Permanently Beautiful

Have you ever wondered if there isn’t something magical in the skin of Olympic athletes? Lindsey Vonn skied a grueling, heart-thumping run to take the gold medal; yet when the cameras zoomed in for a close up seconds after she crossed the finish line, her face looked as fresh and beautiful as if she’d just applied her makeup. Despite hot sun, soaking rains, humid arenas and super-human exertion, you never seem to see an Olympic athlete who doesn’t look beautifully made up and ready for the cameras. The rest of us stop by the gym for a 30-minute cardio workout and in minutes are fighting sweaty foundation rivulets and sweat-smeared mascara.

Asked how she manages to keep her makeup looking fresh even during grueling workouts, skier Lindsay Vonn confided to the LA Times that she keeps her ski really clean, exfoliating every day, and relies on a good medium-weight moisturizing sunscreen. Vonn, who does wear makeup on the slopes, starts with a base coat of moisturizer followed by a light powder foundation and prefers liquid eyeliner for its staying power.

Olympic athletes would be good candidates for permanent makeup. With permanent makeup your face always looks fresh and beautiful whether you’re sweating in the gym or taking charge in the board room. Clean, moisturize and you’re ready for the day — and night. When you wear permanent makeup, you know you always look your best.

Want to see how you’d look with Twilight smoky eyes or neon blue Alice in Wonderland shadow? There’s an app for that! Want to learn how to create zigzag hair or add hair extensions? There’s an app for that! Want to know what this season’s hottest “must have” fashion is going to be? There’s an app for that!

Apps are revolutionizing the way we live. Apple led the way with apps for its iconic iPhone, recently broadening the app market by making its iPod Touch app friendly. Other smartphone makers have entered the fray with their own app stores. Savvy app designers have created universal apps that can work on both Apple and Microsoft-based systems. Apps are not only fun to use; they take the effort out of so many of life’s little chores. It’s no wonder that the beauty and fashion industries have begun embracing apps.

Apps make it possible to try on new looks from makeup to hairstyles to fashion accessories right on your smartphone. Sure you can do these things on the Internet, but now you can experiment with new looks while you’re on the go. Makeup apps can help you see how you’d look with permanent cosmetics. Try out different eyebrow arches, redefine the shape of your lips, experiment with thick or thin eyeliner or find the perfect lip shade. Save your “look” and an expert permanent cosmetics artist like Melany Whitney can create and even improve upon the perfection you seek.

It doesn’t take long for new moms to loose that wholesome pregnancy glow. Loss of sleep from round-the-clock feeding schedules, learning to juggle new responsibilities, rushing from home to daycare to work and back again — it can leave new moms feeling and looking exhausted. When you’re a new mom, a crying baby trumps taking time to put on your eye makeup. You’re lucky to find time to swipe some lip gloss across your lips. It’s all too easy for new moms to go from glowing, rosy-cheeked excitement to droopy-eyed, sallow-faced frumpiness after the baby is born. New motherhood is challenging enough without feeling depressed about how awful you look.

Permanent cosmetics is the solution. Permanent cosmetics can give new moms that same beautiful rosy glow they had before their baby was born. A specialized form of cosmetic tattooing, permanent makeup enhances your natural beauty so you look beautiful 24 hours a day. There’s nothing more rejuvenating for a new mom than knowing she’ll wake up beautiful and stay beautiful all day long, even when baby’s needs leave no time for primping.

To look bright and fresh, new moms should concentrate on eyes and lips. Add permanent eye shadow in a natural shade of pink, brown or light beige with a thin line of permanent eyeliner to make eyes shine. Make your lips sexy again with permanent lips in your favorite color. Add a hint of rosy glow to cheeks and you’ll feel like a whole new woman!

The natural look may be in for every day wear, but New Year’s Eve calls for glitz and glam! Vibrant, bold lip colors in glossy, wet shines say you’re ready to party. New potted lipstains are fun, wear beautifully and are available in flashy, bright colors. Or choose a long-lasting lipstick in one of this season’s bold new reds topped with a slick, glossy shine. Remember to carry a refresher to touch up your lips right before that special midnight kiss!

Shimmer is in for New Year’s Eve. Glam up your eyes with a line of shimmery eyeliner and a couple extra swipes of mascara. For ultra bold eyes, layer two thick lines of shimmering eyeliner above lashes, overlapping just slightly. Depending on your mood, use complementary or contrasting colors or pick up a colors from your dress.

If you like glitter, this is your night to shine! A dusting of glittery blush across cheeks and decolletage adds sparkle. Roll on glitter for hair is fun, just don’t overdo it. A little glitter is alluring; too much makes you look like a Christmas ornament.

Naturally, if you wear permanent makeup, you’ve already cut your prep time. Just moisturize and add a little pizzazz. Your already perfect permanent makeup — eyeliner, lipliner, lip color, etc. — serves as a fabulous foundation for adding a little glitter to cheeks, glimmer to eyelids and shiny color to lips. Just apply New Year’s Eve makeup right over your permanent makeup.

Packing for a holiday trip? Think of all the items women typically pack in their cosmetics bag: moisturizer, concealer, foundation, powder, blush, eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara, eyebrow pencil, lip liner, lipstick, lip gloss — and that’s just the basics! Many women use additional makeup products (bronzer, shading, corrective skin coloring products, etc.). Many more women will pack multiples of many products so they’ll have a selection of colors while they’re visiting. Of course, you also have to pack everything you need to take the whole smear off at the end of the day: makeup remover, cleanser,  nighttime moisturizer, lip moisturizer and more. Then there are all the products you need to repair skin damage caused by wearing all that makeup all day long: skin rejuvenators, blemish control ointments, skin repair creams and more. No wonder the luggage industry makes special makeup cases. By the time you pack up your makeup, there’s hardly room for anything else in your suitcase!

Now compare the contents of a normal makeup case with the contents of a cosmetics bag owned by a woman smart enough to have permanent makeup. A woman with a full face cosmetic enhancement only needs to pack a mild facial cleanser, a good quality moisturizer and a moisturizing lip gloss. Permanent makeup wearers who need to pack light can get by with cleanser and sunscreen, using the sunscreen to moisturize face and lips. When you have permanent makeup, life — and packing — are simple.

Permanent makeup procedures can be used for the correction of a variety of beauty flaws or other skin-related problems. They can even be used to enhance or improve your appearance. A permanent cosmetic makeup professional, such as Melany Whitney, can perform these procedures that will leave you with a lasting result that makes looking in the mirror no longer a fear.

An initial consultation with a permanent cosmetic professional will give you the opportunity to express your concerns about the procedure, discuss your finished look goals and any other questions relating to the procedure. A quality permanent makeup professional will inform you in advance what to expect and if your desired “look” is doable. Some of things that cannot be fixed after they have been done permanently are:

1. Poor color selection of eyebrows – a common error due to lack of proper color training
2. Narrowing eyeliner once it has been applied permanently by another technician
3. Correction of lip color errors (from a past procedure)

In some cases problems that cannot be corrected are caused by an inexperienced technician who has not selected the proper colors or does not have the experience to properly apply the permanent makeup.

When you work with Melany Whitney, you can trust that your permanent makeup will be skillfully and beautifully applied. With years of experience and even certification to teach permanent makeup to other technicians, Melany is the top choice for natural, trouble-free permanent makeup.

The new summer movie, “My Sister’s Keeper,” puts out there on the big screen what people look like when they undergo chemotherapy.  In the film, the older of two girls in a family has leukemia and the younger sues to stop having to donate her body parts to keep her sister alive. The sister with the illness is realistically shown with no hair, eyelashes or eyebrows.

As often supportive friends and family do, the mother in the movie, played by Cameron Diaz, shaves her own hair so she will be bald like her cancer-stricken daughter. But she still is Cameron Diaz and still looks beautiful. She still has her striking eyebrows and eyelashes. People undergoing chemotherapy don’t. And it can make the ordeal even more devastating. Especially for women who in our culture continue to have a premium placed on their looks.

Permanent makeup can help give anyone facing chemotherapy – a child, man or woman – the chance to feel better about themselves when they look in the mirror. And they deserve every bit of feeling better that they can get. Applied by a professional, permanent makeup can give them eyebrows and eyes that help them look like their former selves.

It may be better for someone who has cancer to have permanent makeup applied before chemotherapy or in the early stages of treatment to reduce stress and promote healing. A doctor’s release should be provided. Alternatively, with approval of the physician, permanent makeup can be applied in the midst of a course of chemotherapy during an off-week when no chemo drugs are administered. Advance approval of the doctor is recommended for all attendees before enrolling in the clinic.

When you’re traveling, it doesn’t make sense to pack your whole makeup bag. Here’s how the experts travel light.

When it comes to packing up a beauty bag for a few days or a week away, no one does it better than a makeup artist. These experts are always on the go and can be found on desert islands with just a tube of gloss and still manage to make someone look gorgeous. How do they do it?  Basics, say the experts at MAC. You’ll need a few basics such as mascara, lip gloss and a base for the skin, then everything else should be dual-purpose.

A good moisturizer is essential, so choose one that you can wear a little or a lot of depending on what your skin needs at any given time. You can also mix moisturizer with your usual foundation or concealer to create a lightweight base that’s more comfortable and beats the parched, dry air of an airplane. For lips, mix lip balm with lip color to create a variety of textures from ultra sheer for day to more intense for the evening.

Waterproof mascara is another favorite. It’s perfect in all climates. Also creamy blushers to give skin a beautiful radiance.

Also make sure to schedule an appointment with an experienced permanent makeup professional several weeks before your departure date.  That’s the best way to lighten your travel makeup bag and still look fabulous 24/7 on your vacation getaway.

Permanent makeup is a highly specialized form of cosmetic tattooing. Also called micropigmentation, the state-of-the-art procedure carefully implants natural color pigments just beneath the skin’s surface layer. However, proficiency with a tattoo gun doesn’t mean a technician is adept at using it to create flawless arches or perfectly-shaped lips. The successful application of permanent cosmetics depends as much on the technician’s artistic ability as her technical skill. There is an art to creating a natural-looking brow line and blending colors to match and complement skin tones. Experience, training and talent are all important in achieving successful results.

If you are considering permanent cosmetics, you should thoroughly interview the technician and review her portfolio. Her style should match your own. Ask for references and speak to other clients about their experiences. If your state requires board certification, make sure the technician is fully licensed. Your technician should also be certified by the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals (SPCP), the field’s governing body, and take regular continuing education courses to stay abreast of new techniques in this rapidly evolving field.

Nationally recognized permanent cosmetics expert Melany Whitney is uniquely qualified to provide superior permanent makeup results. An accomplished professional artist, Melany has acquired impressive clinical certification, is state licensed and SPCP accredited, and is a highly sought practitioner and educator in the field of permanent cosmetics.

According to the philosophy of Bobbi Brown and other top makeup artists, the purpose of make up is to enhance your natural beauty, and not to give you a theatrical or heavily made-up appearance. The idea is to take what you already have and make it stand out a little bit more.

At Permanently Beautiful, we agree with this philosophy. (Although, if you decide that you do want to get makeup that is more dramatic, we are more than happy to oblige.) We only want to bring out and shine a little extra spotlight on the beauty that is already there.

You should know that permanent makeup does not have to include you entire face (at least not all at once, when you see the results, you may be back for more). If you think your eyes are your best feature and you want them to get a little more attention, you can go for permanent eye liner or permanent eyebrow enhancement. If you think your eyes are fine, but want to enhance the natural beauty of your lips, then you can get permanent makeup for your lips.

What matters is that you feel your best and present a confident image to the world. You can make use of the inner glow you already have when you kick it up a notch with permanent face enhancement from Permanently Beautiful.