What’s the difference between ombré powder brows and microblading? Ombré powder brows are achieved using a small machine, which disperses extremely fine dots of pigments evenly into and across the skin in a shading technique. Microblading uses a hand-tool that creates incisions or small cuts into the skin. Ombre powder brows is the newest brow shading technique and is used to achieve a look that is a lot like your natural brows but with a softer, more subtle look (and less painful) than micro-blading.