My Microblading Experience with Julie at Haven Beauty Collective

Meghan Hatalla
5 min readNov 2, 2021

Combo brows (powder and microblading), here we come!

Haven Beauty Collective in Minnetonka, Minnesota

I’m not sure who out there would say that they outright love their natural brows, but it isn’t me. My natural brows have a nice natural shape to them, but they’re incredibly light. Especially compared to the hair everywhere else on me, which is darker and courser. In this day and age, where thicker eyebrows are the big trend, I find myself taking the time (almost) daily to color them in so they’re visible in Zoom meetings.

Julie Phaxay at Haven Beauty is a friend from way back. We worked our first *grown up* jobs together (in an industry which we’ve both left), sharing a desk pod in an open concept office where we spent most of our time chatting on Messenger, trying to win things in the early days of Twitter, and breaking the office silence with stifled giggles. We don’t get to see each other often, but it’s always so fun to catch up and support each other’s endeavors. Which is how I wound up under the bright lights of Haven Beauty Collective, ready for my perma-brows.

Mapping Combo Brows

Mapping combo brows at Minnetonka, Minnesota’s Haven Beauty Collective
Julie Phaxay mapping out my combo brows at Haven Beauty Collective

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Meghan Hatalla

Minnesota — based UX researcher and yoga instructor. You can find me as @megtalla in most spaces!