5 Things I love About Permanent Eyeliner!

Of all my makeup treats, eyeliner is my absolute necessity, I feel naked without it! But I hate to waste full 5 minutes creating the perfect eyeliner every morning. Ah! Can’t afford to get late from work every day, what would I tell my boss, the reason for my being late is a little EYELINER!!! Well, the bosses can never understand, but I am sure you do!

Well, these are the problems of bygone days, when I was literally unaware of this tech-miracle called permanent eyeliner. I could not believe I can enjoy my sexy black eyeliner literally ALL THE TIME! But yes, this is true! I did my research and found a well-known cosmetologist. I was off course a little bit worried, but she did a wonderful job! So let me tell you the five things I absolutely and completely love about my permanent eyeliner!

1.    I wake up from my beauty sleep with no fear of wasting time on eyeliner; I just have to put a little mascara to perk up my amazing eyes. Being a women, and after 15 years of dealing with eyeliners, I feels just amazing to have a permanent eyeliner on my eyes.

2.    I love the fact that I have literally stop looking for expensive eyeliners, I am such a big fan of eyeliners that my eye pencil used to end up within 3 months, and I had to buy a new eyeliner, but now my permanent eyeliner keeps me stress-less after seeing expensive eyeliners.

3.    I love the mess-free, smudge-free look of my new permanent eyeliner. I no more have to worry exercising in the hot days of summer! My sweat can drip on my eyes or my neck, I remain always confident!

4.    Swimming is fun with my permanent eyeliner. Well, I was strictly prohibited to swim in chlorinated water in the healing time period of my liner, but now as it’s completely healed, I can swim all day without a fear of washing off my dear eyeliner.

5.    I don’t have to worry about removing my eyeliner before falling asleep. It’s just like my eyes have naturally become large and beautiful, and it’s amazing!

Are Permanent Make-up Pigments Safe?

The thought of having a permanent make up and enjoy the dazzling beauty of perfectly shaped eyebrows, lash lines and lips is tempting enough for any girl to go crazy for this technique, but it is very important to consider other options and know the pros and cons of this technique.

Having a permanent makeup may give you satisfactory results the week after your procedure, but as the time passes, the iron-oxide based pigments, used in this technique will start changing color, as iron-oxide will react with oxygen in the air, and may consequently turn your beautiful black brows into blue or pinkish brows.

However, the non-organic iron oxide based pigments are approved by FDA, but still they have a negative effect on your skin. Injecting iron-oxide pigments can be really painful for you and your skin and sometime skin may perceive them as foreign particles and may react negatively with these pigments.

On the other hand, it is your responsibility to search and look out for other techniques that does not use iron oxide based pigments, such as, Semi-permanent makeup that involves organic non-iron oxide pigments. These pigments are totally natural and hence will fade away completely after three years with no down time.

Organic mineral pigments do not cause any problem during MRI unlike iron-oxide based pigments and completely healthy for skin and above all, they will not change color even after 2 years, and will completely fade after 3 years, revealing your initial natural look.

So you can enjoy the beauty of your dreams without any risk involved, but it is always best to do an extensive research on all the innovative techniques, and then chose the best possible option to enhance your beauty. Make sure you find an experience cosmetologist, specialized in semi-permanent make up, and let you beauty rock the world for 3 years, and even after that if you choose so!

How to take care of your Permanent Eyebrows

So you have come home after perfect looking permanent eyebrows, now what? Taking care of your permanent eyebrows after the procedure, is really very important to sustain the pigment as well as your facial beauty. Any mistake, even the minor scrubbing or scratching the newly injected pigment can cause complications, which usually don’t come under your cosmetologist insurance, thereby it is very important to take care of your permanent eyebrows, at least for 2 to 3 months to ensure maximum health safety and avoid any complication.

•    Your newly created permanent eyebrows will feel tight and dry for up to a week after procedure and you have to make sure to keep the area moist with ointment or Vaseline, otherwise you will feel the temptation to scratch your brows.

•    DO NOT use your fingers to apply ointment, use a Q-Tip to apply the Vaseline, and only place a little amount of Vaseline on your brow, and allow it to melt naturally with your body heat.

•    Taking a shower will not harm your permanent eyebrows, however, it is important to coat your brows with a thick layer of Vaseline, before taking shower and avoid any product with Glycolic, Hydroxyl or Fruit Acid until your pigmented area is fully healed.

•    Keep your pigmented area safe from sun, by using a sun screen. This tip is not only until your area is healed, this tip is advised to practice for life time, because sun usually quicken the fading process of pigments.

•    NEVER SCRUB, SCRATCH or PEEL your pigmented area. Within a number of days, you will find flakes of pigment on your pigmented areas, avoid any temptation to remove them and let your permanent eyebrows heal on its own gradually.

•    DO NOT sleep on sides for at least a week after your procedure, as it may cause harm to the pigmented area.

Usually first 2 to 3 weeks are the most difficult to take care of permanent eyebrows, but the trouble taken in this period can erase your lifetime tensions of buying brow pencils and powder every month, or wasting half of your makeup regime time in creating perfect eyebrows everyday! Now you can enjoy perfectly created eyebrows ALL THE TIME without any hassle!

Losing Your Eyebrow Hair? This is what you can do!

Eyebrow form an important architecture of face, harmonizing and defining facial features to the fullest. Eyebrows can be enhanced and tamed by eyebrow pencils, brow powders, brushes, stencils and permanent makeup eyebrows to increase the overall attraction appeal of facial features.

However, there are some people who suffer from eyebrow hair loss, which can happen due to a number of reasons, including genetic conditions, lack of nutrients, accidents, bacteria, excessive plucking or age. Are you too worried about the loss of your eyebrow hair? Then these little tips can help you enhance your beauty and confidence.

1.    Moisturize & Massage

Eyebrow hairs also need moisturizer and massage, just like your other body parts and hair. Applying a good moisturizing lotion or cream to your eyebrows, especially in winter can really make them healthier and strong. Moreover moisturizing creams, such as Folligen Cream or Castor oil are good for massaging your eyebrow area to stimulate hair growth.

2.    Healthy Diet

If you have facing excessive loss of eyebrow hairs, it is time you check your diet and include healthy foods like protein rich foods, tofu and nuts. Stay away from sugary foods, as they can cause hair loss.

3.    Be Happy

Do you know stress can be the biggest enemy of your hair? Stress causes white blood cells to attack your hair follicles, causing hair loss. Eat chocolates, do yoga, listen to your favorite songs and just be happy! Don’t let stress take over you!

4.    Consult a Dermatologist

A dermatologist will identify the core cause of your hair loss through tests and analysis of skin. Thereby, consulting a dermatologist can really help you gain confidence and get the proper treatment your eyebrows need!

5.    Permanent Makeup Eyebrows

When all else fails, and you feel like you are losing your eyebrows, worry not! Because permanent makeup eyebrows can give you perfectly looking eyebrows in no time! Just find yourself an experienced, well-known cosmetologist and spend some dollars on creating eyebrows, which are perfect, permanent and above all requires no makeup touchups!

Permanent Eyeliner – Aftercare Tips

Permanent eyeliner can be the best option for women who are crazy for their eyeliners. Yeah, some women are, including me! If you are one of those women, who feel “naked” if she is not wearing her mysterious black eyeliner, then yes, permanent eyeliner can save half of your makeup regime time!

Plus, I have always tend to wash my face during office hours, yes may be in the middle of the day, to click the refresh button, and at that time I hate to reapply my makeup, that and there are so many other moments, when women completely want to apply their dear eyeliner, but Alas they don’t have time! Well, the only solution that seems reasonable and safe at this time is permanent eyeliner! Safe, if you do the desired result pre-procedure and extensive care after-procedure!

So if you have just come home with brand new permanent eyeliner, this is what you need to know!

1.    Treated area remains tender and very sensitive until the wound is completely healed so avoid the temptation to scratch.

2.    If your permanent eyeliner feels puffy, apply cold wet cotton pads soaked in distilled water and baby oil. Chill pads in freezer for 4 to 5 minutes and then apply them on your eyes softly.

3.     Keep the pigmented area moist all time with Vaseline, A & D ointment or Lanolin. To apply them on your permanent eyeliner, use a Q – Tip or micro Q – Tip. Please do not scrape the sealant directly on the pigmented area, only place it gently on your eyeliner and it will melt automatically with your natural body heat.

4.    As the pigmented area is in healing period, it is likely to form a crust on the healing area. Avoid scratching and removing the crust with excessive use of water and let the wound heal by on its own gradually. DO NOT PEEL, SCRATCH OR EXFOLIATE!

5.    Wear sunglasses, whenever you are out to protect your healing permanent eyeliner from direct sun exposure.

6.    Do not wear contact lenses for at least 24 hours after your permanent eyeliner procedure.

7.    Old and used makeup cosmetics possess higher risk of infection. After your permanent eyeliner is completely healed, start with fresh mascaras and kohl-pencils and eye shades.

8.    Do not use eyelash curlers for 2 weeks after your procedure.

9.    If you were using Emu oil prior permanent makeup procedure, discontinue using it after your procedure as it may cause your pigment color to bleed or migrate.

10.    Do not take hot water baths, steam, and saunas for a week after your procedure.

Permanent Makeup – Things to consider before you do it!

The first thought that comes to my mind for permanent makeup is that it is PERMANENT! Yeah, exactly that can be a little bit scary, but not if you do the proper research and get involved in the process along your beauty artist.

The reason that I have used the word “Beauty Artist” is that consulting a beauty artist before a permanent makeup cosmetologist is a step that you must take, because your beauty artist can guide you perfectly for a number of things, including colors, styles, shape and the area that should be pigmented.

The biggest mistake that almost most people do is that they forget that every pigment exhibits a different color after mixing with the original skin tone. Come on! Have you forgotten the color wheel you studied in high school! For example, a yellowish skin tone will react different with a certain pigment that a white skin tone. Thereby it is very important to plan a prior meeting with your cosmetologist and discuss each and everything, which is bothering you.

Plus, there are different technologies used these days under the umbrella of permanent makeup. For example, semi-permanent makeup, which in my view is a better option. So discuss with your cosmetologist about what kind of latest technologies are there, how are they implemented and which is the better option.

Another thing to consider is the pain factor. Yes when there are many needles being injected in your skin, the pain will be there, so always ask your cosmetologist to give you anesthesia, and be VERY VERY SURE that your cosmetologist is not adding the anesthetic to the ink itself, as that can be very dangerous. If you are going for permanent lip color, be careful with topical anesthetics on the mucosa of the lips.

Ask your cosmetologist to analyze your skin tone and texture and use the pigments accordingly. If possible you can ask them to draw a digital picture of you with permanent makeup, so that you can make sure prior to procedure that nothing scary or ugly is in the grounds for you!

And finally the most important factor above all is finding a well-reputable and experienced cosmetologist. If your cosmetologist is experienced, he will definitely erase half of your troubles with expert advice. Plus you can also ask him to give you contact numbers of his previous clients, so that you can learn from their experiences. Take each step very cautiously as it is the matter of your most important asset!

Permanent Makeup Removal & Your Options!

The option of permanent makeup may look irresistible and mesmerizing, but with permanent makeup comes many other unwelcome things! You may feel very happy with your permanent make up look in the beginning, but as the time changes, and new fashion trends keep coming in, you might become fed up of your same permanent make up look!

Or in worse cases, some women doesn’t find their permanent eyebrows or lips attractive even at the first sight, and immediately after getting permanent makeup on, they want to remove it because of unsatisfactory results. However, removing a permanent make up is not an easy and inexpensive task! There are a number of options for removing permanent makeup, but it’s your duty to consider the best choice, when it is the matter of your beauty!

1.    The most considered option for removing permanent make up is Laser treatment, which is an expensive process and may not completely remove your permanent pigments. Laser removing treatments comes with a number of pros and cons and its own:

•    Laser cannot remove all the permanent pigments. The easiest to remove color pigments are shades of green, black, red and blue.

•    It can cause bleeding, Keloid formation or may leave scars on your skin.

•    It is extremely expensive and doesn’t come with any insurance plan.

2.    Dermabrasion is another option to remove permanent makeup and involves removing the pigmented skin with a wire brush or diamond wheel and allowing a new layer of skin to grow

•    This process can cause scarring

•    After healing the color of the skin turns darker where dermabrasion has been done

•    Deep dermabrasion may leave scars on face.

3.     Salabrasion is another method to remove unwanted tattoos or permanent make up. It involves rubbing the skin harshly with an exfoliator and sea salt, until you are bleeding, and the upper epidermal layers of skin is completely washed off.

•    This process involves extreme pain and bleeding

•    There is a higher risk of infection

•    May leave deep scars for a long period of time.

As risky and dangerous as the above mentioned methods are for permanent make up removal, the better and much safer option is semi-permanent makeup. These days semi-permanent makeup is considered much better option, because it automatically removes the permanent make up after a specific period of time, so that you may not have to face above mentioned deadly processes for removing your unwanted permanent make up.