Why Nano Tattoo?

If I wasn't in this world (beauty and tattoo) and if I randomly started seeing the word "nano" thrown around with tattoos... I would probably think it was some type of fad that really is the old sh*t, but with a different twist to get people in the door. 


You see, I went to tattoo school over two years ago and while I was there I learned: microblading, brow shading, lip tattoo, eyeliner, and scar camouflage. 

In order for me to finish tattoo school I had to tattoo over 50 sets of eyebrows to get my license. So I felt pretty comfortable with the microblading procedure, had worked on tons of different skin types and skin tones, and even had done handfuls of eyebrow corrections (a chick came in with straight up PURPLE eyebrows and I saturated them with orange to get back to a human-like color). 

Want to know something super lame about microblading? I could do everything right on my end with technique, my client could have the most ideal skin type, and she could come back and absolutely nothing would hold in the skin. NOTHING. Like it was never touched at all. I was so damn frustrated and I can't even imagine how pissed the clients were feeling. Tons of pain and NO EYEBROWS? What is even the point.

And the reason why was this super fun answer of "everyone is different." The way they heal, their sun exposure, their genetics, how much they sweat, their skin type, the list goes on and on. 

So as an artist, I just didn't feel good about doing microblading anymore. And LET ME CLARIFY, I have friends that all they do is microblading and they freaking love it. They are great at it and they see great results. But that just ain't me. 

A lot of folx in the cosmetic tattoo world say that microblading is so variable in the healed results because it is so traumatic to the skin. It is a manual tool (no power), it is dipped in ink, and then cut into the skin and dragged in a curve to make the hair stroke. Yes, these are clean cuts, everything is sterile and the blade does not have any barbed edges. But some say that this implantation technique is what causes the varied results. 

And for me, I don't like to have all these willy nilly variables. I wanted something that I could do on all skin types and tones knowing that my client will have eyebrows after they healed. The healed results of my microblading left me feeling like I could do everything right but I could still not deliver the end result to my client and I just CAN'T have that.

So I bought my ass a plane ticket to CA to a specialized training in Nano Tattoo Eyebrows. Now what the hell is "Nano">>> this technique uses a machine and a singular nano needle to create hair strokes. The needle is "nano" when it is finely tapered at the end creating super delicate lines. I hold my hands very slow and steady and I move the machine very slowly as the nano needle rapidly goes in and out of the skin implanting pigment. This is how the hair stroke is created.

As you may have put together through my description, this is far less traumatic to the skin. It uniformly implants pigment and the needle is so so SO super super fine that the skin does not swell excessively or try to push out excess lymph (as it would in response to a cut or trauma to the skin to create a scab). 

This tattoo technique has helped me breathe easy knowing that I can practice on all skin types and at the end of procedure and touch up, they will be left with bomb a** brows. They get what they paid for (CRAZY concept)! 

So, I hope this mini-lesson in Nano tattoo technique (nerd glasses emoji) created a little understanding to why I made the switch.

Now I am off to go practice nano brows on my latex "skin" whilst watching The British Baking Show.

Until next time.

xo,

Emily