Meet Melissa
Founder and lead artist of SF Microblading, San Francisco’s first licensed microblading studio.
For 10 years, Melissa has been designing brows that look like the client’s own: shaped around their face, their natural hair and the look they want to wake up with. Every appointment starts with a bespoke design curated around you. After a thorough drawing and consultation, the brow design begins.
Training
Melissa trained in microblading with Everlasting Brows in Los Angeles, did advanced training with Ella Esthetics in Washington, D.C., then added machine hair strokes with MooreBeautyLove Studio and Academy in San Francisco to offer nano brows.
She is licensed as a body art practitioner by the San Francisco Department of Public Health and works with PermaBlend and Tina Davies pigments.
Her approach
Melissa starts with your existing brows, your skin and the brow you already like to wear, then recommends microblading, nano brows or combo brows based on what will suit you, not what is trending.
She talks every client through the process, explains how brows change as they heal, and reviews the healed result with you.
In the studio
Her story
A pioneer in San Francisco’s beauty industry, Melissa has been part of the Union Square community since 2006. After training and certifying with Xtreme Lashes in Los Angeles, she introduced eyelash extensions locally as Lashes by Melissa, then opened Artisan Eyelashes in 2010, in the same building as SF Microblading.
Over the years she has trained and mentored dozens of beauty specialists, sharing her love for customer service, technical skill, artistry and precision. For Melissa, the craft has always been matched by the connections it creates. Seeing clients become friends, and feel like family, has made a welcoming community the heart of her work.
A lover of beautiful things and time with her family, Melissa shares two children with salon owner Patrick Evan. She brings that same sense of care and connection to every client who sits in her chair.
“I am so grateful to Melissa for her talent and artistry — my brows look so natural and just perfect!”Jo L. · Yelp 5.0 · 70 reviews on Yelp
Book time with Melissa
391 Sutter Street, Studio 301, San Francisco. In-person consultations available.