With so many choices of microblading and PMU artists these days, It is easy to get lured in by cheaper prices and Groupon deals and forget about the quality of the actual pigments and inks being injected under the skin and into the bloodstream.

For example, you go to the hospital for a muscular pain. Do you let the nurse inject anything into your veins to make you feel better or do you ask him/her first “Hey, what are you injecting into my body now?”

By falling into the promise of “semi-permanent” makeup claims, clients don’t think much and often they don’t understand that they are, in fact, getting a tattoo on their face! A tattoo that may or may not fade with time. It doesn’t matter what the false claims are stated on the artists’ websites or social media profiles.

When purchasing food at the grocery store, nowadays most people are becoming more and more aware of harmful ingredients, such as: GMO soy, high-fructose corn syrup, MSG, palm oil, etc, added to their foods, by checking the ingredients on the labels. That helps them to avoid purchasing and consuming harmful stuff.

So why not follow the same protocol with the pigments and inks about to be injected into your bloodstream, into your skin by a tattoo, PMU or Microblading artist? If you ask the artist to show the label with their pigments ingredients, are you going to know how to interpret them and identify correctly? I don’t think so. But maybe, this post will help you to choose wisely next time.

Think of this post more as a “public service” to all people considering having Microblading or any other type of PMU done anywhere. Ask the artist to read the ingredients on the label of the pigments or inks about to be used on you and be alert about the following harmful chemicals: