Permanent Makeup = Barf
An average women supposedly spend 30 minutes every day applying makeup, which smudges, flakes, fades and runs if exposed to water and other elements. So, in that sense, I get why we’ve created permanent makeup. Then again, no I don’t!
Known as cosmetic tattooing, intradermal cosmetics is a frightening trend. I don’t just mean sitting there while someone injects ink into your eyebrows, either. I mean the business itself.
If someone is going to be tattooing your face, you’d think you’d want them to be using the best gear possible, right? I’ve found some makeup-tat rigs, like the Giant Sun Permanent Makeup Machine, available for as little as $120 (batteries, needles, gloves and more included!). The Silver Tomi gun and kit (pic above) usually retails for $555.
Usually, I’m not one to advocate using the most expensive gear possible. But if you’re going to get forever lipliner, I’ll head go out on a limp and recommend you and your loved ones check out the gear at the disposal of your prospective technician. Before that even, ask to see a book of his/her work. Also, try asking them how many Eyebrow Practice Skin Sheets they went through before beginning to work on actual, living human beings. If their reply is “What’s an eyebrow practice skin sheet?” …move along!
