When microblading became popular, I was very interested to see this trend play out for a few years. I spent many nights scrolling Instagram and Pinterest, noting when it looked good when it wasn’t exactly right, and also watched to see how many people did it for a second or third time after it faded.

Microblading is a semi-permanent tattooing method for eyebrows. You can read more about the process here.

My biggest hesitation in trying it for myself was the idea that it could look bad and it would then be something I was stuck with ON MY FACE.

My eyebrows have always been on the thin side, and the “tails”, or the outer corners, were always a bit shorter than I’d like them to be. I practiced filling them in and got to a point where it was almost effortless to fill in and “finish” my brows.
But as I’ve gotten older, my brows have continued to thin. And on the days that I was skipping makeup, I felt uncomfortable when I left my eyebrows natural. I found myself rushing to pencil in a few strokes of hair at the outer corner just to help balance my face.

It took years for me to build up the courage and find someone I trusted, and I officially got my eyebrows micro bladed by Sheila, an esthetician I’ve been seeing for years.

The turning point for me was seeing the work she did on women with very, very thin eyebrows. I loved that I could see each individual hair stroke and that they followed the natural flow of...