Semi Permanent Make Up and Eyebrow Embroidery really is the business!

Semi Permanent Make Up and Eyebrow Embroidery really is the business! Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working with a local Waterford businesswoman who came to me initially, because she had become tired of spending every morning filling in her eyebrows with pencil. That time adds up every day and you never quite get the right shape for your face. So, after an initial consultation, I discovered that not having fuller brows impacts more on so many different levels. This lady does a lot of exercise and as she works up a sweat, off comes the pencil brows.

She couldn’t believe that there was somebody local who could apply an artistic yet detailed service for brows and quickly made the appointment to have a Semi Permanent Make Up procedure or Eyebrow Embroidery as its known. One thing that I am always amazed at is a client’s resilience and determination. Not only was this going to transform her facial shape and overall look, it was also part of a much bigger transformation. She had undergone a life makeover recently and dropped considerable weight too. So I guess you could say that this was the final piece of the jigsaw for her.

The Semi Permanent Make Up procedure itself takes up to 2 hours, of which we spent 45 minutes discussing her lifestyle and what shape she wanted. She wanted natural- looking brows so I gave her Eyebrow Embroidery, which is a semi-permanent procedure, whereby I place pigment between the epidermal and dermal layer (top and deeper layer of the skin). She was amazed to find it a painless procedure, and I used a hand tool to get the most natural-looking, hair-like strokes and a fuller brow.

Seeing somebody look in the mirror for the first time once I’ve done my work is one of the most rewarding parts of the job for me personally. Everybody undergoes a transformation at some (or many) stages in their lives and we are all really on the same journey. So the next time I see her will be when she returns in 4 weeks for a review and to top up the colour. After that it will be in 12 months time.

Being a businesswoman whose time is precious and filled each day to the brim, she was amazed that she hadn’t come in sooner to have it done. She sees it as both a time and confidence investment and was excited at the thought of being able to participate in her team sport without being so self conscious without brows.

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