$600 · two sessions
Soft powder and ombre brows
Shading rather than drawn-on strokes. Lightest at the front, building through the arch and the tail, so the effect at conversational distance is that your brows are simply there.
It is the main thing Mugi does, and it is what most people mean when they say they want brows that do not look done.
Her work, on the day
Photographed at the end of the appointment and cropped to the brow. Fresh brows are darker and sharper than they will stay, so each one is labeled as fresh rather than healed.
Before
Fresh, same day
Not healed.
Fresh, same day
Not healed.
Fresh, same day
Not healed.
What it is, in plain terms
Pigment is deposited into the upper layers of the skin as a fine mist of dots rather than as cut lines, using a machine rather than a blade. Because there are no defined edges, it softens as it fades instead of breaking up, which is the difference people notice a year later.
“Ombre” just describes the gradient: nearly bare at the head of the brow, gradually denser toward the arch. That gradient is doing most of the work. A brow that is the same density all the way across is the one that reads as drawn on, and it is what people mean when they say a brow looks blocky.
It is semi-permanent in the sense that it fades, and permanent in the sense that the pigment is in your skin and will not be gone next month. Both things are true and it is worth being clear about which you are agreeing to.
Who this suits, and who it does not
It suits you if
- You want your brows to look like brows, not like makeup.
- Your skin is oily or your pores are on the larger side.
- You have sparse or over-plucked brows and want fullness back.
- You have had microblading that has faded or gone patchy.
- You are prepared to wait six weeks before deciding whether you like it.
It does not suit you if
- You want individual visible hairs. That is nano, and it is a different page.
- You want it dense and defined on day one.
- You need it finished before something next week.
- You have existing work that needs lightening before anything can go on top of it.
- You are pregnant or breastfeeding, or the brow area is currently irritated or broken.
The fuller list of conditions and medications that mean waiting is on the page about who this suits.
The other option · $600
The combination brow
Hair strokes at the front of the brow with soft shading behind them. It is the same price as the powder brow and it is booked as “Microshading (Combination Brow)”.
This is also the only place blade work happens here. Microblading is not sold as a standalone service, it lives inside this option, and it is offered selectively: on oily skin or large pores, crisp strokes blur into a smudge within a year, and Mugi will usually say so and steer you toward powder instead.
Which of the two suits you is a question about your skin and your existing hair rather than about taste, and it is not one you should have to decide from a website. It gets decided in the first hour, with your face in front of her.
What the two sessions involve
- 01
The design hour
Looking, measuring, and drawing the shape on your face in pencil, adjusted with a mirror between every change until you approve it out loud. Nothing permanent happens before that, and there is no cap on how many times you change your mind.
- 02
The first pass, kept light
One to two hours of the actual work, with numbing. The target is deliberately softer than the finished result, because pigment is easy to add at the second session and difficult to take back afterwards.
- 03
Healing, about six weeks
Dark and sharp for a few days, then flaking and patchiness, then a ghost stretch where it looks like it barely took. The aftercare is written down and goes home with you.
- 04
The six-week session
Once it has settled and she can see how your skin actually held the pigment, density is built up and anything uneven is corrected. It is the second half of the work, not a sign that the first went wrong.
Week-by-week detail, including what to do about the day-three panic, is in the aftercare guide.
What it costs
$600 for either of the two brow options, covering the design time, the appointment itself and vegan pigments. There is no separate consultation fee. Ask Mugi how the six-week follow-up is charged before you book, so the cost is settled before your appointment rather than at it. Later touch-ups are priced by how long it has been.
Afterwards, refreshes are priced by how long it has been: $100 at 1 to 3 months, rising to $300 at 1 to 2 years. Nothing is quoted on the day.
Every price on one pageWhat people ask before booking
Not if the shape is right and the first pass is light. Shading reads as makeup only when it is too dense at the front of the brow, too dark for your hair and skin, or shaped to something that is not your face. The front is deliberately kept lighter than the body and tail for that reason, and you approve the drawn shape in a mirror before anything starts.
Two. The first is two to three hours including the design hour. The second is about six weeks later, once the first has healed, and that is where density is adjusted and any gaps are filled. Ask Mugi how the six-week follow-up is charged before you book, so the cost is settled before your appointment rather than at it. Later touch-ups are priced by how long it has been.
Darker and sharper than it will stay, and usually the darkest it gets. Around day five to ten the surface flakes and it goes patchy, then there is a stretch where it looks like almost nothing took. What you have at about six weeks is roughly what you keep. Darker before it lightens is the usual pattern. It is not the same thing as pus or discharge, skin that is hot to the touch, spreading redness, a fever, or pain that is getting worse rather than better after the first couple of days: those need a doctor or an urgent care clinic the same day, before you wait for a reply from Mugi.
It varies enough by skin and by sun exposure that a single number would be misleading. What can be said precisely is what a refresh costs when you decide you want one, and those four prices are published on the prices page rather than quoted in the chair.
Shading generally holds better than crisp individual strokes on oily skin and larger pores, because a soft edge stays readable as it blurs while a hair stroke does not. It is one of the reasons Mugi steers most people toward powder rather than blade work. She will tell you what she thinks your skin will do when she looks at it.
Sometimes. It depends on how dark, how grey and how much of it there is, and some cases need lightening elsewhere first. This is not a question anyone can answer from a description, which is why the first step is a photograph rather than a booking.
Say so, as many times as you need to. The drawing is pencil and it wipes off. If we cannot get to a shape you are actually happy with, the appointment ends and nothing is tattooed.
More of them on the questions page, and if yours is not there, ask her. The alternative to powder, if you specifically want visible individual strokes, is nano.
If you are still deciding
You do not have to know what you want before you get in touch. Send a photo of your brows and what is bothering you, and you will get an honest read back - including if the answer is that you should wait, or choose something else.
Not sure yet?
Ask Mugi
Send a question, and a photo if you like. She replies herself with what she would suggest. Free, and it books nothing.
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