Hi y’all! I got powderbrows done last week but they are so uneven… she told me she could fix this with the touch-up appointment after the 6 week period but I don’t know how she would do that tbh. I know they are supposed to be dark and bold the first few weeks but the shape just seems so off? Please don’t be too harsh on me 🩷
I got my lipblush retouched 3 days ago. The peeling started the very same evening and I’ve been using the ointment my artist gave me and been whasing the lips with water as adviced.
I asked her to lighten a little bit the outer Line of the upper lip because it was a little violet. However, I noticed some color out of the lining and now I’m a little worried. I really like the color but I’m afraid that it will turn worse.
You can’t really see it in all type of light (see pic 3) but with flash and bright light I notice it.
What do you think? Should I be worried?
(Sorry for any typo, not a native speaker)
I could use some advice from people who know this industry better than I do.
A while back, I purchased an established cosmetic tattoo business from a family friend who had been in business for 20+ years and was very successful. I went into it with high hopes and every intention of building on what she created, but after giving it a real shot, I’ve realized this industry just isn’t the right fit for me. I'm in Washington near Seattle.
Now I have an entire business worth of cosmetic tattoo and esthetician equipment that I need to start selling, and I’m honestly a little out of my depth. This includes things like PMU/tattoo machines, pigments/inks, sanitation supplies, disposable coverings, esthetician equipment, furniture, and lots of miscellaneous studio essentials. Ideally, I’d love to sell as much as possible in bundles or as a turnkey package, similar to how I purchased it. The family friend I bought it off of is elderly and her pricing and resources are antiquated.
Where do professionals typically buy/sell used PMU or esthetic equipment? How should I price items? Are there reputable resale sites, Facebook groups, forums, or marketplaces I should focus on? And are there places or methods I should avoid?
Any and all inputs and suggestions are so valuable to me through this process.
Been wanting to get an eyeliner tattoo for the longest time! Since my job ✈️ requires me to wear makeup every day and winged liner is basically a must, I’m seriously considering it because I always struggle doing my eyeliner huhu
Photo references were grabbed from TikTok.
I got my eyebrows microbladed about a year ago, absolutely loved what they looked like just after, but within 10 days they had faded hugely and the strokes had blurred and mainly disappeared. This wasn't just the ghosting stage, they never came back. My technican said that can happen and that's what the top up is for, but unfortunately the same thing happened after the top up. I got in touch and she offered me a 2nd top up for free, but again the same thing. I didn't lose the colour completely and they didn't look bad but within 2 weeks all the definition was gone and they definitely didn't look like the healed photos I've seen here or on her website.
Fast forward a year and I saw she was now offering nanoblading so I got in touch so see if that might be a better option for me as my brows had faded almost completely. She agreed it would be as the microblading made me bleed quite a lot which can affect how the ink takes, and nanoblading is better for sensitive and oily skin. I wouldn't say my skin is super oily, but it's more on the oily side than dry. I had my eyebrows nanobladed 10 days ago, and unfortunately exactly the same thing has happened, huge fading, the strokes have pretty much completely disappeared or blurred out, and I'm just left with undefined colour behind my brows. Again, it doesn't look bad, it just doesn't look like I've just had them nanobladed, there are none of the natural hair like strokes I've seen in photos.
She said I might need a top up due to the change in technique, but I'm wondering if it's even worth it if the same thing is going to happen again? Im not sure I want to go through the time and inconvenience of healing if the results are only going to last a week again.
Is it possible this just won't work on my skin? I followed all the aftercare instructions to the letter so I'm starting to think it's just not for me.
NYC PMU student here starting with nano brows 👋🏽
One thing I keep hearing is that PMU school teaches technique, but real clients are a completely different experience.
What caught you most off guard once you started working on actual people?
Was it:
consultations?
mapping on different faces?
skin types/healing?
nervous clients?
retention?
business/marketing?
Hi everyone! Please help, I'm desperate!
I'm new in PMU, I did my own lip blush and 1st layer was really cute!
For the second layer, I did the contour of my lips again then I applied some anesthetic gel.
During my PMU class, I've been taught to draw the shape of the lips with crayon, then when the client is happy with the shape, apply the tattoo marker by doing small dots along the shape.
I did my second layer and I noticed when I wiped the pigment, some of the blue marker dots where not fading at all.
When I finished, I tried wiping them but they're fixed on my lips, like if I tattooed the marker in my lips when I did the second layer!
I tried oil, vaseline, alcohol... it doesn't fade a bit!
Any advice?! I'm desperate, I have around 20 dark blue dots around my lips, I don't know what to do!
Thank you for reading and helping!
TLDR: Does my lip blushing look asymmetrical?
Help! I am day two post lip blushing and sooo unhappy with the shape! They look really asymmetrical to me. I know the colour will fade loads so I’m hoping it won’t be noticeable. I’m so disappointed as the reference photos were amazing. Anyone have words of encouragement? I’m thinking of not getting them touched up so it fades faster, is this a good idea? I will discuss with my provider.