How to categorize clients
Each client's skin will be different and everyone will heal differently. We, as artists can generalize our clients as much as possible, but at the end of the day, skin will always be a complex organism.
BANANA-
- Your most ideal client. Typically from the ages of 18-30. The epidermis layer is not too thick and not too thin. Your client will mostly retain very well and pain will be minimal for these clients. There may be light pinpoint bleeding but they will not ooze fluids or blood. Your blade pressure should be normal. If your client has freckles they will heal the best.
ORANGE -
- This client typically has larger pores around the brows and forehead. Textured, oily skin is very likely. They have a thicker epidermis- numb with topical numbing cream (ZENSA) for 15 minutes. You will need to work quickly for these clients due to their high amount of bleeding. When a client bleeds like this, even when avoiding caffeine and alcohol for 24-48 hours, it can cause you to lose your brow shape so creating the skeleton and numbing with your secondary numbing gel quickly is best. Microblading alone is not recommended for orange clients. Your pressure may need to be deeper.
GRAPE-
- This client can heal very well if you lighten up your blade pressure. Their epidermis is very thin. You will need to choose 1/2 a shade lighter of a pigment tone as thie client will not heal the same. They retain the ink color very well. Especially be careful microblading or shading their arches/tails. You can easily cause trauma since this part of the brow is the thinnest.
