually looked up
this episode!
And we're going to throw up a picture on the screen
so you can compare my eyebrows to Shinchan's father's
and let me know in the comments below if we actually
do look alike now!
So the next comment says
Now this is just one of the hundreds
of comments saying there was blood coming out
and there were tears coming out
and it was an absolute mess
because it was!
and this is a great opportunity for me to tell you guys
that if at any point you want to get this procedure done
and if there is too much bleeding or it's extremely painful
then it's probably not being done the right way
so stop it right then!
So the next comment we got was from a microblading
specialist in the UK
me too!
I absolutely have to agree with everything
she just said starting with the fact
that this is probably not a semi-permanent
makeup procedure because my eyebrows till date
do have a bluish-green tint to them
which is why I can never leave the house without actually having
some brow product on them to cover them
and make them look like my natural hair colour.
Secondly it is supposed to mimic your natural
hair growth which it absolutely doesn't
mimic the natural strokes of my hair, it's completely
ruined the shape of my eyebrows which were much
thicker!
And it's also a block tattoo
which is true, it looks like it's been drawn in with a
sharpie like I said before and there's
not much I can do about it now.
The next comment says
Like I said before, turns out it's not semi-permanent
it's been about 2 years and more and it's still
around and hasn't faded whatsoever!
And I would slightly disagree with you because
curve and length is not what I
had expected it to be, it doesn't match the shape of my
natural brows
at all and if you look at them very closely
the 2 of them are actually not very even
one being slightly bigger than the other!
And it is jet black
as I mentioned before the colour wasn't a good match at all
it was too harsh and too stark for my
hair colour and people naturally don't have
black brows so that didn't work out at all!
So the next comment says
This is so true, I think I've seen so
many microblading procedures done
on Instagram and Youtube
where people with really sparse brows got
beautiful well defined, fluffy brows but still natural!
So this doctor really had
no idea what she was doing and tried to
get it right but turned out to be an absolute disaster!
And like she mentioned, the brows need to look natural
and feathery which i absolutely not the case with mine
because they look like straight blocks from the front
especially towards the starting point
when they should have been curved out into feathery strokes!
So the next comment says
Now just to make it clear the video was not a sponsored
video or promoted in any manner!
I had really scarce, sparse brows
so I wanted to get it done
And I was under the impression that if I went to a certified
cosmetologist it would be absolutely fine
and I would get those perfect brow I wanted
but I was absolutely wrong and the fact that
there's blood and I'm teary that actually happened!
It was SO painful that I cried
almsot 80%
of the procedure and the only reason
I went through it was because I though I was going to have amazing
brows at the end!
So it's super important to make sure you
choose the right doctors and certified
tattoo artist when you're doing your brows
or any sort of makeup procedure for that matter.
To sum this video up let's just talk about the irony of it all
I wanted to get this procedure done
so I could cut down on my get ready time in the morning
and flaunt beautiful bushy brows, just by themselves
every single day! But here I am
spending a significant amount of time, on the daily
trying to clean up the mess that was left behind
after I got my eyebrows microbladed!
That being said microblading isn't
a bad procedure in itself it's
just super important that you choose the right people
to go to because I clearly didn't and that's why
it turned out to be such a mess because she had no
idea of what she was doing whatsoever!
And I didn't make this video to discourage you from
getting such cosmetic procedures done but it's super important
to do the right research and go to the right people
so you can achieve those perfect results
that you've always wanted!
And until next time, stay tuned & stay Glamrs!