Most people require touch-up appointments for feather touch every 9-14 months and powder brow 12 – 18 months. This is dependent on a variety of factors but ultimately comes down to how well you look after your new eyebrows and your genetics. Oily skin types, people with high metabolisms and frequent gym goers generally fade a little quicker.

Because it is a semi-permanent tattoo, it should be significantly faded and hard to detect within 3 to 5 years. In rare cases, there may be some evidence left in the skin especially if you have been getting your eyebrows touched up for many years, or have chosen particularly dark and saturated brow styles. In any case that undesired results are still visible in the brow, Saline Removal is an option to consider.

Sensation highly varies from person to person, many clients have a nap during procedures, and some face minor discomfort.

It is generally more uncomfortable than it is painful. Some say the sensation is very similar to the feeling of threading. The best way we can describe it is as a light scratching sensation. It is nowhere the same as getting a regular tattoo. In fact, most people are pleasantly surprised as to how little it hurts! Feel free to have a chat to us about the possibilities of specialist compounded prescription numbing in accordance with WA state government guidelines.

While we love surprises at Highbrow Society, we feel that they should be reserved for parties and presents NOT for eyebrows. Your eyebrows will be measured and drawn on until you are 100% confident and happy with the shape before we pick up any tattooing tools. Your artists will take however long necessary to fully explain and give you the best example of the proposed brow, including discussing Pre-Draw, colour options and showing picture examples where relevant.

This is one of the facets of our package! We will tidy and tweeze your brows for you as required during your service, all you have to do is lie back and relax! Please be aware that because of the nature of cosmetic tattooing, we will be unable to tint, dye or wax some areas of your brows as we want to minimise disruption to the skin prior to tattooing.

We recommend leaving a 72-hour gap between any brow waxing appointment prior to your cosmetic tattoo appointment, and 1 week between any tint or dye on the area prior to tattooing. We do not recommend tattooing on recently laminated brows, please have a chat with us if you have recently had this service.

We use a variety of trusted products selected dependent on clients’ specific needs. For Feather touch we primarily use Phi Brows, a premium and luxury international brand, Phi Brows are a beautiful highly pigmented product with stable colours and no reactions to magnets. The pigment range has been consistently improved and upgraded and offers the best formulation based on scientific knowledge. The blades are extremely fine and precise resulting in crisp, beautiful work every time.

For other tattoo services we use Li Pigments, once again what we highly value in our choice is balanced colour over time, and spectacular healed results. All pigments are closely scrutinised and tested and regulated as much as is available, and all are as allergy/sensitivity friendly as is available.

For powder brows, lips and any other areas we use a variety of high-quality needles all with safety membranes and high-quality control, according to state and national industry guidelines and health and safety laws.

The products & pigments themselves are on the pricey side which is why we charge accordingly for our appointments. But as the old saying goes good work ain’t cheap and cheap work ain’t good (particularly when you are tattooing your face!) We strive to be as accessible as possible price point-wise at Highbrow Society, while working with integrity ensuring our clients get the best quality products and a highly experienced and technical knowledge-based experience. Our tattooists have a combined working experience of over 20 years, with multiple different certifications and qualifications and continue to upskill education frequently.

We pride ourselves on always having offered fix-ups and cover-up/ correctional work, but it is something that we wish was not in as high demand as it is, of course, no one signs up to get bad brows on purpose! With WA remaining a reasonably low-regulated industry, many do not hold the qualifications our tattooists do. It is common that cover-up work will not be a simple one-off treatment, we do our absolute best to get maximum improvements in minimal time, however, we will overwhelm you with knowledge on all the pros and cons, you can never be too informed!!

A few cosmetic surgeons in and around Perth send us large volumes of fix-ups to see if we can help before resorting to laser removal. About 35% of our work is corrections. While it's rare we are unable to help, they may be situations in which we need to recommend seeking out other opinions or services before we are able to offer help, if you have previous tattoos and are unhappy with the outcome be it shape or colour, we highly recommend contacting us with quality, well-lit and detailed photographs along with your query so we are able to get back to you with more specialised and relevant recommendations.

We often will recommend consultations in these cases. Both Sara and Phoebe do their best to put their combined knowledge and experience in this specialist skill of cover-ups/correctional work to restore confidence and have you fall back in love with your brows, we often see clients who have had traumatic previous experiences and are rightly hesitant or anxious, we believe we do our best to bring trauma-informed expertise.

While our artists may recommend specialist aftercare according to individual needs, our general recommendations are as follows:

Day 1 (Day of procedure)

After 1-2 hours, gently blot area with a provided lightly dampened cotton pad with sterile water. Follow by applying a very small amount of Skin Candy aftercare.

Days 1-5 (or until scabs are gone)

• Apply a very modest amount of Skin Candy provided aftercare 2x daily Am and PM

• DO NOT pick or peel any flaking of scabbing

• When possible, avoid touching, rubbing or scratching

Please avoid:

• Water (on the PMU area) said from the initial saline wipe.

• Makeup

• Excessive sweating

• Sauna, pools and hottubs

• Sunbathing and tanning beds

• Spicy foods

• Vaping (metal on the mouthpiece will turn the colour ashy!)

• Kissing

Do not use aftercare or skincare products that contain active ingredients that will lighten or exfoliate the skin. (HA, GA, retinoids, Vit A or C).

Touch-ups (if needed) can be done 5-8 weeks after the original appointment.

BROWS: 7-10 days

LIPS: 3-5 days

Once the pigment flakes off it may appear as though NO PIGMENT has been retained. Over the next 4-8 weeks the colour will gradually “bloom” to a lovely soft shade.