How is permanent make-up designed?

Technical and face-design aspects of permanent make-up

MY WORKING PHILOSOPHY for permanent make-up

My working philosophy aims for absolute naturalness of shapes and colours: I consider permanent make-up beautiful when it cannot be seen, when it is barely noticeable. It is the immediate and least invasive solution for correcting asymmetries in the key features of the face – the eyebrows, eyes and lips – and bringing them out.

It is a treatment that enhances your appearance without departing from the physiognomy of the face, instead harmonising and enhancing its features in an entirely natural way. My choices in designing and performing permanent make-up follow the criteria of face-design realism, using three-dimensional hair-stroke techniques and volume or lifting effects.

DESIGN OR PREPARATORY DRAWING for permanent make-up

Before starting the treatment, the colour is chosen according to the client’s skin, hair and eye colour and her make-up habits.

Using the chosen pigment and a sterile pen (the classic make-up pencil is NEVER used for the design, because it is neither sterile nor biocompatible; working over the drawing would inevitably carry the pencil’s greasy paste into the skin along with the permanent make-up pigment, risking allergies, infections or colour shifts), a design is drawn following a face-design study that takes into account the facial features, the architecture of the face and the client’s expectations.

Various shape proposals are made – a higher arch, a longer tail, a more or less pronounced thickness – which will inevitably change the non-verbal expression of the face. Only when the artist’s aesthetic proposal matches the taste of the client, and she is 100% sure, does the treatment begin.