Face Mapping And Brows

Michelle texted me a mysterious picture last night: A crudely drawn face with words like “Popularity”, “Career”, “Health” written in various places.  Words above the brow line included: “Siblings”, “Travel” “Fortune”.

Here’s a link to a picture: http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com/en/

It is supposed to be a map of the face according the principles of feng shui.  I guess some people read hands and some read faces?

(Side note: I’m not a big believer in feng shui or the horoscope or anything that predestines our lives but hey, it can’t hurt to cover ourselves, JUST IN CASE right?)

Of course I wanted to know more about how the brows feed into this.  Apparently a brow with a drooping tail encourages “Fortune” to slip down your face and out of your life.  Brows that are “dark, thick, long, smooth, orderly and located high above eyes indicate affection, calmness and courage. If they look sparse, thin, pale, short, or chaotic, or too close to eyes, or marked with a scar, you could be tormented by your own physical or emotional states.”

So here's another reason to get the Bespoke Brow: to avoid being in a “tormented” state haha.

-- Ramon Padilla

From The World to NYC

The semi-permanent makeup industry is still in its infancy in the USA, with a vast majority of people unfamiliar with the treatments and how these treatments can transform their beauty regimens.  I guess that maybe 1 out of 100 Americans have heard of semi-permanent makeup, and fewer still know anyone who has had it done.

Compare our country with Asia and Europe,where the popularity of semi-permanent treatments has exploded over the past decade,

In Europe where treatments are also commonly known as “microblading” (sounds a little scary to me, to be honest), established “masters” and training schools produce hundreds of high-quality practitioners every year, to the benefit of happy clients from London to Moscow.

And in Asia, it’s almost difficult to find a person who lives in a major city who has NOT had a semi-permanent treatment done! It’s known as “Brow Embroidery”, “Brow Resurrection”, “Fiber Brow”, “Hand-Scratch Brow”, “7D Brow” (I’m curious to know exactly what those extra four dimensions are, LOL!), and is almost as common as having a facial.

I spent a year traveling through twelve cities known for their high quality of treatments—from Singapore, Shanghai, Seoul, London, Paris, Budapest, and beyond—studying and researching and testing.  And together with Master Trainer Michelle Wu, we improved on what the BEST of the world has to offer. 

-- Ramon Padilla

Mom Made Me Do It!

My mom has many beautiful qualities, but brows are not one of them. Her sparse brow hair led to a never-ending stream of solutions, finally leading to a brow tattoo in 2005. What did it look like? Not pretty. Unnatural and blocky, later fading to a purplish-blue. For years, she wore these blue brows with resignation.

Sons always have an overwhelming urge to make their mothers' lives better, and I was no different. After spending time in the beauty industry of New York City, I became intrigued with the process of "Semi-Permanent Makeup" and spent months traveling through Eastern Europe and East Asia where these treatments are commonplace.

With the talented brow expert Michelle Wu, we found and improved upon the most advanced techniques and pigments that gave the best results, especially for the diverse races and complexions of the USA. No more blue brow tattoos. The promise of our results: always natural-looking, never fake, and true to you.

We opened our doors in 2015. My first client? Mom of course!

-- Ramon Padilla