Ladies, toss your pencils. If your brows have thinned out, gone patchy,
or never fully recovered from the plucking of the 1990s, this is the end of drawing on two
eyebrows every morning and hoping they come out related to each other.
For over 20 years we have specialised in, and genuinely enjoyed, creating beautiful brows
with the SofTap® hand
method. Mature skin is its own discipline. It is thinner, drier and uneven in texture, and it
will take pigment beautifully in one spot and stubbornly refuse it an inch away.
Three approaches, often combined:
Soft Fill: a soft, powdered, filled-in brow
Ombre Brows: a lighter colour at the front of the brow, going a bit darker towards the tail
Combination: hairstrokes through the front, soft fill through the tail
The shape is created to your bone structure and kept sitting on the brow bone, and the
colour is custom mixed for your skin on the day. We decide all of it together at your
free consultation before anything is booked.
A quiet relief if you are allergic to conventional cosmetics, wear contacts, have eyes that
water at the first sign of wind, or have hands that are simply not as steady as they were at
thirty.
Varied effects can be achieved: smudgy, soft, defined or dramatic. It is your look, your call.
Every eyeliner procedure includes an eyelash enhancement.
The colour is placed in the lash line itself, so you never end up with a floating
eyeliner, and your lashes look thicker at the base.
The lip border is one of the first things to go quietly missing. It softens, the colour cools
and thins, and lipstick starts wandering off into the fine lines around your mouth. Lip liner
puts the edge back and gives the colour something to hold on to.
Permanent lip colour can:
Redefine a lip border that has faded with the years
Correct asymmetry
Add definition and fullness
Warm up colour that has gone pale or bluish
If you have a history of fever blisters, cold sores or mouth ulcers, an anti-viral
prescription is required before any lip procedure. We will go through this at your consultation.
These are two different appointments, and the difference matters, so here it is plainly.
Maintenance touch-up or colour boost, $250
This is for clients whose brows, liner or lips Karen did herself. She already has your file:
the exact pigments she mixed, the stylus she used, how your skin healed last time. That means
she is refreshing known work rather than solving a puzzle, and the price reflects it. Includes
both appointments.
Correction of previous work, $450
This is not a touch-up, and it is the part most people are surprised by.
If someone else did the original work, Karen cannot simply go over it. She starts from
scratch: a new shape designed around your face, a new colour mixed to counteract whatever the
old pigment has turned, and a decision about which styluses will work on skin that has already
been worked on once. It takes longer and it takes more skill than starting with a blank brow.
Includes both appointments.
Brows that turned grey, orange or faintly reddish. Shapes drawn too high, too dark, or too
permanently surprised. Work that healed on one side and not the other. Correction is a big part
of what we do, and after 20 years there is very little Karen has not already seen, so please do
not be embarrassed about it.
Is permanent make-up really permanent? Technically yes, the colour is
implanted into the epidermal layer. But natural fading does occur, and touch-ups are usually
needed in 1.5 to 3 years. The sun is the greatest villain to fading colour,
so always use an SPF sunblock of at least 30, or wear sunglasses or a hat.
Tip: for eyebrows, keep an SPF lip balm tube handy and simply wipe it
over your brows before sun exposure. Quick, easy, and it protects your results.
As you get older, the colour will slowly fade and soften. The pigment is
always there, just gentler. We strongly recommend SPF 30+ on any pigmented area. The
advantage of slow fading is that as skin tone changes you may actually prefer a softer
colour than the one you wanted a few years ago. If you would like it richer again, come in
for a maintenance colour enhancement.
People usually arrive asking for microblading, because it is the word everybody knows.
Fair enough. Here is what it actually is, and why after more than 20 years we still choose
something different for the women who come to us.
Microblading uses a small handheld blade to cut fine hairstroke lines into the
skin and lay pigment into those cuts. On the right skin it can look lovely. The catch is that it
is a cutting technique, and skin that is thin, dry, oily or mature does not always heal the way a
crisp cut line needs it to. Those neat little hairstrokes will blur and spread as they settle,
which is how a brow ends up looking less like hair and more like a smudge. Microblading can
cause scarring, and it can only be done a few times before all the colour blends in and
becomes a powder brow in the end anyway. We want to make sure you know the truth of what
you think you are getting, and what you will eventually end up with.
The SofTap® hand
method does not cut anything. Pigment is tapped into the skin by hand with a disposable
stylus, rather than a slice. It is gentler, it causes far less trauma,
and it hands the artist complete control over how much colour goes exactly where. For skin over 40,
which is most of who walks through the door, that control is the whole game.
The SofTap® hand method
Pigment tapped in by hand, no cutting
Minimal trauma to thin or delicate skin
Complete control over colour density
Softer, more forgiving healed result
No motor, no noise, no vibration
Single-use stylus tips, disposed of after every client
Microblading
A blade cuts hairstroke lines into the skin
Results depend heavily on skin type
Strokes will blur and spread into each other, so not an ideal option for mature or oily skin, and can cause scarring over multiple procedures
Generally semi-permanent, so it needs redoing sooner
Widely offered, and quality varies a great deal between artists
None of this is a dig at artists who microblade well. It is simply the method we have chosen
after two decades of watching how different skin actually heals.
For the most reliable and best results we use
SofTap™ pigments and the
disposable hand stylus system, together with the Genuline system for hairstrokes.
SofTap™ is the easiest and gentlest way to implant micropigment colour into the skin.
The system is designed to provide maximum comfort, fast healing, complete control, and little
or no touch-ups.
Traditional tattoo coil machines and rotary or digital tools cause more trauma to the skin,
make loud buzzing noises, and give the technician far less control over exactly where the
colour is deposited.
The SofTap™ method means minimal swelling and no or minimal bleeding. Topical anaesthetics
are applied to pre-numb the area first, and then we numb as we go, for greater ease and comfort.
GentleA soft tap on top of the skin, virtually painless
QuietNo motors, no buzzing, no moving parts
HygienicEvery stylus tip is single-use and safely disposed of
ComfortableSeven different topical anaesthetics on hand
Procedures & Pricing
Permanent Make-Up
Procedure
Price
Eyebrows Includes the follow-up appointment 4 to 6 weeks later
$550
Eyeliner, top and bottom Includes the follow-up appointment 6 weeks later
$600
Eyeliner, top or bottom Includes the follow-up appointment 6 weeks later
$350
Lip liner only Includes the follow-up appointment 4 to 6 weeks later
$450
Full lip blush and lip liner Includes the follow-up appointment 4 to 6 weeks later
$600
Correction of previous work by another artist A full redesign, not a touch-up. Includes the follow-up appointment 4 to 6 weeks later
$450
Beauty mark
$60
Consultations & Touch-Ups
Item
Price
In-studio consultation Shape design, custom colour trial and photos
Free
Patch test
Free
Maintenance touch-up or colour boost For work Karen did herself. Includes the follow-up appointment
$250
Lash & Brow Tinting
Service
Price
Lash tint
$20
Brow tint
$15
Lash and brow tint
$35
Tint and wax combo, lashes and brows
$40
Waxing & Skin
Service
Price
Brow shape and wax
$15
Lip wax
$15
Chin wax
$15
Full face wax
$40
Skin tag removal Priced at your consultation
From $30
Every permanent make-up procedure includes the follow-up appointment, and the consultation
before it is free. Nothing is booked until we have talked through your skin, your history
and the method that suits you best.
Your included follow-up appointment must take place between 4 weeks and 120 days after your treatment, unless otherwise agreed.
Touch-ups over work done by a different technician start at $450, depending on complexity.
The consultation is absolutely free. However, a $100 non-refundable deposit is requested when scheduling your procedure, to reserve the time and the room for you.
A minimum 48 hours' cancellation notice is required, or the deposit is forfeited. If you cancel or reschedule a consultation with less than 48 hours' notice, a $100 rescheduling fee applies before your next appointment is booked.
Exceptions may be made for genuinely unexpected circumstances. Please just get in touch as early as you can.
