Sunday, September 2, 2012

Permanent makeup - eyeliner part two

Ok so clearly I've taken a bit of time to get to "part two" of the permanent makeup eyeliner experience.  Apologies.

Kind of crap as it's been so long that I can't remember much of the detail.  So I'll nutshell it.  Basically - there was a second anaesthetic cream that the woman "forgot" about the first time (yeh thanks...).  This cream... was AMAZING.  Couldn't feel any pain when it was on.  So she touched up top and bottom lids... I think I mentioned previously that it's a LOT for your eyes to take so getting both done is a bit too much.  This was just a touch up, but my eyes were so swollen I could barely keep them open to see!

It took a day or two for the swelling to go down (and they felt tight and somewhat painful during that time)... then the same process began with the bits and pieces of scab coming off etc.

In summary - given I've had them for a while now - I'm glad I got it done but yes it was painful.  I think if the place I went to was more experienced it wouldn't have been so bad...
BUT - I really like having them done.  On weekends I generally go no makeup but still feel a little more 'done' due to the eyeliner.  You get used to it very quickly too and I can't really remember what I looked like before!

Day to day - I don't use eyeliner at all unless I'm going for a specific look.  Eg. I don't have the cats eyes type effect done with the tattoo, that's something I would draw in.

UPDATE (22/9/2015) - so my eyeliner is GONE now. From natural day to day washing etc, it's just worn away. And that doesn't make sense with the whole idea that it's a permanent tattoo, but that's what happens with areas like face/hands/feet that get washed often etc.
I think also I didn't go to the most experienced place for gettting this done and I think other places probably could have done a better, longer lasting job.
My mum still has hers, but hers was much thicker than mine.

Would I do it again? Yes. But I'd be more careful who I went to.

Oh and also I think my eye shape has sort of changed with age, which isn't necessarily a problem, but now when I do my eyeliner I do it differently on each eye (because one eye is noticeably bigger than the other.... I think anyway!).

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for both Part 1 and Part 2. You really have no idea how important it was for me to read this. I am in between my two sessions =) Feel my pain? I have a feeling they "forgot" about the second cream, too. And what 30 minutes? My "girl" only waited 30 seconds, literally.

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