Permanently Beautiful

It’s a fall ritual that induces a touch of panic in even the most accomplished individual — the class reunion! High school and college reunions invoke equal feelings of curiosity and dread. While it’s fun to reminisce, facing not-quite-forgotten stereotypes can be tough. Then there is the whole “judgment” issue. The big event at class reunions isn’t finding out who came the farthest; it’s who still looks hot, who has the most prestigious job, and who makes the most money. Shallow? Sure. But admit it; you’re curious too, aren’t you?

With a little help from artfully-applied permanent cosmetics, you’ll garner a lot of admiring looks from your old classmates and be able to stand up to their closest scrutiny. Permanent cosmetics enhance your natural beauty, hide scars and facial imperfections, and improve imperfect features. When you make the “hottest classmate” list, only you will know why you look so good.

A friend, who just attended her 40th high school reunion, confided that the 30th reunion is the most fun. At 10 year, everyone’s checking to see who drives the hottest car and makes the most money. At 20 years, it’s who’s going bald or gained the most weight. By the 30th, my friend joked, everyone’s showing their age and is comfortable with their life choices so people just relax and have a good time. But I’ll bet they’re still checking each other out! Schedule your permanent cosmetics appointment today and watch your classmates stare in admiration when you walk through the door.

Permanent makeup is providing a path to increased independence and improved self-esteem for people with disabilities. Many disabled people lack or have lost the fine motor skills needed to apply cosmetics. Individuals who suffer from cerebral palsy, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and other debilitating diseases that affect the control of hand and finger muscles may be unable to hold makeup tools or keep their hands steady enough to apply makeup. As they age, women who were once adept at applying cosmetics may find it difficult to impossible to apply their own makeup due to the debilitating effects of arthritis, macular degeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, carpal tunnel syndrome or other afflictions that occur as our bodies grow older. An accident or a stroke can cause makeup skills to vanish overnight.

Yet despite and maybe because of their disabilities, these women want to look attractive. Makeup is a powerful self-esteem booster. A little eyeliner and a splash of color on your lips makes a woman feel attractive and put together. The necessity of relying on other people to perform such intimate tasks undermines a person’s independence and chips away at self-esteem. Disabled women are turning to artfully-applied permanent cosmetics to regain their independence, accentuate their personal beauty and boost their self-esteem. With permanent cosmetics, disabled women have the satisfaction of knowing that their makeup is perfect and that they always look their best.

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Fashion wasn’t the only thing displayed on the catwalk at the fall fashion previews in New York. New fall makeup trends also made their debut. Eschewing the bold, bright colors of summer, fall makeup is quietly elegant, featuring muted shades and earthier naturals for which permanent cosmetics provide the perfect base. Prominent on the fall color palette are earthy browns in coffee and mushroom and bronze tones in amber and gold. Daywear features bronze-kissed natural tones, but night cuts loose with slashes of vibrant color.

Eyes: Fall’s dramatic layered eye-shadows start with a bronze base. To create the illusion of depth, brush entire eye with bronze, sweeping dark brown shadow into the crease and across the lid, adding a touch of gold to the inner corner of each eye. Choose mushroom or coffee liner for day wear. Go wild at night with gold or amber liner and a slash of vibrant purple, spring green or deep blue shadow slanting across the outer eye lid from lash to just past the brow line.

Lips: Natural lips are this fall’s office wear staple. To give nude shades greater depth, line lip edges with a matte eyebrow pencil. After hours, the hottest look is “kissed-off” lips. To achieve the effect, pat on a dark lipstick shade in a matte finish – coffees and dark maroons are trendy color choices. Patting creates the uneven, slightly worn off look of well-kissed lips.

Blush: Emphasize cheek bones with an upward sweep of blush in peach or bronze tones.

It’s taken men a long time to move past Old Spice and discover the benefits of cosmetics. Sure, a few savvy metrosexuals have tuned in over the past decade. And Queer Eye for the Straight Guy did get men to think about moisturizer. But Dove’s introduction of a body care line for men was considered a risky venture when it debuted last year. Most guys still start to squirm when you start talking about male makeup, but times are changing.

Credit the intersection of several unique events for creating the tipping point that has men hitting the makeup counter. The long drawn-out recession, continuing disastrous job market, and the aging phobia exhibited by the multitudinous Baby Boomer generation have created a cut-throat job market in which a more youthful appearance is as critical to winning a job or promotion as a sterling resume. Look tired and old and you’ll find opportunity slamming the door in your face.

Eye gel to reduce crow’s feet, stick concealer for hiding dark circles under the eyes, eye serum to reduce under-eye bagginess, anti-shine powder to keep you looking cool and in-charge, products to hide razor burn and blemishes, tinted moisturizers to even skin tone are all growing in male popularity. To prevent threatening the masculinity of their customers, manufacturers are careful about how they market these cosmetics, masking them as advanced skin care products. More men are turning to permanent cosmetics for men. They’re choosing lasting cosmetic enhancements over the embarrassment of daily makeup applications.

If you are considering permanent cosmetics, you’ve probably heard a few horror stories. Just like failed plastic surgeries and difficult labor, women can’t seem to resist a story of beauty gone wrong. Snarking about robotic-looking face-lifts or clownish permanent makeup can fuel gossip for weeks and make you wonder if permanent cosmetics are really for you. After all, no one wants to risk making themselves look less attractive.

If you’re considering permanent cosmetics, don’t base your decision on the gossip-embellished misfortune of others. There are thousands of satisfied women who are enjoying the benefits of permanent makeup; you’ll just never know who they. Expertly-applied permanent cosmetics are so natural-looking and enhance your facial features so beautifully that no one will ever know. They’ll just notice that you always seem to look fresh, poised and beautiful, even at the end of a tough day that has everyone else looking frazzled and worn out. With more than a little envy they may ask what your secret is, but they’ll never guess you’re wearing permanent cosmetics unless you tell them.

Beautiful results depend on your choice of permanent cosmetics practitioner. For years, expert permanent cosmetics artist Melany Whitney has used her training, knowledge, experience, tools and exceptional artistry to successfully enhance her clients’ natural beauty. Melany is the permanent cosmetics artist people seek out to correct someone else’s mistakes. She is the artist plastic surgeons recommend to their patients. If you are considering permanent cosmetics, Melany is the artist you should choose.

When people decide to replace their glasses with contact lenses, they generally do so to improve their appearance and vision. Unfortunately, if tiny flakes of eye liner, mascara, eye shadow or foundation fall into a contact lens-covered eye; vision blurs and eyes turn red and watery — not the most attractive look!

Bits of makeup trapped behind a contact lens can cause serious eye damage, ophthalmologists warn those who wear contacts. Trapped makeup can scratch the cornea, introduce bacteria into the eye, and cause serious eye infections. According to studies, incidents of ulcerative microbial keratitis, a serious eye infection that can permanently damage sight and result in blindness, have increased by 400% since contact lenses gained popularity. Contact lenses are now considered the leading risk factor for development of this sight-robbing infection.

To prevent eye infection, physicians recommend that contact lenses be inserted before applying makeup to prevent contamination of the lens. Lenses should also be removed before removing makeup, again to prevent contamination and lessen the risk of infection. Many contact lens wearers, as well as women with sensitive eyes and those who suffer from airborne allergies, solve the problem with permanent eyeliner, permanent eye shadow and permanent eyebrows. Permanent makeup eliminates the application of eye makeup and the potentially dangerous residual flaking that occurs with use of liners and powders.

Most women don’t change their look as often as Lady Gaga. While it’s fun to see what the notorious pop star comes up with next, most of us shy away from Gaga’s outrageous stylings. That’s not to say that women don’t like to experiment with their look. Trying out a new lip stain color or changing your hairstyle can be a real self-esteem booster. No one wants to be same old, same old. A hint of outrageousness adds a bit of fun to life and keeps the opposite sex off balance.

When contemplating permanent makeup, some women are concerned about being stuck with the same look for the rest of their life. They mistakenly assume that permanent cosmetics bar them from experimenting with new makeup colors and styles and changing their look. They couldn’t be more wrong. Permanent makeup enhances a woman’s natural beauty and provides the perfect base for new makeup styles.

Ordinary cosmetics can be applied right over permanent makeup. If you have permanent lip color and can’t wait to try out the latest lip stain, go ahead. If you’re dying to use that hot new eye shadow, go for it. When you want to experiment with your makeup look, permanent makeup provides a flawless base coat that will enhance any makeup applied over it. One of the real advantages of permanent makeup is that when strip off all that makeup, your naked face will still look fresh and beautiful!

You’ve probably seen the television ad for a men’s hair coloring product where two corporate types are discussing job applicants. One points to a younger man with dark hair and says, “We need his energy.” His colleague points to a gray-haired man, saying, “Yes, but we need his experience.” Of course, (this is a commercial, after all) the solution is a “touch of gray,” implying that with a little hair color a man can appear to offer the best of both worlds.

Typical TV hype? Sure, but with a strong current of truth. The job market and corporate ladder have never been more dog-eat-dog than they are today. Looking fit, attractive and a bit younger than your years gives men a crucial competitive edge in today’s work place. A youthful appearance makes you appear more energetic and vital; people think you still have what it takes to “get the job done.” Men who have tuned into this new reality are using plastic surgery, hair transplants and permanent makeup to improve their appearance and give themselves a leg up in the business world.

Unfortunately, facelift and hair transplant procedures often leave telltale scars, negating the natural appearance hoped for. Paramedical tattooing by a highly skilled permanent makeup artist like Melany Whitney can camouflage facelift or transplant harvesting scars, hide bald patches in the scalp or beard, thicken eyebrows to give you a more commanding appearance and more. Find out about our specialized services for discerning men at Permanent Makeup for Men.

People call it the “Country Club” ear scar; those pale white scars visible in front of, under and behind the ears that shout, “I’VE HAD PLASTIC SURGERY!” Ear scars are particularly noticeable at country clubs and tennis clubs where women put their hair up into ponytails before hitting the courts or laying around the pool. People who have facelifts certainly don’t want to shout it to the world, yet those telltale ear scars are a dead giveaway. Some embarrassed women stop wearing ponytails on the tennis courts or updos when they attend elegant social affairs.

Ear scarring occurs when plastic surgeons stretch facial skin toward the ears to make it taut, suturing it into place. While the fastest, most common facelift technique, it leaves obvious scarring around the ear. New plastic surgery facelift techniques repair facial muscles instead of stretching the skin. Not only does muscle repair result in a longer-lasting more effective facelift, it doesn’t leave ear scars; instead, incisions are made under the chin where they won’t be visible after recovery. 

Fortunately, there is a cure for embarrassing “Country Club” ear scars. Paramedical tattooing performed by an expert permanent makeup artist can camouflage unsightly ear scars caused by plastic surgery. Using micropigmentation techniques, permanent makeup artists can color scar tissue so that it blends perfectly with surrounding facial skin tones, effectively making scars “disappear.” With permanent makeup, women and men who have had facelifts can enjoy their new-found youthful good looks with confidence.