As a beauty enthusiast or one who loves to have beautiful eyebrows, I’m sure you are familiar with the following terms; eyebrow tinting and microblading.
Even if you’re an expert in winged eyeliner, it can be challenging to make your eyebrows look perfect every day when grooming and filling them in.
The two procedures mentioned earlier have grown in popularity recently; they’ve become the go-to procedures for many people and can completely change your facial look.
However, how would you know which options to choose with these available options? This article addresses all you need to know about these two procedures in terms of their effects, the longevity of the results, safety, cost, and convenience to help your decision.
What is Microblading and Eyebrow Tinting?
Before comparing these procedures, let me quickly explain each.
Microblading
Microblading is brow tattooing which involves making tiny, brow-hair-like strokes on the skin in between the sparse spaces.
The procedure involves dragging a tiny blade through the skin to create small incisions filled with pigment for permanent makeup.
The procedure is carried out over two sessions, with the first session completing most of the work and the subsequent six to eight touch-ups used to add the final touches and more pigment to the strokes.
Although it’s a more complex procedure, it’s relatively non-invasive, as only the surface layers of the skin are treated (the epidermis).
Eyebrow Tinting
The easiest way to darken your brows is to tint them, like dying your hair. In addition to coloring the hair, it stains the skin underneath to create an additional effect.
The dye colors all the super-thin baby hairs in the brow arches that would otherwise be invisible, thus thickening the brows. As a result, the skin is left with a light makeup appearance, adding dimension, definition, and density to the brows.
Depending on hair color and preference, brow tint can be customized.
What Is The Difference Between Eyebrow Tinting and Microblading?
Here are the key differences between the two treatments:
The Effects
Both procedures improve your brows, making them look more appealing and prominent while maintaining a natural-looking appearance that gives the impression that you are not using any brow cosmetics.
Except you already have thick brows, eyebrow tinting can not be effective if your brows are thin or have bald spots.
Your brow arches will remain as thin as they were if there aren’t many brow hairs to darken them. Although they’ll be more noticeable, you could still use your brow pencil.
The effect of microblading is that it changes the form of your brow. If your brows are thin, have bald spots, or have no brows at all, microblading is the right procedure for you.
With microblading, you can add artificial brow hairs to the arches by creating thin incisions on the skin, making it look like natural brow hairs. They give the actual hair length, color, thickness, and shape.
The skin is infused with special pigments that are the color of the natural hairs, giving the appearance of thicker arches with a customized shape that best suits your face.
This procedure is called 3D microblading because the outcomes are extremely lifelike and practically unrecognizable.
Result Duration
Dye is used for eyebrow tinting. The eyebrow tint’s effects last for up to 8 weeks. And This is how long it takes for every treated hair in your brows to be replaced with new hair.
The arches will gradually return to their natural hair color as your brows gradually fade. You can’t repeat the procedure until all the colored hairs have faded.
Repeating the process may cause the hairs to dry and become brittle and fragile.
In contrast, the effects of microblading last for more than 18 months. Though it’s a type of tattoo, microblading is carried out in such a way that guarantees it will only fade after a certain time.
To aid the lasting effects, ensure you always go for touch-ups. It maintains the natural look and preserves it because your body will gradually remove the color from the skin.
Safety
When tinting your brows, very little could go wrong, but an allergic reaction could occur, and you can avoid that by doing a patch test first.
Test the product on a small skin patch, and wait for 48hrs before using it all over your face. If everything is alright, you can proceed, and eyebrow tinting is safer.
Microblading poses slightly greater risks. The cut skin may be more prone to infection during the treatment or the days afterward, and scar tissue may form since the blade cuts through the skin.
Furthermore, allergy symptoms are possible since various components will come into contact with the skin.
Convenience
The microblading procedure involves having your skin bladed and gives you great eyebrows for 18 months.
After two harsh treatments and a short aftercare period, your brows will no longer be an issue.
The results fade slowly, so you don’t need to fill them in with a pencil when you realize they’re faded. You book an appointment with your artist for a touch-up; this aids its longevity.
Eyebrow tinting requires you to dye your hair every eight weeks, which might not be convenient for most people.
Cost
Eyebrow tinting is very cheap. Unless you go to a highly exclusive, high-end salon, even a professional treatment with all the brow shaping you require should be at most $50. If you do it yourself, the only cost is a dye, which costs around $20.
However, the average cost of microblading is $600. Depending on who is doing your brows and where, the cost may be considerably lower or higher, but it will be costly.
Microblading is a long-term investment in your appearance, though it is expensive.
Although brow tinting is affordable, over time, it may become time-consuming. It depends on your preference for time or financial savings as to which procedure will cost you more: eyebrow tinting or microblading.
Which Procedure Is Best For Me?
Everything depends on your interests and expectations. If you’re still undecided, read this article: Powder brows vs. Microblading , and let it guide you to make the right decisio. If you’re still not sure about which to select and which to disregard, consider the following:
Choose brow tinting if you want a fast and transient impact. Consider microblading if you want a result that will last for a very long time.