Microblading is the ultimate brow treatment for low-maintenance summer beauty

Rather than giving you a block of colour like traditional tattooing, fine strokes are done by hand to create the illusion of real hairs, which is why those on the search for brow perfection prefer it. Many beauticians class it as semi-permanent, but with regular top-ups and great aftercare, it can last a lifetime. It’s great for those with alopecia or people who’ve gone through chemotherapy, or just for the average Josephine who’s keen to up their brow game.

We sent one writer, Jade Moscrop, off to try the treatment out and report back:

Now I’m not going to try and make everyone feel sorry for me here – the reason my eyebrows aren’t brow-envy-contenders isn’t because of an illness or condition, it’s purely because I over-plucked them as a youngster and they just didn’t grow back properly.

In high school, I was cruelly bullied because a) I didn’t have eyebrows and b) when I tried to draw them on, I failed miserably because I didn’t have the right eyebrow products or talent. Kids can be awful, can’t they? Having so much attention drawn to my brows gave me a bit of a complex about them, and I grew to resent them, while they didn’t grow at all.

After many years of tinting, gallons of castor oil and sampling each new ‘best eyebrow pencil’, I’d looked into microblading as a way to solve all my problems. So, when I was offered the chance to not only have my eyebrows microbladed, but to have them done by Suman Jalaf of Suman Brows, whose clients include Poppy Delevingne and Amy Jackson, I jumped at the chance.

I arrived at the salon and was greeted by Suman, who immediately made me feel welcome; she’s one of those people you feel like you’ve known for years. We chatted about the shape I desire and because it’s been such a long time since I’ve had proper brows, I confessed that I didn’t know what my actual eyebrows should look like. She said it was no problem and that she was excited for me to see my perfect brows!