Combination Brows

Microblading is a manual technique — I use a hand tool to make individual hair strokes, one at a time, across the whole brow. Combination brows are that same microblading plus a light, strategically placed amount of machine shading through the body and tail. The strokes still do the work at the front, where a brow has to look feathered and real; the shading sits behind them and adds density. Everything else about the appointment is the same.

Two situations, and neither one of them is your skin type. The first is brow hair that's thick and coarse but grows in patchy — individual strokes get lost against hair that heavy, so I need shading to fill the gaps with density strokes can't build on their own. The second is simply wanting a more defined, filled-in look than microblading gives by itself. How dramatic that lands is a dial I set with you at your appointment, not something this technique does automatically.

The powder shading heals soft and diffused—not harsh or blocky. During the first week, it looks darker and more intense (that's normal). By week 4-6, it settles into a soft, graduated effect that mimics the look of filled-in makeup. Think 'just applied brow powder' not 'solid block of color.'

The timeline is the same — about 4-6 weeks to fully heal — but combination brows scab a little more in the shaded areas. The hair-stroke portions flake off in tiny pieces while the shaded areas may peel in larger patches. Both are normal, and I send you day-by-day instructions. One thing worth saying plainly: what changes your aftercare is your skin, not your technique. If yours runs oily, I'll have you blotting more often through that first week, because oil is what pushes pigment back out.