Microblading &
Brow Artistry.
Hyper-realistic hair strokes so natural, no one will know. Designed exclusively by Marina Hu — Australia’s ASPA Gold Award Winner — for brows that define, frame, and elevate your face with lasting precision.
From $898 · Free perfecting touch-up included
Which Brow Technique Is Right For You?
Every face is a unique canvas. During your consultation, Marina will assess your facial geometry, skin type, and natural brow architecture to prescribe the most flattering technique.
Microblading
Individual hair strokes hand-drawn using a fine blade, creating a naturally full brow indistinguishable from real hair. Ideal for sparse or thin brows seeking a soft, defined shape.
Combination Brows
Hair strokes at the front for a natural start, blending into soft powder shading at the tail. Gives depth, structure, and longevity — Marina’s most requested technique.
Ombre / Powder Brows
A soft, powdered finish mimicking filled-in brows. Lighter at the front, deeper toward the tail. Lasts longer than microblading and suits all skin types including oilier skin.
Marina Hu.
ASPA Gold Award Winner.
The Asia Semi-Permanent Artists Alliance (ASPA) Gold Award is the highest national recognition in semi-permanent artistry. Marina’s award-winning precision has been earned through over 15 years of mastering facial geometry, pigment theory, and the unique demands of Asian and multicultural skin types.
When you sit in Marina’s chair, you are not receiving a template. You are receiving a completely bespoke design — mapped to the millimetre — created by a sought-after brow artist on Sydney’s North Shore.
Quick Answer
Every semi-permanent brow and lip treatment at MARA.H is designed and performed personally by founder Marina Hu — an ASPA (Australasian Semi-Permanent Association) Gold Award winner with 15+ years specialising in Asian facial bone structure and natural brow hair patterns. Treatments are not delegated to junior technicians.
What to Expect at
Your Appointment.
Brow Mapping & Design Consultation
Marina measures your facial proportions using the golden ratio as a guide, then hand-draws your brow shape in pencil. Nothing is permanent until you approve the design.
Numbing & Pigment Selection
A topical anaesthetic is applied for 20–30 minutes. Pigment colour is custom-blended to match your natural brow hair and skin undertone precisely.
The Microblading Procedure
Using a fine blade, Marina creates individual strokes with millimetre precision across 60–90 minutes, layering depth and dimension into a completely bespoke result.
Complimentary Perfecting Touch-Up
Included at 4–6 weeks. The healing process affects pigment retention unevenly — this session corrects any fading and locks in your final result.
“Great brows are not drawn on a face. They are designed for it. Every stroke I place is intentional — mapped to your bone structure, your skin tone, and the face you want to show the world.”
— Marina Hu, Founder & ASPA Gold Winner
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Risks, Recovery and Suitability
What most people experience
Scratching and pressure during the procedure, with numbing applied. Afterwards the brow area is red, tender and slightly swollen for one to three days. The colour looks considerably darker, sharper and heavier than the final result for the first week — this is expected. Light scabbing or flaking follows, and the colour then looks patchy and faded before it settles.
Less common risks you should know about
Healing is not fully predictable: patchy retention, strokes that blur, and colour that heals warmer or cooler than intended all happen, which is why a perfecting session is part of the process rather than a sign something went wrong. Infection can occur if the area is touched with unwashed hands or exposed to water, steam or gym equipment during healing. Allergic reaction to pigment is uncommon and can appear months or years later. Picking scabs can pull pigment out and can scar. In skin that pigments easily, the treated area can darken after healing. Pigment fades over time and does not always fade evenly, and some people are told at consultation that their skin will not hold strokes well.
Recovery and what it affects
Plan around a week where your brows look darker and then flaky, and do not book before an event or a holiday involving swimming, sun or heat. The detailed timings — washing, aftercare balm, makeup, exercise, swimming, sun protection — are set out in the aftercare section below, and your artist’s instructions on the day take priority over any general guide.
Results and responses vary
How the colour heals depends on your skin type, oiliness, pore size, age, iron levels, medications and how you heal generally. Oily skin holds crisp strokes less well and tends to soften them. The final result is judged after the perfecting session, not after the first appointment. This is semi-permanent: it fades and needs refreshing, and how quickly varies from person to person.
When this isn’t suitable, or needs assessment first
This treatment is not appropriate during pregnancy or breastfeeding, over active infection, broken skin, active eczema, psoriasis or dermatitis in the brow area, or while taking isotretinoin or within several months of stopping it. A bleeding disorder or ongoing blood-thinning medication, a history of keloid scarring, uncontrolled diabetes, a suppressed immune system, current chemotherapy, recent brow-area laser or peel treatment, and existing permanent makeup that needs assessing all mean we assess before proceeding and may decline or postpone.
If something doesn’t seem right
Call the clinic on 0468 358 861. Spreading redness, increasing pain, swelling that worsens after the first two days, discharge, fever, or a rash or itching in the treated area should be looked at rather than waited out. If it is severe or you are worried, contact your GP or call 000.
After your brow tattooing
On the day — washing starts now
Wash the area twice a day, morning and night, starting the day of your appointment. Use water and a fragrance-free cleanser — Dial, Cetaphil or baby shampoo. Work it in with your fingertips in small circles for about ten seconds, rinse every trace of cleanser away, then pat dry with a clean tissue. Washing does not lift the pigment out. Then apply the ointment: a grain-of-rice amount picked up on a cotton bud and spread thin, three times a day. Never apply it thickly, because a heavy layer seals the skin and slows healing — the product should be barely visible on you. Do not apply it while the area is still damp.
Days 2 to 7
Scabbing forms and has to be left to come away on its own. Picking it off can scar the skin and can take the pigment with it. Use a clean pillowcase. Keep sweaty, high-heat exercise out for the first week. Keep washing morning and night through this whole period — this is the part people most often get wrong, and skipping it is what leads to infection and to scabs building up too thickly.
Avoid throughout the recovery period
Cleansers containing acids — glycolic, lactic, AHA — or any exfoliating ingredient. Facials, injectables, chemical treatments and microdermabrasion for four weeks. Longer term, keep acids, IPL, laser and brightening products off the area to hold the colour.
Sun protection
SPF50+ every day for the first two weeks once healing allows, reapplied every two hours when you are outdoors, with a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses to keep direct sun off the area.
When you can resume
| Activity | When |
|---|---|
| Washing the area, morning and night | From the day of treatment, every day |
| Ointment — grain-of-rice amount, spread thin on a cotton bud | 3 times a day |
| Applying ointment to damp skin | Never — dry the area first |
| Acid or exfoliating cleansers on the area | Not while healing |
| Sweaty, high-heat exercise | After 7 days |
| Facials, injectables, chemical treatments, microdermabrasion | After 4 weeks |
| Acids, IPL, laser and brightening products on the area | Keep off long term to hold the colour |
Call us if
Redness that is spreading, increasing pain, swelling, discharge, fever, or anything that is getting worse rather than better. Call the clinic on 0468 358 861 and do not wait for your next appointment to raise it. Outside opening hours, or if it is severe, contact your GP or call 000.
One more thing
Your artist will give you instructions based on how your skin actually responded on the day. Those take priority over this page.
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