Shaping eyebrows is a craft

Satisfied and happy customers can really make your whole day, love it! :) I do not have an open schedule for bookings but usually only take regulars and people who want to come to me specifically, but when we are fully booked (as we are right now) I open up my schedule as well and have received raw about lots of new customers. Really fun!

And what makes me a little sad (and happy at the same time) is when customers tell me about other salons they fixed their eyebrows at and are shocked at how we can get such a good result when they suddenly realize that all they have been to before have been half as careful, half as skilled and half as knowledgeable. To me, eyebrow plucking and coloring is like a little craft! Each eyebrow is unique and by removing just the right hair and applying the color in the perfect way, you can sometimes make the customer believe that you are holding a magic wand :)

Here is the result of yesterday's customer, who really did not want to dye but only pick (because she can not go outside the door in a week when she dyes at other salons) but who after a bit of persuasion dyed anyway and then only regretted that she did not come to me earlier haha.

Hon har egentligen inte svåra bryn alls förutom att man måste tänka till lite för att få en snygg högsta punkt på ögonbrynet, då hennes naturliga form är ganska rak. Hennes strån är nämligen väldigt långa just i mitten av brynet och växer mycket neråt, så man måste jobba mycket med saxen där för att få upp formen. Samt färga de ljusa fjun-stråna i överdelen på brynet också för att få fram mer fyllighet och på så sätt “lyfta” brynet.

If you do not cut an eyebrow like this (and spend a little extra time getting the shape) but only pick with tweezers, then the shape will either need to be kept quite wide or make it super thin at the outer edges. And that's exactly how this customer has gotten at other salons, she said that either they only take a few straws and she could just as well have done it herself, or they become so narrow at the outer edges that she barely has anything left.

Jag tycker det känns som att många verkar tro att det är “bara att ta rycka strån” och utför behandlingen utan att egentligen kunna göra ett bra jobb. Det är lite mer komplext än att rycka strån från roten. Vissa bryn behöver klippas mycket, vissa behöver knappt klippas alls, vissa är snyggast när man borstar stråna uppåt och vissa när man borstar stråna neråt. Vissa behöver höja högsta punkten, vissa behöver låta det växa ut mer på en del ställen (om man plockat dom själv, eller hos någon okunnig) och vissa behöver färgas två gånger på någon del av brynet för att få det bästa resultatet.

Creative people are often good at several things, because you have an eye for color and shape, but just because you can cut and color hair does not mean that you can automatically shape a nice eyebrow, and just because you are good at nails nor does it mean that you can shape a fine eyebrow. You can probably definitely learn! But one must understand that it is so much more than just pulling straws. Then we can never add straws (then you have to go to Annika hehe) but you can definitely make big transformations with the right knowledge, proper time, tweezers, scissors and some color tubes :)

Det har ju börjat ploppa upp mycket brynbarer också, vilket är i grunden kul tycker jag men när man pratar “kom och fixa brynen på 15 minuter!” så går det helt emot mitt koncept och värderingar. Sitt hellre i några minuter till och få en form och färg som både blir snyggare och mer hållbar, så behöver du inte göra om dom lika ofta heller.

What a long post it was to show a before and after picture haha. Hope you thought it was interesting with my observations and reflections anyway :)

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