A number of the largest points PMU artists face are lack of pigment deposit and poor retention. Many various variables may cause these struggles – resembling method, consumer pores and skin challenges, and the artist’s expertise degree.
As you attempt new instruments and strategies to hone your craft, you’ll not solely achieve new abilities and develop your confidence, however you’ll additionally be taught out of your errors (and all of us make them)!
With our ongoing mission to cut back artist’s struggles, shorten your studying curve, and enhance consumer outcomes, my workforce and I concentrate on making nice instruments to make your work shine and outcomes higher than ever.
The Single Needle Saga
Let’s speak about needles, particularly single needles, referred to as 1 spherical liner or 1RL. 1RL needles are one of the crucial standard needle sizes in every fashionable PMU artist’s toolbox. Artists and trainers love utilizing the 1RL needle for the next causes:
- It’s a singular, sharp needle that enables for essentially the most precision and element as a result of its small measurement.
- It goes into the pores and skin simply with practically no resistance.
- It permits the creation of exact line work, hair strokes, and numerous shaded results by “layering” singular pixels, separately.
Now, let’s speak about needle tapers.
The needle’s taper is actually how progressively it goes from thick to skinny, ending on the tip of the needle. Consider it just like the slope or slant of the needle’s level.
Needle tapers are vital as a result of that is the a part of the needle that really enters the pores and skin, subsequently that is what determines the dimensions of the pigment impression/gap made within the pores and skin. The longer the taper, the smaller the outlet, and vice versa. Due to this fact, the longer the taper, the smaller your pixel of pigment will seem within the pores and skin.
If you’re working with regular pores and skin that isn’t delicate, not compromised, and never too skinny or too thick, the 1RL LT (lengthy taper) needles can work tremendous properly for numerous strategies like hairstrokes, line-work, and shaded results together with ombré brows, lip blushing, shaded eyeliner, and multi-dimensional areola work.
BUT, and right here’s the massive however – when you’re struggling to get pigment within the pores and skin and the colour just isn’t constructing as anticipated, you could possibly be creating trauma with out pigment deposit. Trauma usually appears like extreme redness, bruising, swelling, and even bleeding- which all means the pores and skin is probably going being overworked.
When you’re working with pores and skin that’s delicate, skinny, thick, textured, or compromised, the 1RL LT could not be the fitting software for the job, and will even be creating extra hurt than good. When this occurs, you’ll want one other kind of 1RL needle that gives you that increase to make your needle work extra environment friendly and fewer traumatizing.
Introducing the PIXL 1 Spherical Liner Medium Taper Needle Cartridge.
Precision amplified, stability refined.
Extra Taper Speak
The first distinctions between the 1RL LT and 1RL MT needles lie of their taper design and the way this impacts tattooing. The PIXL 1RL MT needle will make a bigger gap/impression within the pores and skin because it has a shorter taper size, (3.5mm) in comparison with the 1RL LT (6mm) needle which is able to make a smaller gap/impression.
The taper additionally impacts the pace of your pigment deposit, and subsequently, the saturation of your remaining outcomes. Due to the smaller needle tip measurement, a 1RL LT needle offers a slower and extra managed pigment deposit, making them appropriate for high quality, delicate strains, smaller pixels, and super-intricate designs.
A 1RL MT needle is designed for faster and simpler pigment deposit as a result of shorter taper and wider needle tip. This may be advantageous for creating extra saturated strains and filling in bigger areas with pixels that seem seen extra shortly.
Instantly after & healed shaded eyeliner with PIXL 0.30mm 1RL MT by PRO Group artist Yolanda @artistik.ink
When deciding which needle to make use of, make sure you think about each pores and skin kind and method.
Needle suitability might vastly rely in your consumer’s pores and skin. For example, when engaged on regular, easy-to-deal-with pores and skin, the 1RL LT could also be most popular for its precision. In distinction, when coping with delicate, mature, thick, or tough pores and skin, the 1RL MT presents extra effectivity as you will get extra pigment in sooner with much less trauma to the pores and skin. The secret is figuring out to attempt totally different instruments to get extra colour in with much less trauma.
Each artist will get to craft their very own fashion over time. With so many distinctive strategies, rhythms, and patterns developed like a signature, it’s no marvel your chosen instruments like needle preferences can even really feel very private. When you end up battling tough pores and skin and the pigment simply is not taking part in good, do not hesitate to change issues up. Your canvas, your guidelines! There is no such thing as a cause to stay with only one software.
Crisp define & lip blush with PIXL 0.30 mm 1RL MT by PRO Group artist Hannah @hannahwalker_pmu
Unwavering Stability
In our ongoing quest for innovation and enchancment, we’ve additionally added an inside, chrome steel tube across the needle for max stability and help.
1RL MT needle wrapped with a stainless-steel tube
This reduces the wobble of the needle, forcing it to maneuver straight up-and-down as an alternative of side-to-side, which is extraordinarily helpful for doing fine-line work like hair strokes or outlines. Much less wobble results in extra exact outcomes and better-healed outcomes!
The Excellent Pigment Companion for FADE
One other nice function of those new needles is how properly they play with all of your favourite pigments! FADE is our latest line of inorganic-based hybrid pigments, designed for shoppers who need extra flexibility and fewer longevity.
As FADE primarily consists of inorganic pigment elements, the pigment particles are bigger in measurement. Although not seen to the bare eye, this may typically pose only a bit extra resistance throughout the tattooing course of and will require further passes to get into the pores and skin when in comparison with an organic-based pigment with smaller particle sizes that fly into the pores and skin.
Due to this, the PIXL 1RL MT needles are an awesome praise to FADE, since they’ll make a bigger impression within the pores and skin, paving the best way for these bigger particles to implant with ease with fewer passes for much less trauma.
Instantly after mixture brows with PIXL 0.30mm 1RL MT & FADE Darkish Heat Brown by PRO Group artist Leanne @leannemacedobrowstudio
Instantly after ombré brows PIXL 0.35mm 1RL MT & FADE Deep Cool Brown
by PRO Group artist Elise @beautytobeseen
The brand new PIXL 1RL MT needles can be found in 3 diameters: 0.25mm, 0.30mm, and 0.35mm.
They’re all appropriate for lining and shading brows, eyes, lips, and areola.
Tattooing is a fancy ability that you’ll hone over time into indelible masterpieces that carry delight to your shoppers with magnificence to get up to, so proceed being that passionate artist and we shall be right here to help you with the perfect instruments!
Take a look at some extra outcomes beneath utilizing the brand new PIXL 1RL MT Needle Cartridges, and don’t overlook to indicate us your work by tagging @tinadaviesprofessional and utilizing #yestinadavies!
Hair strokes in progress with PIXL 0.25mm 1RL MT by PRO Group artist Yolanda @artistik.ink
Instantly after eyeliner with PIXL 0.35mm 1RL MT by PRO Group artist Natalie @browbabe.natalie
Instantly after lip blush with PIXL 0.30mm 1RL MT by PRO Group artist Natalie @browbabe.natalie
Instantly after shaded eyeliner with PIXL 0.25mm 1RL MT by PRO Group artist Yolanda @artistik.ink