My Visit to The Best Beauty Centre – Eyebrow Embroidery + Eyeliner Embroidery

Admittedly, this entry took a little longer than expected. After my first visit to The Best Beauty Centre, I headed to the Philippines for two weeks; I was supposed to do a touch-up a month after the first (most of the embroidery sort of faded off), but it never happened until now. Unfortunately, I won’t be back till mid-June to Singapore, so… the plan to take a million lovely photos with my new brows at Bali went up in smokes. Anyway…

I was rather ecstatic to visit the salon back in mid-February. Soon after, I’d head to the Philippines to oversee the office set-up.

I visited the Toa Payoh outlet and was delighted/honoured to have Cyndia herself greet me. Cyndia was the lady boss of the establishment; with all the awards and such backing The Best Beauty Centre, there’s no denying that my slight discomfort about having my brows done soon subsided to nothingness.

As I was seated in front of the mirror, I couldn’t help but start thinking about what would be the results of… my first attempt to do embroidery (not to mention, my hair still looks pink after more than four months since I dyed it, I’m beyond impressed by the hair salon).

Cyndia got one of her staff to assist me in better understanding how the whole process works.

The above is the before photo; remember it cause the after would be a lot different! I think

After the introduction, the process began!

First, Cyndia used this string thing to help remove those “loose strands” (for lack of a better description now).

Yes, the lady boss herself did it for me! Trust me when I say that I truly admire those that not only run the business but also KNOW the business.

Afterwards, she used the (again, I forgot what’s that call…) yellow blade thingie to remove all the excess brows, supposedly to “tidy it up”.

The results?

It’s quite a bit neater if you can tell from the previous photo, that is.

In case you’re wondering, the embroidery isn’t done yet. Just tidied up the brows, that’s all. And, by the way, yes, I have double eyelids, triple, in fact. Unfortunately, it’s concealed. The lack of sleep didn’t make it any better.

I swear, I’ve never once touched an eyebrow pencil (my make-up artists have done it for me before, though), so I am unsure how it works. It’s like crayons to me. Messy and not my cup of tea. Lolx.

Now, I really feel like a drawing board, but not in a bad way, really.

After all the art and craft ended, Cyndia moved on to explain a little about the gold proportions to me.

Now that I knew. I read it before!

See the difference??? Now this is really obvious. So this is what the eyebrow pencil does…

I have to say that Cyndia is truly a perfectionist. I guess one of the many reasons I never wear make-up is cause I really just DO NOT have that kind of patience.

Tada! This is potentially what it’d look like after the embroidery is done, or better, but more permanent than one wash.

Now the real deal begins!

This is supposed to help numb the brows first. It’s necessary. And the following are the items and/or products needed for eyebrow embroidery and eyeliner embroidery.

While waiting for the brows to be numb, Cyndia started working on the eyeliner, drawing it, that is.

To be honest, looking into the mirror at that point, I wasn’t really thinking all that much. Just, maybe… “How will I look after this?”

Now, to cut down the timing wastage, after the “drawing” was done, Cyndia began applying the numbing cream.

What’s next???

Hohoho, yup! That’s the “ink” and the “pen” for the embroidery. The pen basically consists of many needles in a line. I’ve never been afraid of needles much, so this was really nothing to me.

The process really didn’t last all that long and was not at all painful. That said, mine was the first round of work; supposedly, a touch-up is usually required, depending on how well it absorbs.