- Today I'm getting my eyebrows microbladed,
which sounds terrifying.
A permanent makeup artist is gonna make little tiny
incisions into my eyebrow area and fill it with ink
so that it looks like I have more hair
than I actually do on my eyebrows.
Right now, the way that I would describe my eyebrows
would just be like little short little babies.
There's hair there, but they're kind of sparse.
I think an ideal eyebrow that I would like to have
would be Candis Welsh, she works in the production office
here at Buzzfeed. - It took me a long journey
to love my eyebrows and the fact that you said that to me
really warms my heart. - I love your eyebrows!
When she has on no makeup, it looks like she's slaying
because her eyebrows are so nice.
I have very high hopes for today,
I hope that the end result is something that I'm really
really satisfied with, I don't wanna not feel like myself,
I just wanna feel like a more enhanced version of myself.
Let's go get microbladed.
(upbeat music)
- Hi, I'm Angelina Mancinas and today I'm gonna be doing
microblading on the lovely Freddie.
Microblading is a technique where we use a semi-permanent
ink along with a blad and it's applied
into the skin to create a hair strip.
I would say for the past year, it's been the biggest trend,
especially here in Los Angeles.
Everyone loves microblading, especially for people
that are missing hairs or have sparse brows
or like most of us from the 90, over-tweezed and over-wax.
Some people that could really benefit from microblading
are cancer patients, people that know that they're gonna
go the chemotherapy so a lot of my clients
will get the microblading before that happens,
it's the biggest thing for a fuller, beautiful brow.
- We had a consultation about what look I was going for
in terms of my eyebrow, I would love for my eyebrows
to be a little bit thicker and I also want them to be longer
and I'm not sure if she can extend the length
of my eyebrows, but I'm gonna ask.
At the end of the session, I don't wanna
not look like myself, I kinda just want it
to look like a little bit more enhanced.
- I will do an outline, I'll show you,
and if you like it, then we can get started.
- Great!
I sit down in the chair and Angelina waxed my eyebrows,
which was nice, 'cause I hadn't had them waxed
in a long time, then she puts on this thick ointment-like
numbing cream so that I feel less pain
when she actually goes in to do the microblading.
- So with the microblading, it's a little hand tool.
(laughs)
- She used a razor that was composed of really really really
tiny needles and it was kind of crazy-looking.
If you whip this out at night, no one will fuck with you.
Then she used a chalk-like pen to draw around my eyebrows,
sort of in the shape that she was
going to microblade them in.
- Do you like an arch or do you like it to be more straight?
- I'm a fan of an arch.
So it kinda looked like a blueprint around my eyebrows.
- Take a look.
(gasps)
So they're not gonna be this thick and it's not gonna be
as bold, 'cause it's gonna look like little tiny hairs.
Is there anything you want different?
- But in terms of shape, I'm into it.
- Ready? - I'm so scared.
- You okay? - Oh okay, oh!
- Not too bad? - No.
At first, it didn't feel bad at all, I think the numbing
cream really did help and it kinda just felt like
little baby scrapes going across my eyebrow.
And then she kept going and going and going
and it started to feel a little raw.
It didn't hurt that bad, but at that point,
I was like, "Okay, I'm so glad to be done
"with this process, but I'm really anxious
"to see what my eyebrows look like."
When it came time for the reveal.
I need a nap.
So I'm finally done, the process took about 15 minutes,
which was way shorter than what I thought it was gonna take.
Right now, my brows burn, but it's at a pain level
of about a five, so it's not terrible.
I'm excited, show me. - Okay, here you go.
- Wow, wow!
This is pure artistry, I see myself,
and I'm just like, "What?"
I'm so into it!
Do I ever have to wear makeup again?
(laughs)
Like what kind of magic sorcery
did she just perform on my face?
I have never seen my eyebrows look so thick
and so wishy in a good way.
I love the different directions you went in
with the strokes, it looks super super natural.
They were way darker than I had anticipated,
but over time, after they finish with the healing process,
they get lighter and more natural-looking.
There's a large crowd back at the office
who know that this is what I've been doing today,
so they're gonna be awaiting my arrival.
- Hi.
- What do you think of my brows?
They're not gonna be this dark.
- They look really good.
I really like them.
- [Freddie] Everyone was really really impressed.
They were like, "Wow, these look so real,
"they look so authentic."
- [Woman] You'll never have to do your brows ever again.
- Yeah, I'm not filling them in, nope.
- You'll never have to, ever again.
- It has been so nice not having to fill in my eyebrows.
That's usually the most daunting part of my makeup routine.
If you care about your brows and you actively
fill them in every day to give them a thicker,
more enhanced look, I would definitely recommend
getting them microbladed, I would do it every year
if I could, and I just might.
Now I get to sleep in 15 minutes longer every morning
because I don't have to fill in my brows, so hello pillow.