OK...I don't write reviews. Seriously. I'm way too busy. Check my history. I'm writing one now…read morebecause everyone needs to go see Angela. Let's face it, we all have things we don't like about ourselves and the good news is, we have the power to change many of those things. But, there's usually one particular thing that we hate and, while it sometimes creeps into our consciousness, it always affects our worldview in subtle and unconscious ways.
For me, that was my brows. I could never get them straight. They always looked different from one another and I felt like they closed my eyes in, making them look small and sleepy. I ended up frustrated with every makeup solution I tried, and the time I spent trying to look awake, alert, and generally just "put together" only resulted in resignation and defeat. I wasn't going for a glam, overdone look and I never considered "permanent makeup" because I didn't want to look like a surprised clown all the time. (I mean on weekends, sure, but not every day...) I was also concerned that the impact of the aging process would just make me look sad in the way that abandoned buildings evoke a sense of loss. (In full disclosure, I'm not inclined to tattoo my face...you're not fooling anyone, "permanent makeup.")
Once I went through menopause late last year, my brows stopped growing all together. That made me feel even worse about myself. I was desperate for a solution. Then, along came a spider...er....rather....an online article about "microblading." What a time to be alive!
Just as "trailers" are the new "tiny homes" of this contemporary, euphemistic landscape in which we all find ourselves, "permanent makeup," not to be outdone, hired a PR firm. Welcome to the Microblade Revolution!
OK...enough of this creative writing exercise, one of us needs to get back to work...
While Microblading relies on the same foundational elements of the tattoo, it is vastly different and last only about a year at a time. I'll leave it to the experts (READ: Angela, not REDDIT) to explain the varieties and specifics to find what's right for you, but for the love of God, (if you embrace that sort of belief construct) do it now! Call her! Having beautiful, precise, face-framing brows is a transformational experience, webfriends, and for a host of reasons I don't have time to explain, you need a seasoned, reputable professional who's also an empathic, compassionate artist. There is certainly skill, expertise, technical proficiency, and experience involved but there's an equal measure of instinct, intuition, active listening, compassion, and visual artistry required to get this right. People stop me in airports and tell me my brows are amazing and ask where I had them done. I can't make this stuff up. (Well, I guess I can but I wouldn't.)
At the end of the day, Angela's work is in a league of its own and part of the reason for that (I believe) is her art is delivered in service to others. For Angela, (I believe) It's less about the thing and more about how the thing makes you feel that matters most. That is a rare quality to find in a service practitioner. I can't wait to try her other services and hope you will too.
(There's a "before" and "after" collage in my profile)
Enjoy!