Olivia Yu · London

Category: Nano brows

Brow Shape Selection: How to Choose the Right Shape for Your Face

May 25, 2026

You’re considering permanent makeup for your brows. You’ve researched microblading and nano brows. You understand the techniques. You’re ready to book a consultation. But there’s one question still bothering you: what shape should you actually ask for? Most online brow shape guides offer the same generic advice — round face needs an arch, square face […]

Combination Brows: When Hair Strokes Plus Shading Is the Right Choice

May 25, 2026

If you’ve researched permanent makeup for brows, you’ve probably encountered three options: microblading, nano brows, and “combination brows.” The first two are well-explained online. The third is often mentioned in passing without much detail — sometimes as “the best of both worlds,” sometimes as if it’s a marketing label rather than a distinct technique. Combination […]

Brows for Oily Skin: Why Microblading Often Fails and What to Choose Instead

May 25, 2026

You have oily skin. You’ve been thinking about microblading. You’ve researched it, found a studio, possibly even had a consultation. And somewhere along the way, you’ve encountered the same message repeatedly: microblading doesn’t work well on oily skin. The message is true. It’s also incomplete. Oily-skinned clients have excellent PMU brow options — they just […]

Eyebrow Mapping: The Foundation of Perfect Permanent Brows

May 24, 2026

Before a single needle touches your skin during any brow PMU procedure, your artist will spend 20 to 30 minutes doing something that doesn’t look glamorous: measuring your face with calipers, drawing dots in cosmetic pencil, and sketching shapes you’ll review in a handheld mirror. This is eyebrow mapping — and it’s the single most […]

Microblading vs Nano Brows: Which Technique Is Right for You?

May 24, 2026

Two techniques. Similar results. Very different processes. If you’ve been researching permanent makeup for your brows, you’ve almost certainly hit a wall of conflicting information about microblading and nano brows. One article says microblading is more natural; another says nano is the new gold standard. Some artists insist nano is “the same thing, just with […]

Nano Brows Tutorial: The Precision Technique That’s Replacing Microblading

May 24, 2026

Walk into any premium PMU studio in London today and you’ll notice something interesting: experienced artists are quietly moving away from microblading and toward a newer technique called nano brows. The reason is precision. Nano brows use a single ultra-fine needle on a digital machine to create hair strokes that look strikingly like real brow […]

Nano Precision Brows™ vs Microblading — What Is The Difference?

May 17, 2026

Although Nano Precision Brows™ and microblading are often grouped together, the techniques are actually very different.   Traditional microblading uses a manual blade to create cuts within the skin in order to implant pigment.   Nano Precision Brows™, on the other hand, uses a digital machine with a single needle to create ultra-fine hairstroke definition […]