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You just need to set it with powder and use a primer as a base. Or just use powder all together. Have you tried liquid or gels? Pencils tend to goo/run.
I would never want to be tied to a make-up look! As you age, the shape of your eyes will change, but that permanent eyeliner won't! It could look really bad. Don't do it!
Do use powder, to set your make-up...it really helps! Are you using liquid, pencil or powder?
My grandmother, 2 aunts and my Mother all have permanent eyeliner and LOVE IT. My Mother has been getting hers done (you need touchups every 2 or so years) since the late 80s and it looks great on her.
I think you just have to find a REALLY good, experienced perm makeup artist and ask for lots and lots of pictures. Any good artist will have a portfolio.
I could see MAYBE getting something very subtle, like filling in some sparse spots in your eyebrows or adding a little definition around the eyes. Anything heavy, absolutely not. I've seen a few women with thick permanent eyeliner with the wings on either side. It looked dated and terrible. That would be my main fear: that it would look fake after a while.
I think you just have to find a REALLY good, experienced perm makeup artist and ask for lots and lots of pictures. Any good artist will have a portfolio.
That's the key...a good tattoo artist can make the tattoo look real, under very tight scrutiny (which means me staring closely at a friend's eyebrows).
I've seen photos of a tattoo artist's work on a medical patient who had lost her eyebrows in an accident. Truly, the work was absolutely incredible. It can be done. But it's imperative you find an experienced artist - WITH portfolio (as JJ said).
Also, ^^ what JustJulia just said. This artist I am referring to, said one has to be extremely careful. You don't want cat eyes and you don't want those chola-brows either.
That's the key...a good tattoo artist can make the tattoo look real, under very tight scrutiny (which means me staring closely at a friend's eyebrows).
I've seen photos of a tattoo artist's work on a medical patient who had lost her eyebrows in an accident. Truly, the work was absolutely incredible. It can be done. But it's imperative you find an experienced artist - WITH portfolio (as JJ said).
Also, ^^ what JustJulia just said. This artist I am referring to, said one has to be extremely careful. You don't want cat eyes and you don't want those chola-brows either.
Most permanent makeup artists don't like being referred to as 'tattoo artists', I've found. They don't use tattoo machines or tattoo ink, they use a different type of machine and pigment, which is chemically different than generalized tattoo ink. It's a fairly different process.
I completely agree with finding a look that builds upon what you already have. My mom has just a slight line of eyeliner towards the edges of the outside of her eyes. It's not overpowering and you actually have to look pretty close to notice it's there, but it does make a difference. As for my eyebrows, I got one of them burned off a long time ago and it never grew back. I now have mine applied very lightly and I go over them with powder every day, it just helps to have some sort of eyebrow when I get out of the pool or shower. I got sick of people asking if I was getting chemo.
Most permanent makeup artists don't like being referred to as 'tattoo artists', I've found. They don't use tattoo machines or tattoo ink, they use a different type of machine and pigment, which is chemically different than generalized tattoo ink. It's a fairly different process.
I completely agree with finding a look that builds upon what you already have. My mom has just a slight line of eyeliner towards the edges of the outside of her eyes. It's not overpowering and you actually have to look pretty close to notice it's there, but it does make a difference. As for my eyebrows, I got one of them burned off a long time ago and it never grew back. I now have mine applied very lightly and I go over them with powder every day, it just helps to have some sort of eyebrow when I get out of the pool or shower. I got sick of people asking if I was getting chemo.
That is a good example of what perm makeup can do.
Oh, I didn't know that. the one tattoo artist I spoke with was often called by Trauma Centers to help restore the cosmetic facial features of those with medical issues: eyebrows, eyeliner when one had not eyelashes, and even scar revisions until the advent of laser surgeries. I think she used some special kind to tool and medically approved ink for that.
I agree, though, if it's done well it looks and wear spectacularly well. No weird looks as one ages. There is a definite art to it.
I can't get through on that link. Do you have another site for it?
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