*Detailed photos of my personal Microblading experience are at the bottom of this page for you to see.
About Me
Starting from the beginning; I was born and raised here in the Pacific North West, my parents immigrated to United States from Ukraine back in 1993 and they made their way to Washington from their initial move to Pennsylvania. I was their 3rd born and their only child born here in the States. Since a very young age, I was interested in skin care and makeup and would love to play around with makeup when playing dress up with friends and at night I would sneak and use my moms skin care. Although I heavily leaned my interests into skin care and makeup when I started high school; I was told to get a practical career that was safe.
So my career with the medical field began at the young age of 17; I started college to work towards the nursing program. During that time I also began working in nursing homes and babysitting. I was in college for about 4.5 years and ended up leaving after applying to the nursing program because I wanted to stay as a Medical Assistant, I truly loved what I was already doing. As the years went on; I began working at hospitals, private practices, clinics. But as I got to higher positions as an MA and got better pay, I was overworked and burning out. I never had time for the things I enjoyed doing, family, friends or even vacations. In the beginning of 2020, I made the decision to leave a very safe job that I loved in hopes to work somewhere I wouldn't be so over loaded and overworked. Things did not go according to plan as during that time people were being laid off and businesses were closing.
I had been in the medical field at that point for nearly 9 years. In those 9 years, I did many things such as one on one patient care, I worked in emergency rooms, acute care units, respiratory units, and worked in private hospitals and clinics. I worked with the Doctors directly assisting with many treatments and procedures where I also ran the lab in the clinic and I did all the blood work in office, I was in charge of all testing kits, I managed IV care, created all training manuals for the clinic, assisted with daily patient care as well as helping run the office and more. Even though I did love it and I felt passionate about helping others and making small differences in their lives. Working in the medical field tends to take a toll on a person. I was burnt out, overwhelmed, in dire need of a break as I would work multiple jobs at times to make ends meet. Overall, I had put work over everything at the expense of my mental health, general health, relationships and happiness. It was at that time, I decided that maybe this was a good time to change careers and try something new.
Later, I began a new job in a small business where I worked as an office administrator for some time and I worked with a group of amazing people who made me feel at home and treated me with such kindness. Although it was a job I enjoyed, it wasn't the best fit for me. Soon after, I unexpectedly found a job at a law firm. I was hired as a front desk clerk for a wonderful Attorney who I came to love working for and was a powerhouse of a woman. Later, I was promoted to a paralegal position where I was able to use my medical knowledge and work on cases. I truly loved my job there and enjoyed it much more than I ever expected and learned a great deal. While I was working alongside some amazing attorneys, I was still able to help people; just in a different way. I worked there for sometime and was happy and content with my career there.
Shortly after the new year had passed I unfortunately was involved in a car accident which left me injured and in a lot of pain which affected my ability to do my job and manage my intense workload. I was left to make an abrupt decision to leave so I could solely focus on getting treatment for my injuries. I was in treatment around 6 months. After all those months in treatment, I had finally some what recovered. And it was during those months of my recovery that I had the thought of working for myself as it's always been a dream of mine. An idea sparked in my mind and this business was set in motion. I had this idea of doing permanent makeup around 4 years ago but I did not have the time nor the funds to make this idea into a reality so I left it as just an idea and focused on my medical career at the time.
To have an understanding of how this business even came to fruition overall; it technically started when I was a young teenager. At that time, it was trending to have thin eyebrows and I made it my mission to have those brows no matter what. My mother of course, told me not to because trends never last. Being a stubborn child, I didn't listen. I waited until she went to bed and I went into the bathroom, locked the doors. Took some tweezers....and went to work! The next day, I was so proud that I had brows that were not only thin, they were as thin as I could possibly make them without getting rid of them completely (insert facepalm here). And from that moment on, my brows were never the same. As the years went on I began to hate my eyebrows! They weren't growing back in as they were before and remained overly thin and sparse since. Around the year 2018, I had saved up some money and got my brows done permanently. But due to another unfortune; I grew to dislike them. I made the mistake of matching the pigment to the color to my hair which was dyed a very dark brown at the time (my hair is blonde naturally). They were also done in a different way than I had asked. They ended up just being completely filled and darkened. I had microblading done initially and the miscommunication happened during my touch up. Overall, they results were not what I had wanted due to a miscommunication on both ends. I learned to just live with it even though I didn't like them. After years, I began the process of lightening them which has been painful and long. A process that is still unfortunately ongoing because they were so dark and did not fade at all over time as they should have. It was at that time when I had my brows done in 2018 that I had the idea of creating a business of my own to do permanent make-up because I didn't want someone else to go through what I had gone through.
Since starting this journey; I had not only gotten all proper licensing to create this business, I underwent extensive hands on training with an amazing artist who taught me so well. Along with that hands on training, I did more training on my own with virtual classes. I purchased equipment and spent an additional 4 months training and practicing everyday. I would practice all day until my hands and arms would cramp. Until I had my techniques completely perfected, I began to work on friends and family. And now, my idea from 4 years ago has officially become a reality! Struggling with having botched eyebrows for years and not feeling confident in myself, I didn't want to be a PMU artist for the money. I want to do this to to help people find their confidence or get it back. So they wouldn't have to go through what I went through in my own experience with permanent makeup.
I am so proud to have this opportunity to make even a small difference in someone's life and give them a chance to feel even more beautiful in their own skin. Although getting permanent brows doesn't seem significant, it makes a world of a difference. You shouldn't have to sacrifice and pay an outrageous amount of money as I have to get subpar brows and have to pay $700 as I did to get your brows done. Not everyone is able to afford that, I myself had to save up for months. Everyone should have access to these kinds of services and get the quality they deserve. And also, do something that can boost their confidence and make them feel happier!
In addition, I will also be offering discounts on services to those who lost their hair due to chemo/radiation treatments for cancer and cannot afford such services. My father passed away from cancer about 9 years ago. I have also worked with many cancer patients over the years. This is something I hold dearly and close to my heart and I want people who are going through such a hard battle and those who have recovered to have something that makes them feel like their old self.
I hope you've enjoyed reading and learning about me although it was a bit lengthy. I have also attached photos below of my microblading journey after I had them done professionally along with details of what went wrong. I hope you also enjoy reading more about the services I provide as well as the FAQ page with answers to the most asked questions I received over time.
My Microblading Journey
Starting with this photo; I have no make up on here and these were my brows long before having the professional microblading done. My brows are pretty sparse and thin. I was always self conscious of how my brows were and would always fill them in. Even when I was just at home all day.
These photos were taken the day after I had the microblading procedure done. If you look closely, you can tell that the hair strokes were done differently on each side. The strokes on the right photo appears more lifted as the strokes are moving towards the center points throughout the brow. The strokes on the left photo appears to look more droopy as all the strokes flow downward giving it that droopy effect. The difference in hair stroke technique gave my brows a more uneven appearance unfortunately.
These photos were taken approximately a month after the microblading procedure was done. In these photos you can see that the brows have completely healed and scabbing has come off. The brows healed very unevenly and you can now see clearly the different stroke technique on each side. The strokes on the left are very choppy and are again flowing downward. The strokes on the right seems to be slightly fuller as the strokes flow to the center of the brow. Overall the results of the brows are both completely different. The thickness in the beginning of both brows are also thinner than the middle points of the brow which again, leads to more unevenness
In the photos you see above, I had gotten the microblading touched up around the 6-8 week mark. Photos were taken approximately a month later once they fully healed. This is where things took an even bigger turn. I had asked the artist to slightly darken the color of the strokes as they healed a little lighter than I wanted. The artists proceeded to not only darken the color but also filled in my brows completely when that was not at all what I had asked for.
The end results were not at all what I wanted. They were much darker than I had asked for and ended up looking like poorly done powder brows essentially. As you can see, I had a reason for being so unhappy with the end results especially since I paid more than I could afford at the time. I've been living with these brows since 2018 and I found ways of covering them up and evening them out by applying loads of makeup on top to recreate brows that were decent. I initially wanted to have very natural brows which is why I got Microblading done and ended up having poorly done powder looking brows. Having this happen to me is what pushed me to create this business so people don't have to deal with what I have gone through.
In this photo; I had just woken up and am wearing no makeup. This photo is from August of 2021; about 4 years after the initial Microblading was done. This was before I started the process of lightening and the pigments had basically not faded at all as they were supposed to. They did lose the brownish pigment and I was left with harsh blue/grey brows. When I went in to see an artist to get my brows lightened they were shocked at how long I've had them and how dark they still were. This is the result when an artist implants the pigments into the deep layer of the Dermis. Applying pigment into that layer is what a regular tattoo artist would do to create a permanent tattoo. Meanwhile, microblading and other permanent makeup is supposed to implant pigments into the epidermis which creates a semi-permanent tattoo result.
These photos were taken January 2022, in the photos you can see that my brows are scabbing over. This was about a week after my first lightening session. Once the scabs fell off, it revealed brows that lightened ever so slightly. Definitely needed another session.
These photos were taken in May 2022; the day of the second lightening treatment. As you can see the brows on the left picture look lighter than the photos from August but still desperately needing to be lightened more.
This photo was taken in April; so about a month after my second lightening session. I am wearing a little makeup but there is no product on my brows. You can see that they are a bit lighter but still need more lightening sessions. My brows look about the same as in this photo to this day. This is why it's so important to choose an artist that knows what they are doing. On top of paying to get my brows done initially I spend around $160 per lightening session to correct the mistake that was done and will probably have a handful more lightening sessions. It's sad how much money I've put in for brows that I was unhappy with and I've had to pay to fix the mistakes the artist made in the first place.
And lastly, this photo was taken October 2022. This is how I look when I apply brow products to hide the blue/grey pigment and reshape them with the brow products so that they look nicer and more even. As you can see from the picture directly above, the techniques and products I use make a significant difference. The way I apply it, the tattoo is basically completely hidden. But it does take a bit of time and it is a bit annoying to have to do this every morning but having brows that I am happier with makes it worth it.