Using Light Eyebrow Colors

I am once again seeing people in my studio who have had previous eyebrow tattooing applications that have faded into murky, pasty messes. I don't understand why people are unable to learn to simply stay away from heavy white cuts in their pigments. Titanium dioxide is a huge pigment molecule and when all else fades away, that will still be there taking up space in the skin and reflecting poorly.

It is so much simpler to go with a darker color and dilute it down to create a wash if you are doing a total brow fill. It provides a much softer looking result, like a brow powder would over a pencil. It also leaves room for many more touch ups over the years as the colors fade.

Hair stoke applications only look good when there is hair there to begin with to blend, or if there is a soft wash applied first as a base. Otherwise, you can really see just lines. People are more used to seeing brow pencil or powder so it would be best to mimic that look rather than look like the client was at it with a fine point sharpie marker.

Some in this industry think they are being artistic when they apply different colors, including very light ones for "highlighting" to try to produce the appearance of depth. Skin is a far different canvas and you cannot duplicate painting techniques there. Brow colors fade rapidly and these unhappy clients come my way with faded out brows consisting of whitish hunks of tattooing mixed with gray and orange looking undertones left behind - not an easy fix up, for sure.

Don't try to WOW your client with this kind of initial tattooing that ultimately provides unrealistic expectations for the long haul. Less is more and a conservative approach is always the way to go.