Instead of a blade, the microshading process uses a tattoo machine or special kind of pen to add the ink to your brows. And whereas microblading creates pigmented lines to look like hairs, microshading adds the ink to your brows like dots or pixels. Filling in the brows in this way allows your technician to customize the shape a little more easily and can make the brows look very natural.

"The results will not appear to be individual eyebrow hairs, but rather a shading that more closely resembles penciling or powdering your brows with makeup," master esthetician Sarah Akram told Harper's Bazaar. Akram also said that microshading is "much more kind to sensitive skin." 

Microshading is not as intense as microblading since it doesn't create multiple incisions. Because of that, it causes fewer issues with color consistency during the healing process. Microshading is great for oily skin too because the application technique is better at withstanding the oils that break down pigments and inks.