Ivey Artistry Studios

Ivey Artistry Studios is a permanent makeup and tattoo studio in Raleigh. Its brow options include microblading (strokes made by hand with a manual tool), nanobrows created with a machine, powder brows and combo brows. The studio also lists lashline enhancement, lip blushing (a consultation is required), cosmetic tattooing for freckles, saline tattoo lightening as a non-laser way to fade old work, scalp micropigmentation, lash extensions and brow lamination. Kayla offers small fine line tattoos in the studio. She says she took the Thao Tatu Fine Line course after building a background in PMU brows.

Jeanette Ivey is described as a nationally certified PMU instructor. She leads The Muse Academy, the studio's PMU school, and takes a limited number of appointments in Manhattan. According to the studio, results usually last one to three years, touch-ups are suggested every year or two, and full healing takes about four to six weeks. The site says numbing agents are used during procedures. It also recommends a consultation, noting that PMU may not suit everyone. Clients who are unsure which brow service fits them can fill out a form and the team will help them choose.