Permanent Make-up?

[Etienne]

OK, so I'm one of the older ladies in the group (!), but I've just recently learned about permanent make-up (other than eyebrows, which I did know of.) Just yesterday I visited a salon owned by a gorgeous young woman of 30 or so. She had permanent lip color! It was beyond beautiful on her!! She had a lovely pinkish rose mouth which looked so natural, yet so finished looking. She said she does a touch-up on it once a year. Have any of you ladies ever tried this? Are you pleased with the results? Any words of advice on it, especially for us "Older Women"? Thanks!

 

[pretty faythe]

I've not met anyone who has done it themselves yet, but last time I was getting my nails done, there were two older ladies getting peddies raving about their perm make up. One was saying how she gets her lips and eye brows and I think the other mentioned that she basically gets the whole package. They both looked reallly nice and one of them had just came from getting her touch up.

 

[BitterEpiphany]

there are problems with permanent make-up. First off, if you're suceptable to allergies, you'll know that most allergies can become graded allergies - i.e., they get worse with exposure - and, as a lot of ink contains nickle and cobalt, people can develop severe allergies to both. I would describe the aftermath in detail but it's really quite gross. (Having seen it first hand, I can really attest to that fact.)

My aunt has permanent eyeliner and it looks nice - except that it isn't quite as close to the lash line as it could be and, with time, it will tend to favor a more purple tone from it's orginal black. To boot, because she always has lined eyes, lemmi tell you how silly it makes her look in sweats and a ponytail

With that having been said, of course, the trick to permanent make-up, if you think it's something for you, is to find an experienced, well thought of artist who you feel comfortable with.