Descriptions, instructions, and answers for your best Brow Shaping experience.
Brow Shaping Guide
A brow shaping can make all the difference for your natural look. The feeling of a clean, shaped brow, with the optional tint, refines your look and boosts to your confidence in how you present yourself to the world.
Pre-Care & Contraindications
Botox & Filler
No Botox or Filler on/near your brows 1 week before your appointment date.
Skin Care, Facials & Procedures
If you’re getting a tint, it is reccomended you use a gentle exfoliating acid (nothing intense as Glycolic acid, but a gentle AHA) or a gentle physical scrub 24-48 hours before your appointment, to help prep the skin by removing a layer of dead skin.
Make sure you’ve used the product before and had no rection prior to using it to prep for your appointment.
Avoid resurfacing treatments, including microdermabrasion, microneedling, laser peels, chemical peels, within 4 weeks before and 2 weeks after your service. Gentle or hydrating facials are fine. Brow waxing should not be done on recently treated skin.
Spray Tan
No spray tans on the face (professional or at home) 1 week before the appointment.
Skin Conditions Around the Brows
Your brows and the surrounding skin need to be in a healthy condition for the service. Having any of the following are contraindications for the service: active (moderate to severe acne on or very near the brows), cuts, irritation, inflamation, sunburn, psoriasis, eczema, shingles, rosacea, any kind or rash, alopecia, recent eye surgery, eye infections.
If you experience any of the above after you have booked your appointment, and your skin needs time to heal, please contact your artist to reschedule within 48 hours of your appointment to avoid forfeiteing your deposit.
Medications & Accutane
Must be off Accutane for 6 months before undergoing the service.
Must not be undergoing chemo or cancer treatments – without doctors note.
Pregnant/ Breastfeeding
You may still get this service while pregnant or breastfeeding, however youa re required to complete a patch test first, especially if you are getting a tint.
AFTER-CARE
When tint is applied: Keep the eyebrows dry the first 24 hours
After a Brow Tint you must keep your brows dry for at least 24 hours. This is required for the setting prcoess of the products used.
Avoid Sun Exposure for 24 hours
Your eyebrows have recently been waxed which means that the skin is sensitive. A tanning session could cause you to have an unwanted reaction or skin irritation.
Avoid Working out, Swimming, Sauna, Steam Room
Avoid for 24 hours: hot steamy showers, intensive exercise and sweating, swimming, sauna & steam room.
Do not rub, use peels, scrubs, exfoliating acids
Be gentle when cleansing your brows, avoid touching or rubbing the area, and don’t sleep on your face the first night after treatment.
Do not use any exfoliator on or very near your brows for at least 72 hours. Using a soltuion like AHA or BHA, Glycolic Acid or a physical exfoliant can irritate the sensitive skin.
Using Cleansing & Skin care Products
While cleaning your skin, avoid or only very gently cleanse the eyebrows, which should only be done after 24 hours.
Oil-based products cause the stain to fade faster. Therefore, always look carefully at the list of ingredients of your products.
Style & Nourish
You may not want to style your brows every day, and instead enjoy them in their natural state. If you would like to take extra care, use a brow serum or castor oil twice a week to nourish and promote the hair and skin health.
Style with a clear/tinted brow gel, brow penic/powder as desired after 24 hours.
Expected Results
everyone’s brows are unique in how they grow back after a shaping. it is important to not wax more than once every 4 weeks. Tint can be applied as often as every 4 weeks.
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