So I succumbed and jump onto the bandwagon of eyebrow embroidery. I put on makeup everyday for work and it always took me a long time to get my eyebrows drawn. On a good day, I need at least 10-15 minutes to make them look balanced. The root of the problem is that I have little hair on the back portion of my brows and I'm also not skilled enough. The result was thick but flat eyebrows as they do not curve where I want them to. Finally I thought enough was enough. I am spending too much time on it. And since my colleague has done embroidery before and I saw it is quite natural, I decided to try out at the place she did.
I booked an appointment with the principal embroidery artist, Anna, at the Avone branch in Nex shopping mall. As she was the most experienced, many customers look for her so an appointment in advance is absolutely necessary. Topical anesthesia was applied to the eyebrows area as soon as I reached because I was told it would need at least 30minutes for it to take effect. One has to be mentally prepared as the salon was designed open concept, everybody walking past can see what you are doing. In short, the salon is not situated within a shop front, but in a kiosk in the center of the mall 2nd level walkway. I had no issues with it as I've previously done my manicures and pedicures in a similar kind of setting.
I had wanted to test out the cheaper version of eyebrow embroidery at first for a feel of it but somehow, they managed to talk me into upgrading to the latest 4D version. According to them, the 4D version is more lasting and the result look more natural than the 3D version especially so for first timers. The reason is because in 3D embroidery, the pigment was just dyed onto the superficial layer of the skin while it is dyed into the deeper layers of the skin in 4D embroidery. The knife they used for both procedures were also different thus 4D gives a more natural effect. It will cost me another $200 for the upgrade.
Anna started off by using an eyebrow pencil to draw two different designs on each eyebrow for me to choose. One was the more traditional curved shape and the other was the now very popular Korean straight brow. I opted for the curved one as i felt it frames my face better and was also worried the straight brow will go out of fashion very soon. I had to think carefully as these brows will be with me at least for a year after the procedure. I will not want to look like a freak after spending so much on it. I felt minimal pain during the procedure though I was abit alarmed by the sound of the instrument against my skin but Anna was a fast worker. The job was done within half an hour. The procedure involves picking up dye with the knife and scratching it onto our skin following the shape that was previously drawn. She went back and forth along each eyebrow at least 2-3 times, making sure the dye gets in and the effect comes out natural. I was satisfied with the result though it looks slightly dark but I was told it will become lighter and more natural after 1week when the skin peels off. The surrounding of the eyebrow will be slightly red and swollen which is normal and should go away after a few days. They used iced cotton wools over my brows to cool and soothe the swelling. After 3 changes of the cotton wools, I was good to go. By now, the anesthesia has worn off and the brow area feel warm and slightly stinging but it was bearable. I was told to avoid the area when washing my face for a few days and to moisturize with cream. I did not buy the cream from them as they said I can use any moisturizer as long as it don't have any whitening agents. I was entitled to one time touch up which has no time limitation which means I can still do the touch up if it's after 2years.
The skin peels over a week and I always had the urge to rub it away with my fingers as it is not very nice with some parts of the brow lighter and some darker. But I endured it and now I don't have to draw my brows every morning. In fact I even skipped makeup as my face look better now with well defined brows. The brows are very natural so when I put on makeup, sometimes they will look too light depending on how much makeup I wear. My colleagues did comment that they are too light but I'm quite happy with them. Only I'll have to darken them abit when I do put on makeup but it's so much easier now as I just need to follow the shape to get nicely curved eyebrows. This is definitely money well spent. Firstly, it improved my appearance and secondly if I can spend less time on makeup it means I can spend more time with my son. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?
Before eyebrow embroidery. 
Just after embroidery done
After the skin peeled off
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