Little Magazine 21
Hybrid… what does that mean, exactly?
Hybrid
has so many connotations these days, and the most well-known was is, well, what the picture refers to. In today’s article, however, we’re going to be talking about Hybrid Brows. Because we love children❣️👧🏽👦🏻❣️, but this isn’t that kinduva website. Last time we talked a little bit about Microblading, so this week let’s chat about the nitty-gritty when it comes to what we, at Le Kitsuné, call “le Hybrid.”😍
Fluffy brows
are suuuuuch a thing right now.🔥 But unless you’re a unicorn🦄, this ain’t you. Microblading seemed like the promised land when it first came about, but to be honest, it’s not for everyone. It’s just not. 🤷🏼♀️ If you have oily skin, if you work out a lot, if you do a lot of facial peels, or if you’re just not apt to committing to maintaining your brows every 6 months to a year or so, it’s just not going to look very cute. My standards may not be reflective of the status quo, but I think I have pretty high beauty standards—and in this instance, that’s a good thing.💁🏼♀️ The reason for this is the way that the pigment is deposited into the skin. MB (microblading), makes a teensie weensy little cut 🔪and deposits pigment in there. Depending on your skin and how well you heal, the pigment can heal “crisply” or it can be somewhat blotchy, and the healing process can be inconsistent. I always say, we’re “crossing our fingers”🤞🏼😬 hoping that it retains as much as possible—because we just don’t know what y’all will do when you go home! (No judgment, just facts).
Hybrid
initially meant a Hybrid between Powder (Machine) and Hairstrokes (Microblading). Techniques have already evolved now so that they no longer obligate one another. I can combine the two (MB + Machine) in any amalgamation I’d like, as an artist. I have more “tools" as an artist to play. Here are the things that I can do with Machine:
• I can do hairstrokes
• I can cross hairstrokes!
• I can create different “gauges” of hairstrokes
• I can do powder-effect
• I can do an ombre-effect
• I can do pointillism
• I can create dimensional effects-depth between hairstrokes
These are just a sample of things that I can do with machine. The beautiful thing about it, is, it only uses a single needle to puncture the skin, so the skin heals more agreeably than when it’s lacerated in Microblading. So, for example, to draw a hairstroke, I drag the microblade across the skin to create one line (Think: getting a cut with a knife. Ouch. I know I’m sorry). With the Machine, I’m dropping tiny little pixels which connect to emulate a line (Think: getting a shot. Apply pressure, done bleeding). The skin traps in more pigment, heals faster and fades more consistently. 😃👍🏼
And that, my friends, is the fundamental difference between the Machine and Microblading, and that is what Hybrid is. Congratulations, you’re now more educated on PMU Brows than 90% of the world. (Arbitrary statistic but probably true tho.)
I’ll leave you with a little inspiration for yourself. With lots of expletives, because they’re necessary sometimes. 😁🤬😌
See you next Tuesday, champ. -Renee :)
“Believe in your fucking self. Stay up all fucking night. Work outside of your fucking habits. Know when to fucking speak up. Fucking collaborate. Don’t fucking procrastinate. Get over your fucking self. Keep fucking learning. Form follows fucking function. A computer is a Lite-Brite for bad fucking ideas. Find fucking inspiration everywhere. Fucking network. Educate your fucking client. Trust your fucking gut. Ask for fucking help. Make it fucking sustainable. Question fucking everything. Have a fucking concept. Learn to take some fucking criticism. Make me fucking care. Use fucking spell check. Do your fucking research. Sketch more fucking ideas. The problem contains the fucking solution. Think about all the fucking possibilities. ”