Permanent Makeup is arguably the most positive and life-changing cosmetic treatment available within the beauty industry today. Permanent Makeup can help you regain confidence by restoring features lost or compromised due to the ravages of time or illness, making a real and positive life-changing difference to the way that you look and feel! Permanent Makeup closely imitates perfectly applied conventional makeup on the brows, eyes and lips, offering a great alternative to the tedious daily makeup application routine! Also known as Cosmetic Tattooing, Micro-Pigmentation and Permanent Cosmetics, Permanent Makeup involves the artistic implantation of the highest grade hypo-allergenic pigments into the dermal layer of the skin, creating a beautifully natural shape, colour and texture, resembling perfectly applied makeup… day or night!
As permanent makeup has become increasingly popular all around the world, women are discovering they have more time and less stress as they do not have to worry about applying make-up. Emerging as an industry in the late 1970’s permanent makeup has rapidly grown over the last 10 years as a prominent part of the health and beauty industry being used by millions of women to improve their daily lives and self-esteem. When permanent make-up is done by a qualified technician it will enhance the existing natural features of the face. Standard procedures for Permanent make-up include enhancing or creating eyebrows, eyeliner, full lip colouring/lip liner. More recently paramedical cosmetic tattooing or paramedical permanent makeup has emerged as a highly specialized field.
Permanent makeup can provide liberation from embarrassing scars, burns and skin imperfections by utilizing corrective pigment camouflaging. Breast cancer survivors that have had reconstructive surgery are often referred to technicians by plastic surgeons. Women who have had mastectomies can benefit by using permanent makeup to recreate an authentic areola, which gives colour and circle definition for the illusion of a natural breast. The Permanent cosmetics industry is constantly implementing the best and safest industry standard practices in all procedures done. Together with the professional permanent makeup artist’s manufactures and suppliers are always working on ensuring the best cosmetic pigments and sterilized tools are being used according to industry regulations.
IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW:
On arrival you will be asked to compete an in depth consultation form which you will be required to do 20minutes before your appointment. The therapist will go through your form with you as well as discuss your preferences and expectations of the treatment. Your eyebrows will be shaped and drawn in, to your approval as well as choosing a colour. Once you are happy with the shape and colour, we will begin the procedure – which usually takes an average of an hour and a half.
A touch up is always recommended 8-12 weeks after your initial procedure. Clients are advised to give their eyebrows at least a month to see the true healed result. After care instructions will be given to each client to ensure the best healed results possible and must be followed accordingly.
Please note: After the procedure your eyebrows will look perfect as they have been tattooed, the colour will then appear much darker and fuller than the desired result round about day 5, between day 4- 7 they form a scab and start to flake off slightly. Between days 7-9 they will look a little patchy. By day 14 they would have faded quite substantially however, by day 28 the colour would have darkened slightly again. At this stage we can evaluate what touch ups are necessary. The area must be kept as clean as possible to avoid infections or complications. Touching the area should be avoided as well as applying makeup. Exposure to water (showering, swimming, sweating, steam rooms) must be avoided at all costs for the first 7-10 days. Failure to follow after care instructions will result in poor healed results.
PRIOR TO YOUR APPOINTMENT:
To ensure best results, please make sure of the following:
- Your health is in good condition.
- 48 hours before and after your permanent makeup appointment: Avoid alcohol and aspirin/ibuprofen. Make sure you aren’t sunburnt. Gently exfoliate the area you are tattooing. Avoid any chemical peels or Botox.
- One week before: Increase your water intake to improve hydration levels. Stop taking the following supplements (Omega 3, Gingko Biloba, Vitamin E, B6,) as they contribute to thinning the blood. These vitamins may be resumed 72 hours after the procedure.
- If a client is using a lash growth serum they need to stop using it 3 months before having the eyeliner procedure done.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please consult your medical practitioner regarding any prescribed medication.
On the day of your appointment: try and limit your caffeine intake and avoid exercise on that day.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
AFTERCARE
Eyebrows
- For a shaded brow you would wipe the brow every hour with a wet wipe for the first day, thereafter you would only apply the aftercare cream provided twice daily for 5 days.
- Avoid contact with water for 5 days.
- Avoid all creams or makeup around the treated area for 5 days.
- After the first 24 hours, apply cream/ ointment 2-3 times a day with an earbud.
- Avoid sun exposure for a month after the procedure.
- Avoid heavy sweating for the week after the treatment.
- After 4-5 days the dead skin will form a scab and start to peel off.
- DO NOT pull or peel the scab off, let it peel off by itself, otherwise this could cause scarring and pigment loss.
- After the scab peels off the colour will be lighter and look more natural.
Please note:
During the first week the colour will be VERY dark.
EYELINER:
- Avoid contact with water for 5 days.
- Do not wear contact lenses during the procedure or for 24 hours thereafter.
- Lubricating eye drops may be used if eyes feel a little dry or irritated.
- No makeup may be used around the eye area (including mascara) for 5 days after the procedure.
- Avoid sun exposure for a month after the procedure.
- Avoid heavy sweating for the week after the treatment.
- Use an ice bag (put tissues under the ice bag) to relieve swelling if needed.
- Apply cream/ ointment 2-3 times a day with a cotton bud.
- Clean inside of eye with a cotton bud.
- DO NOT TOUCH AREA WITH FINGERS!!
- After 4-5 days the dead skin will form a scab and start to peel off.
- DO NOT pull or peel the scab off, let it peel off by itself.
- After the scab peels off the colour will be lighter and look more natural.