FEATHER TOUCH IS completed OVER A SERIES OF APPOINTMENTS IN ORDER TO LAYER THE STROKES providing you with that 3D TEXTURE. THE disadvantage of ALLOWING TOo MANY HAIR STROKES WITHIN ONE SITTING is that it CAN cause THE STROKES to BLEND TOGETHER AND FORM BLOCKS OF COLOUR WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. IN YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT WE LAY DOWN THE BASE AND FOUNDATION OF THE TATTOO. THE BEGINNING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTs and MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS WILL EFFECT THIS STAGE, which will be discussed during your first CONSULTATION. IN THE SECOND SESSION THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS, as it involves BLENDING ANOTHER LAYER OF HAIR STROKES THROUGH THE BROW, ADDING SHAPE AND CREATING DEFINITION. FINALLY, IN THE THIRD APPOINTMENT MAREE WILL FINISH THE BROWs by ADDING ANY FINAL TOUCHES AND CREATING DEPTH OF COLOUR IN SOME PARTS OF THE BROW WHERE IT HAS BEEN LOST.
HOW LONG DOES FEATHER TOUCH LAST
THE LONGEVITY OF FEATHER TOUCH COMES DOWN TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. THESE ARE THINGS SUCH AS AFTERCARE, SKIN TYPE, HEALING AND COLOUR RETENTION. LONGEVITY MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED BY YOUR LIFESTYLE, AGE and/OR ANY MEDICATIONS that YOU HAVE TAKEN IN THE PAST, ARE TAKING CURRENTLY OR MAY NEED TO TAKE IN THE FUTURE. Feather touch brows can last anywhere between 6 months to 18 months and this timeline can be extended by further touch ups in between depending on how fresh you would like to keep them.
DOES FEATHER TOUCH HURT
if only it was tOTALLY PAINLESS BUT ALAS THAT WOULD BE A LIE. AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYBODY'S PAIN THRESHOLDS ARE DIFFERENT, SOME CLIENTS SAY that THEY CAN'T FEEL A THING WHILst OTHERS SAY that IT CAN BE WORSe THAN TWEEZING. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE PAIN LASTS NO LONGER THAN A FEW MINUTES AND THE NUMBING CAN BE TOPPED UP AS WE GO! the skin is LIGHTLY broken WITH A FEW INITIAL SCRATCHES WHICH THEN ALLOWS FOR A STRONG TOPICAL NUMBING GEL TO PENETRATE DEEPER MAKING THE REST OF THE TREATMENT AS COMFORTABLE AS possible.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT FROM START TO FINISH
1. AT THE TIME OF MAKING YOUR APPOINTMENT YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A DEPOSIT OF $100 TO SECURE THE BOOKING. THIS AMOUNT WILL BE HELD AND DEDUCTED FROM YOUR TREATMENT COST AT THE TIME OF YOUR SECOND APPOINTMENT. WHEN YOU ARRIVE FOR YOU FIRST APPOINTMENT YOU WILL HAVE A FORM TO COMPLETE WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A THOROUGH CONSULTATION WITH MAREE WHERE SHE WILL GO OVER YOUR SKIN, RISKS INVOLVED AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE EXPECTED TREATMENT OUTCOME.
2. THE CONSULTATION WILL then BE SIGNED AND MAREE WILL apply a topical numbing cream for 15 minutes before she begins MEASURING UP AND DRAWING THE TEMPLATE OF YOUR BROWS. ONCE YOU ARE BOTH HAPPY WITH THE SHAPE AND POSITION OF YOUR BROWS MAREE WILL THEN BEGIN ETCHING the shaping STROKES IN EACH BROW BEFORE APPLYING anothe TOPICAL NUMBING GEL. THIS GEL STAYS ON FOR 5 MINUTES AND after that WE ARE READY TO BEGIN PLACING inner STROKES AND CREATING YOUR BROWS.
3. At AROUND HALFWAY MAREE WILL THEN SOAK YOUR BROWS IN INK TO GIVE THE STROKES COLOUR AND DEFINITION. YOU MAY CHOOSE WETHER OR NOT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM AT THIS POINT AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE WILL BE DONE SO. MAREE WILL then FINISH FILLING THE BROW WITH PERFECTLY PLACED STROKES AND then SOAK THEM once AGAIN to provide THEM with FULL COLOUR.
4. AFTER REVEALING YOUR NEW BROWS, AFTERCARE CREAM WILL THEN BE APPLIED AND YOU'RE ALL SET TO GO. you should allow an hour and a half for your appointment which also includes numbing. PEOPLE MAY FIND IN THE 2-3 DAYS FOLLOWING their TREATMENT that their BROWS WILL BE AT THEIR DARKEST. THIS IS NORMAL AND CAN TAKE UP TO 5 DAYS TO SETTLE. THE BROWS THEN GO OVER A SERIES OF physical STAGES IN THE 4 WEEKS POST TREATMENT, THE COLOUR CAN DISAPPEAR AND then COME BACK AS IT SETTLES INTO THE LAYERS OF THE SKIN.
5. YOU WILL THEN BE BACK IN THE clinic(CLINIC?) AROUND THE 4-6 WEEK MARK FOR YOUR FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT. MAREE WILL ASSESS YOUR SKIN AND THE HEALED RESULT. SHE WILL THEN BEGIN THE SAME PROCESS AGAIN WHERE SHE WILL REDRAW, REVAMP AND LAYER YOUR SET OF BROWS.
6. AFTER THIS ANOTHER 4-6 WEEKS IS ALLOWED FOR THEM TO FULLY HEAL AT WHICH POINT YOU MAY FIND THAT THERE CAN BE A FEW GAPS THAT SHOW UP WHICH NEED FILLING AND/OR A LITTLE DEEPER COLOUR. THIS IS WHEN YOUR BROWS ARE PERFECTED IN THEIR THIRD SESSION.
AFTERCARE
FOR THE 5 DAYS POST TREATMENT YOU MUST NOT WEAR OR USE ANY EYEBROW MAKEUP OR SKIN PRODUCTS ON OR AROUND THE BROWS. THIS USUALLY ISN'T A PROBLEM FOR ANYONE AS YOUR EYEBROWS WILL BE DARK ENOUGH AS IS! YOU MUST ALSO AVOID STEAM, WATER, SUN AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT WILL MAKE YOU SWEAT. YOU WILL BE GIVEN A SMALL POT OF CREAM TO USE EACH DAY AND DEPENDING ON YOUR SKIN-TYPE MAREE WILL ADVISE ON HOW MUCH AND HOW OFTEN THIS NEEDS TO BE USED.
REFRESH
ONCE YOUR FEATHER TOUCH BROWS BEGIN TO FADE ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS COME BACK IN TO SEE MAREE AND HAVE THEM REFRESHED. IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE (BIGGER BOLDER, MORE NATURAL OR YOU'VE DYED YOUR HAIR THESE CAN BE DONE AT THIS TIME AS WELL. USUALLY YOU WILL ONLY NEED THE ONE REFRESH APPOINTMENT, HOWEVER, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LEAVE IT TOO LONG AS THIS COULD MEAN THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONe WILL NEED TO BE STRETCHED out OVER MULTIPLE SESSIONS AGAIN.