Permanently Beautiful

As the days get warmer and longer, many women spend more and more time in the sun.  This can be bad news for our eyebrows!  Even dark eyebrows fade easily in the sun, often into a less than flattering brassy color, and eyebrows that are very light to begin with may become so pale that they are hard to see.

To remedy this, many women opt to tint or dye their brows darker throughout the year as needed in an effort to forego daily use of eyebrow pencil or eyebrow powder.  While eyebrow print might achieve this purpose if done perfectly, it can be very difficult to do correctly.  From choosing the perfect color, to ensuring you don’t get dye on your skin and in your eyes, the whole process can be quite tricky.

Additionally, eyebrows will only “hold on” to hair follicles for a significant period of time, not skin.  Therefore if your hairs are sparse, dye may not help to sufficiently make your eyebrows look thicker or darker.  What’s worse?  The dye can fade out easily with regular face washing and leave your eyebrows brassy and damaged.

Having and expert Boca Raton permanent makeup artist apply permanent brows, however, is a great alternative to monthly, or even weekly eyebrow tinting.  Permanent makeup can give you the darker, thicker looking brows you want without any downtime or the need to reapply them regularly yourself.

According to Siren Magazine, whose article “Why Vanity Keeps Us Poor” shocked readers everywhere, the American woman spends an average of $12,000 annually on beauty products and grooming.  That’s $1,000 every month!  When you start tallying up all the necessary expenditures such as nail care, which can cost anywhere from $20-$100 per month, hair care and maintenance, which can cost even a “low maintenance” woman hundreds of dollars monthly, and, last but not least, makeup, which most women use daily and sometimes buy just as often, $1000 per month becomes very believable!

Perhaps these numbers don’t shock you at all because you’ve summed it all up before.  Of the few women that do know exactly what they spend on beauty products each month, many wince in brief dismay only to turn a blind eye from the financial damage feeling that there isn’t any other way.  “This is just part of being a socially acceptable woman,” you may have found yourself rationalizing, but the truth is, there is another way.  Having permanent makeup applied by a talented NYC permanent makeup expert can greatly reduce what you’ll need to spend on beauty yearly.

Many women spend at least $50 per month or $600 yearly on eye makeup, but for about $1500, the cost of just one quality bag and a pair of shoes, you can have correct brows and eyeliner applied for life, potentially saving you around $30,000 over the course of 50 years!  How’s that for a gift that keeps on giving?

Many women often overlook lips when it comes to their overall makeup routine, focusing solely on the eyes and cheeks. Lip liner, gloss, and lipstick however shouldn’t be skipped. The shape and color of lips has a significant amount of influence on your overall appearance – the look you’re projecting to the world.

Lips that are more vibrantly colored project youth and vitality whereas lips that are dull and chapped looking can project fatigue, aging, and even sickness. That’s why it’s important to make sure that you have a go-to lip makeup routine. If you go the every morning makeup application and reapplication route, you’ll need to use a shade of lip liner that matches your own lips closely as well as a lip gloss or lipstick in a beautiful shade every day. To avoid the hassle of applying lip makeup everyday and to look vibrant every day permanently, just choose the permanent lip color route.

Always remember that the shape of your lips is important too. The proper lip shape and size can really balance and a face and make it appear much more beautiful. Many women are born without a symmetrical pout and without large plump looking lips. Lining your lips will improve your lip shape. Using permanent cosmetics to get the perfectly shaped lips permanently is a great option. Permanent cosmetics are also the perfect solution for enlarging lips that have lost fullness due to aging.

We invite you to visit our website for photos done by the best permanent makeup artist in New York City, Melany Whitney.

Last month’s Emmy award ceremony was just teeming with stars looking gorgeous, yet even while surrounded by so many beauties, Sofia Vergara stood out in the crowd.  The Modern Family starlet’s healthy glow that evening can be credited in part to her great genes, but an enormous acceptance speech “shout out” is also owed to her expertly applied makeup.

If you would like to get Sofia Vergara’s 2011 Emmy look (and who wouldn’t?), read on to get the details on exactly how this classic, yet flirty, was achieved.  Vergara’s makeup artist told Star Weekly that her Emmy evening gown was the inspiration for the look.  “We rarely do a colorful lip on Sofia – it is usually a strong eye instead,” she said.  Vergara’s makeup artist chose a bright coral lip color to make the look a bit playful and different than usual.  Sofia’s eyes were kept subtle to keep them from competing with the bold lip.  The look was topped off with lots of lashes and a strong brow.

Special attention was admittedly paid to making Sofia’s makeup last all evening.  A great deal of powder was used to set all parts of the look.  In order to look like Sofia at the Emmy’s permanently, luckily, you can simply have colorful permanent lip color, and brows applied.  Consult with an expert Florida permanent makeup artist to get Sofia’s look or any look you desire.

Thanks to historically inspired shows like HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, 1920’s inspired fashions and makeup looks have become coveted by women in New York, New Jersey, and throughout the country, and with good reason.  The glamour and drama that the roaring decade embodied are still appealing to young women today.

Want to get some flapper inspired style of your own?  It’s easy as long as you first take a little time to familiarize yourself with the makeup application techniques that were utilized throughout the decade.  You’ll first need to master the 1920’s look on your lips and eyebrows.

In the 20′s women preferred to fashion their lips into a “Cupid’s bow.”  To visually change your lip shape this way, use a deep red, brown, or plum lipstick to draw a puckered-up shape onto your lips.  Instead of applying lipstick to the entirety of your lips, use powder and other foundation to camouflage the parts of your lips that remain showing after the “bow” has been drawn.  You’ll want the rest of your lips to blend in with your skin.

Now you’re ready to move on to eyebrows.  The look of a 1920’s style eyebrow was usually very high, thin, and arched.  Natural eyebrows were often covered using putty or soap and then a “new eyebrow” was drawn on using pencil.  To get the look today, consider using concealer instead of putty.  Draw on a higher brow in the shape of a wide upside down “U.”  Now you’re well on your way to becoming a flapper.

Sure, it’s Monday afternoon and the last thing you might be thinking about is your evening-out makeup look, but with the holidays quickly approaching and with a Friday night always just around the corner, it is always important to be armed with a few easy night out make up tricks.

Many makeup artists advise that when it comes to classic night out makeup, you’ll want to stick with colors that occur in nature.  Although neon purples and other intense hues are huge right now, avoiding these while applying makeup for the evening will help to ensure you look appropriate in any situation from an office holiday party to happy hour with the girls.

For eyes, wear eyeliner a little darker than you would during the day.  Keep either a chocolate brown, deep grey, burgundy, or black eyeliner pencil in your purse at all times.  When it is time to leave work and head out for the evening, simply apply just a bit more eyeliner on the top and bottom edges of your eye.  If you do have smaller eyes, avoid going too dark, and consider sticking to only applying liner on your upper lid.  This can make eyes still appear dramatic without visually shrinking them.

Stay tuned for more night-out makeup tips from the Permanently Beautiful blog this week.  In the mean time, if you’d like to get gorgeous 24/7 with permanent makeup, consult expert permanent makeup artist Melany Whitney.

To ensure that your lips look beautiful and youthful, there are a few beauty ‘rules’ in particular that you should always follow.  First, always wear chap stick or moisturizing lip gloss, preferably one that contains SPF.  Chap Stick will keep your lips moisturized while SPF will keep your lips from photo aging, which will cause them to look, shrunken, wrinkled, and dry.  This fact brings us to our next tip.  Even in our younger years, our lips can become dry, scaly, and even appear wrinkly at times.  During those times it is important to avoid piling heavy lipstick atop chapped lips.

Lips will appear dryer and color will take on an undesirably uneven look.  Before applying lipstick to dry lips, be sure to exfoliate.   To inexpensively exfoliate your lips, you can use a toothbrush and a bit of Vaseline.  Apply Vaseline to your lips as if you were applying lip gloss.  Next, use the toothbrush to massage the Vaseline in a circular motion for a few seconds.  When finished, wipe off any excess Vaseline.  This should leave your lips looking younger and fresher.  Repeat this technique as needed to eventually reveal younger looking lips.  Soon, applying lipstick will become much easier.

An alternative way to get youthful looking beautiful lips year round is to consult with a permanent makeup artist who offers permanent lip color.  With beautiful, even, permanent lip color applied, you’ll only need to apply chap stick regularly to be sure your lips are looking great.

Smashion, a forum for beauty and fashion lovers alike, recently asked their readers the question “What’s the best beauty advice you’ve ever been given?”  The advice and tips these ladies shared were a great deal of fun to read through and certainly bear repeating.

Several readers weighed in with the tip “drink plenty of water and get a good night’s sleep.”  This advice is certainly a basic building block of health and beauty.  Another favorite tip shared by readers?  Always wear sunscreen and moisturizer.  Another bit of excellent advice, both moisturizer and sunscreen (or even better yet, moisturizer with sunscreen), help your skin to look young.

One reader, who goes by the screen name pandikah in the forums, shared another point permanent cosmetics artists as well as women in Miami and all over the world would certainly second.  She urged fellow forum members to “take 5 minutes to do [their] hair and makeup” no matter how they’re feeling in the morning.  She reminds us that “the best outfit can be defeated if you’re not putting your best face forward”

The great thing about permanent makeup, however, is that you might not even need the full five minutes before walking out the door!  Just wash up, put on your moisturizing sunscreen and you’re ready to go!  So, what’s the best beauty advice you’ve ever been given?

Last week we shared just a few of the most common makeup mistakes made by women of all ages.  Today we’re going to share more common makeup mishaps.  Steer clear of these beauty faux pas and you’ll be on your way to looking your best.

Makeup Mistake # 3 – Using a Foundation that is too Dark for you

It’s only natural to want to look healthy by adding a little bit of color in your skin.  In the quest for color and a bronzed look, however, there are certainly wrong directions in which to turn.  Some women choose a foundation that is darker than their natural skin tone in an attempt to look darker.  Your foundation should actually match your natural skin tone.  If not, you run the risk of looking unnatural and cartoon like.  Stick with self tanners and dust on bronzing powder to get a darker look.

Makeup Mistake # 4 – Applying Lipstick to Chapped Lips

Colorful and vibrant lips look younger and healthier.  This is why women often turn to permanent lip color or daily lipstick and lip gloss.  Remember, however, that applying lip color to chapped lips can end up making you look older.  Keep your lips looking healthy by drinking plenty of water.  If you have permanent lip color, keep your lips looking vibrant and prevent fading by always wearing Chap Stick.

Do you remember when you were just a pre-teen and everything about makeup was new?  Some of us may have had the advantage of being directly taught how to apply makeup, but when it comes to proper makeup application for many young girls, no formal training is available.  They’re left to fend for themselves in a world of beauty trial and error.

If not told by a friend about a makeup mistake at an early age, a woman may be stuck making the same makeup mistakes well into adulthood!  Could you be one of those women?  Read on as we share some of the common makeup mistakes to avoid.

Makeup Mistake # 1 – Not blending your foundation with your hairline:

Not applying makeup up through to your hairline and just a little beyond can leave you looking like you’re wearing a mask.  Blend your base into your hairline and back to your ears as well to ensure coverage looks natural.

Makeup Mistake # 2 – Not paying any mind to your eyebrows:

Many women, regardless of age, are guilty of not grooming their eyebrows.  This is a no-no because perfect eyebrows can really make your face. Tweeze stray hairs and use brow powder to get well groomed brows, or if you’re intimidated by brow shaping, consult with a permanent makeup artist to have permanent brows applied.

Stay tuned to our Permanently Beautiful blog for next week where we’ll share more makeup mistakes to avoid!