Lamination is the most-Googled brow treatment in Malaysia right now, and also the most misunderstood. It isn’t a tattoo, it isn’t microblading, and nothing about it is permanent. Here’s the whole 45 minutes, narrated.
Minutes 0–10: mapping and the honest conversation
Your artist studies your face shape, brow bone and hair growth direction, then marks the start, arch and tail with a fine pencil. This is also when we tell you what lamination can’t do: it rearranges existing hair beautifully, but it cannot conjure hair in a genuinely bald tail. Expectations set now save disappointment later.
Minutes 10–22: the lifting cream
Brows are brushed up into position and a keratin-based lifting cream goes on, softening the internal bonds of each hair so it becomes pliable. In our studio this stage is timed to your hair texture — fine Malaysian-Chinese brow hair might need seven minutes where coarse, wiry hair needs twelve. It feels like nothing; most clients scroll their phone.
Minutes 22–32: the setting cream
The first cream comes off, the hairs are combed into their final direction, and a neutralising cream locks the new shape in place. This is the “lamination” itself — the same chemistry as a keratin hair treatment, scaled down and buffered for the face.
Minutes 32–45: tint, tidy and the reveal
A custom-blended tint deepens colour and makes finer hairs visible (optional, but it’s where the “fuller” illusion really lands), stray hairs are tweezed, tips are trimmed, and a nourishing oil-free balm finishes the set. Then the mirror. The first reaction is almost always about how much wider and more open the eyes look — brows frame more than people expect.
The next 24 hours
- Keep brows completely dry — no washing, steam or heavy workouts
- No makeup or skincare on the brow area
- Sleep on your back if you can; squashed brows can set squashed
After that, brush them up each morning with the balm we send home and live your life. Swimming, gym, sunscreen — all fine from day two.
How long does it really last?
Four to six weeks of styled shape, softening gradually as new hairs grow through. The tint fades around week three to four. We recommend a minimum six-week gap between laminations so the hair fully recovers — booking it more often doesn’t make brows better, just more fragile.