The things everybody asks
Read them before you book, not after. You will be living with this for a year or more, so it is worth twenty minutes now.
Everybody arrives with the same questions, and most people are too polite to ask all of them. So here they are, answered properly — what it really costs, whether it hurts, what your brows are going to look like in that awkward week when they flake, and how long before you need it doing again.
Alison would rather you read all of this before you book than find any of it out afterwards. If something is still bothering you when you have finished, bring it to the consultation. That is what it is for, and it costs nothing.
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What it costs
Brows are £295 and lip blush is £195, with the perfecting session already in the price. The useful part of this page is what sits behind those numbers.
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Does it hurt?
Not as much as you are imagining, more than nothing, and lips are worse than brows. The long answer is more useful than the short one.
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How healing goes
There is a week in the middle where it looks like it has all gone wrong. It has not. Knowing that in advance is the single most useful thing on this page.
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How to prepare
Most of preparing is leaving things alone. The rest is a short list, and getting it right makes a visible difference to how well the colour takes.
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It is needle work on your face. Done properly it is very safe; done badly it is a problem that outlasts the appointment by years. Here is how to tell which one you are booking.
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How long it lasts
Twelve to eighteen months for most people, then a colour boost. What moves you within that range is mostly your skin and the sun.
Read this →Not sure which treatmenttwo things, side by side
The ones women most often confuse with each other.
Powder brows vs microblading
Both put pigment in the skin to build a brow. Almost everything else about them is different — including who they suit.
Compare →Lip blush vs lip filler
These get confused constantly, and they do completely different jobs. One is pigment. One is volume. Plenty of people have both.
Compare →Semi-permanent vs permanent
The words are used loosely by everyone, including the industry. Here is what is actually going on under the skin.
Compare →Lip blush vs liner tattoo
If your mental image of tattooed lips is a hard brown outline around a bare lip, you are picturing a technique that has been out of use for twenty years.
Compare →SPMU vs brow lamination
One of these needs you to have brow hair. If you do not, the choice makes itself.
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Is it right for you?Find out in a minute
Six questions about your brows, your lips, your skin and your health, and you will get a straight recommendation plus anything that would stop you being treated. Your health answers never leave your device.
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Day six is when people panic.
Around day six the colour looks as though it has vanished completely. It has not — but nobody warns you, and it is horrible if you are not expecting it. Get the day-by-day healing guide so you know exactly what is coming.