FASHION IN THE WORLD OF MICROBLADING

Fashion is a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, body piercing, or furniture. 

It is a distinctive and often habitual trend in which a person dresses. Fashion is the prevailing styles in behaviour and the newest creation of textile designers.

According to Wikipedia, Fashion started when humans began wearing clothes. These clothes were typically made from plants, animal skins and bone.

All over the world today, nose piercing,  lash extension, microblading, ear piercing are fast gaining attention in the fashion world.

In Nigeria of today, tattoos  have become the order of the day, it is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment.

Tattoos fall into three broad categories: purely decorative; symbolic; and pictorial. In recent times, most ladies have opted for microblading eyebrows which often last for one or two years. 

Eyebrow microblading is a form of permanent makeup where ink is placed underneath the skin. It’s similar to eyebrow tattooing, it is a form of eyebrow tattooing, but pretty different from standard eyebrow tattooing in some very important ways. Today, microblading is the new beauty trend where eyebrows are filled or reshaped. Ladies who are really trending with the global fashion do fall for it.

According to a cosmetologist and fashion expert,  Mrs. Oyinkansola Ayoola, who runs a private spa in Abeokuta said,

"A lot of women now opt for Microblading or Microshading because it helps them look good at all times , imagine you get to sleep and wake up looking beautiful without having to wear an ounce of makeup ! All you have to do is take a bath, wear your clothes and put some lipgloss on and off you go about your day! It saves them loads of time on dressing especially busy women who have to set out early for work or school runs"

"Microblading is sweatproof , smudge proof and water proof , you can go to the gym or do your exercises at home and not worry about your face looking dull or your brows washing off. You also get to still have brows after a bathe! 

Microblading is an all time fashion because it will take your face from zero to 100 and the good part is that it fades off gradually after 1/2 years"

"We have been Doing semi permanent makeup for the 3 years and all our clients do is keeping coming back for more because microblading and lash extensions has made their lifestyle a lot easier, more beautiful and youthful! 

Experts said Microblading can pass for your natural brows without anyone knowing you have them on ! It also helps women who have skin issues like rash or pimples treat their face easily and not worry about looking pale because they don’t have makeup on , once their brows are Microbladed it defines their face and go out barefaced.

It  is for all skin types except people that are prone to keloid.

Microblading is safe and not injurious to health, but the common complications are mainly clients dissatisfaction that usually result from misapplication of the pigment, pigment migration as well as colouration.

Wha most ladies should watch out for is to engage the services of a well trained and certified technician who will not misapply pigments.  This as a matter of fact will minimise the risk of unwanted outcomes and client dissatisfaction. 

Oluwaseun Boye is an Information Officer with the Ogun State Ministry of Information and Strategy and writes via oluwaseunboye@gmail.com