1 listing · Scotland
Semi-permanent hair-stroke brows that last one to two years. Edinburgh has a smaller beauty market than Glasgow but a more established and refined one, with many salons and skin clinics that have been in the same Georgian premises for decades.
One listing currently offers microblading in Edinburgh, identity-verified. Listed prices run from £32 to £320, with a 60-minute appointment typically around £55. Appointments are listed at 30, 60 or 120 minutes. They treat clients at their own studio or salon rather than travelling. Availability is concentrated in Stockbridge. Besides English, languages spoken here include Dutch.
Microblading is a semi-permanent make-up technique that deposits pigment into the upper layers of the skin with a fine handheld blade, drawing individual hair strokes to fill in and reshape the brows. Variations include powder or ombré brows, made with a machine for a soft, shaded finish, and combination brows that mix both. Results fade gradually over one to two years and are refreshed with a colour boost.
The appointment starts with a long consultation: mapping the shape to your face, choosing a pigment that suits your skin tone and checking that nothing in your medical history rules it out. A top-up session four to eight weeks later perfects the shape once the skin has healed. Oily skin tends to blur hair strokes, and some artists recommend powder brows instead.
Allow two to three hours for the first session. Because it breaks the skin, microblading premises and practitioners in England must be registered with the local council for skin piercing, or licensed in London — check that the listing says so.
Read the full guide to microblading — what it involves, who it suits and what it costs. Also known as semi-permanent eyebrows, powder brows and ombré brows.
The New Town holds most of it, around George Street, Thistle Street and Stockbridge, with advanced facials, laser courses and brow specialists. Stockbridge itself is quieter and almost entirely daytime, with boutique salons and nail studios serving a loyal local clientele. Leith has grown with the waterfront regeneration and offers the widest spread of prices and treatments, including younger nail and lash studios and well-priced threading.
More on beauty therapists, salons and clinics in Edinburgh — areas, pricing and how booking works locally.
For microblading specifically, the professionals listed here work out of Stockbridge . You can also browse everything in Edinburgh .
Listed prices run from £32 to £320, depending on the treatment length and on whether you go to them or they come to you. A 60-minute appointment typically costs around £55.
Not at the moment. The one listing offering microblading in Edinburgh treats clients at their own studio or salon.
The listing listing here works out of Stockbridge.
