I reached out to her and as luck would have it, she was just getting into the teaching business! After some chatting back and forth she agreed to teach me her technique, so I booked my flight and did a 3-day one-on-one training with her.

I thought there was no way to achieve thin hair strokes with a machine, but she proved me wrong. Monica’s work is by far the best I have ever seen. Eventually, I found Monica Ivani from Dublin, Ireland. So, I did my research on the technique and also the best trainers worldwide. I thought OK, maybe I should learn more about this and see what it is all about. Nano Brows is a different technique to do hair strokes using a single needle and a digital machine, instead of using a microblading hand tool. They had no idea what they were talking about! But, as I continued with my research, this is when I learned about “Nano brows”. Make no mistake, there are many out there simply going through the motions just trying to make a quick buck! Many of whom have the bare minimum training/licenses/certifications required and worse, some without any training or required licenses! Another reason might have been that their techniques were old and out of date. I thought they were just bitter, what with the influx of all the new artists/companies taking all their clients or potential clients, trying to make a quick buck off of what they saw as a fad. Then I saw something in my research! I started seeing all the articles from people who were in the business for many years (mostly artists from overseas) about why microblading is not good and why it should not be performed anymore. Spent thousands of dollars and tons of time! The results seemed to remain the same, too inconsistent for my liking. I tried many the top of the line pigments, the best microblading tools, different aftercare instructions, you name it, I tried it. I was researching for the answers day and night.

I am such a perfectionist, that I was always questioning myself, why my results were not always consistent, what I was doing wrong. Thank god, my pressure was always consistent and proper, and I never had a client come back with scars or purple eyebrows (I learned this is a very common microblading side effect when done by poorly trained or inexperienced practitioners). My training most certainly did not prepare me for this. Some clients would have crisp hair strokes, some would have blurry and more solid-looking strokes. Some clients would come back for their touch-up with pigment retention close to 99%! Others would come back with almost nothing left. But, eventually, I started to notice that the results were not as consistent as I would have hoped for. After that, I took the advanced microblading training provided by PhiBrows – considered one of, if not the best microblading training companies in the world at that time.Įverything was going great! I was enjoying microblading I was happy and most importantly, my clients were happy! I was not even thinking about doing anything else, I thought microblading was the best thing that happened to humanity…ever! (after Nutella, of course). I did my basic training in permanent makeup in 2016 (brows, lips, eyeliner) and got my Virginia state and local licenses. This is where my journey with microblading began.

Omber brows