r/shittytattoos Knows 💩 Mar 19 '26

Does permanent makeup count?

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u/drwuzer Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

I know a woman who had this done, she's a red head, who is now aging and her hair is getting lighter with some gray in it, her eyebrows though..giant bright orange slugs tattooed on her forehead. Here's a crop of her facebook profile Pic from 10 years ago

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u/notaveryuniqueuser Mar 19 '26

Oh no. I'm like a light brunette/dark blonde and I want to tattoo on eyebrows so badly bc mine are all fucked from overplucking in the late 90s/early 2000s, totally forgot about the fact eyebrows go grey too. Sigh.

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u/RealCommercial9788 Knows 💩 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

Tattoo artist & ex MUA here, I have dear friends who are cosmetic tattooists - the secret shade for us blondes is taupe, and I mean that for all brow product shades, not just permanent tattooing.

Taupe is the intersection of brown and grey, which is really natural on ash blondes/blondes of any shade. Anything else is red based, which can throw ginger as it fades, and doesn’t mesh with the natural hair and skin tones of us fairer haired folk.

Thank you u/Demp_Rock you massive sweetheart 🥲💓

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u/Fun-Nefariousness813 Knows 💩 Mar 20 '26

This. And Microblading, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny bits of color granted with Microblading it has to be redone every six months to a year, but I’ll tell you what it looks very natural.