History

Microblading eyebrows first rose to prominence around 25 years ago in Asia. The procedure has gone through the names microstroking, feather tattooing, eyebrow tattooing, feathering, and hairstroking. The list goes on. It has gained huge popularity in countries such as Seoul, South Korea, the cosmetics capital of the world, where extensive resources and research have gone into advancing microblading techniques and tools.  

Microblading then trickled into Europe and then the US. It has enjoyed a rise in popularity with schools and artists entering the market and in 2015. “Microblading” overtook permanent cosmetics in google searches.

Because of its short lifespan in the US, it is of paramount importance to make sure that those interested in this procedure do their research and make sure that the artists that they go to have the proper training.

A lot of modern techniques are now taken for granted and commonplace. Originally, many artists would cross hairstrokes in an “x” pattern, since in real life hairs do cross. However, this would injure the skin and looked less natural. These days, most artists are taught never to cross hair strokes.

Today, more advanced techniques such as “3D Eyebrows” are popular throughout the United States. Newer techniques are still being innovated in of Asia, such as the “6D Eyebrow” by artists like David Zhang.

In the last few years, microblading had a surge of popularity throughout Europe, where schools and artists have established themselves as the frontier of microblading for the West. In 2015, microblading finally caught on and overtook "permanent makeup" in Google searches.

Bloggers and YouTubers began experimenting with this procedure, while new artists started advertising their work and putting up websites for the first time. In 2016, microblading had its first mainstream endorsement, when actress Bella Thorne visited Microblading LA's studio and the story was picked up by virtually every beauty news media outlet.