Permanently Beautiful

I was in the grocery store checkout line just yesterday and my cashier could have been the cover girl for the Permanent Makeup Done Poorly magazine. Her eyebrows were black even though her hair was brown and the lines so sharply drawn with permanent makeup that they looked like they had been put on with a calligraphy pen stroke. The start of the brows was very angular and the taper was too narrow.

The entire effect was overwhelming and caused me to focus entirely on her eyebrows. I totally missed looking at her eyes and well groomed hair as her eyebrows dominated her face. Too bad for her, as eyebrows should draw the focus to your eyes not overwhelm them.

Melany Whitney takes a different approach to eyebrows. She colors them to compliment your hair and skin tone with custom color mixing. Then she artfully applies the permanent makeup with a technique that simulates brow hair called hair stroke simulation. The effect is complimentary to eyes and enhances eye beauty. Take a look at the eyebrow gallery on the Whitney Center for Permanent Cosmetics website and you will see exactly what I mean.

Eyebrows should compliment a face, never overwhelm it!

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.

We’ve interviewed Melany on how she selects a brow shape for a new client. We think that you will find her artistic insight interesting reading.

Interviewer: Melany, you do such a wonderful job on eyebrows, how do you identify what is right for a new client?

Melany: I love doing new brows. Eyebrows add so much to a person’s individual beauty. First, I start with a careful review of the client’s facial bone structure. They can change their hair color and style, but they cannot change the shape of their face, nor the placement of their features such as how close or far apart their eyes are set. (This is also an important point in which to factor in when determining the proper placement for brows.)

There are natural parallels established by drawing imaginary lines from the inner corner of the eye straight up to the inner “bulb” of the brow. Yet with all these “rules”, some are necessary to either “break” or as I prefer, “bend a bit”. Finding this perfect combination of design and reality is found by using the “artistic eye” taking the whole face into account. There is not only balance in determining the position, arch, and placement but artistry to select the correct shape for the face as well.

Heavy and close set brows can give the impression of displeasure or frowning. Just like flat brows can cause the eyes to look smaller and the entire face to appear shorter in length. A very high and arched thin brows is not only outdated but can give an unnatural surprised look, like a “deer caught in a car’s headlights”. With permanent makeup, and the artistic skill that I have honed over the years, I can even narrow or widen a client’s facial appearance cosmetically by just selecting the proper placement of their new permanent eyebrows.

With skill and training a technician should be able to follow the natural “diagonals” of any brow’s hairline or decide on a soft powder fill to compliment the client’s natural head of hair. But what sets me apart from any technician is the wealth of experience and artistic eye to see you how you may not be able to see yourself thereby enhancing your natural beauty.

Color selection of the brow pigment is also important in this ever changing world of hair color, shades, and highlight options. I never use prepackaged formulas. I mix pigments individually for each client’s skin tone. One of the newest techniques I am using is the hair stroke simulation technique giving brows a wonderfully natural look.

I’d like to share with you a comment that one of my clients sent me just this past week via email…

“I wanted to once again express my thanks for the new brows. It is amazing how much their nonexistence affected my life. Thanks for the terrific, professional and artistic job you did!”
- High-Powered Woman Executive

They say that eyebrows define the face. Are your brows defining your face to accentuate your beauty. If not, I am here to help give “mother nature” a hand and enhance your personal beauty with artistic skill.

Interviewer: I think that I am ready for a new brow shape just listening to your explanation of how you select a look for each client. May I ask about color. I’ve noticed that in some of the Gallery photos the colors are stronger than I might want on my own brow, is there a solution?

Melany: Thank you for bringing that up. Most of our Gallery photos are taken just after the color implantation procedure. All the colors will soften to a natural look within seven days as part of the skin’s natural healing process. Permanent cosmetics is not an exact science, it is an art.

Interviewer: So true Melany. Which brings me to noting that you are a “true artist” whose medium has moved from oil on canvas to the face. I was intrigued by your canvases and your artistic eye for balance and color on the selections you have on your website. One final comment to our readers, at the Center for Permanent Cosmetics, we invite you to visit our Eyebrow Gallery to review before and after photos of clients. It is amazing what the “right” brow shape can do to enhance a person’s individual beauty!

Links for more information:
Melany’s Artwork
http://www.permanentmkup.com/paintings.php

Eyebrow Gallery
http://www.permanentmkup.com/permanent_eyebrows.php