A person getting a lip tattoo or permanent makeup procedure, with a tattoo artist wearing pink gloves using a fine needle and orange pigment on the lip.

PERMANENT MAKE-UP

Permanent Makeup is sometimes referred to as micropigmentation or cosmetic tattooing, it is a treatment that can give you a ready-made up look without all the hassle. By injecting tiny amounts of pigment into the dermal layers of your skin, you can save yourself all that mirror time in the morning applying your eyeliner, lip liner or eyebrows.

LIPS

Full lip colour – All over lip coverage giving a natural translucent colour and a healthy blush, this treatment can improve symmetries and imperfections and redefine your natural lip shape.

Natural lip blush – Lips are outlined and then blended in with soft colour, giving a subtle look.  Bringing colour back to lips which naturally fade over time and giving you a gorgeous pout.

Lip liner – This procedure is designed to subtlety re-define and enhance your natural shape and correct any symmetries.

A woman with closed eyes receives an eyebrow tattooing procedure with markings on her forehead, a technician in black gloves uses a white pencil to outline her eyebrows, and she has a white headband around her head.

Semi Permanent Eyebrows – Block Effect:

Full coloured brows, these are usually quite dark and suit those with darker hair or those wanting a dramatic effect

Semi Permanent Eyebrows – Soft Powder Effect:

Soft, natural looking eyebrows, for those wanting a subtle look under natural hair growth, also great for ladies with sparse hair not wanting a dramatic look.

Semi Permanent Eyebrows – Ombré Effect:

A combination of techniques, the brows are darker at the arch and tails giving a more youthful appearance with soft fronts.

  • The entire appointment lasts approx 2/2.5hrs, first part of which we conduct a pre-draw to ensure you’re going to be happy with your new style and shape in which you have your say to how you would like them.

  • There is minimal downtime, you will have minor tenderness, redness and maybe a little bit of swelling. The first week after your appointment your brows will be a little scaly/flakey. Ensure you keep them clean and free of makeup/products.

  • A 6 week top-up is recommended as some ladies can heal a little patchy, a top-up will ensure that you will have even healed results. Once the top-up has been done expect your results to last approx 12 months. We recommend a colour boost annually to maintain your new brows.

  • A small tattoo machine will be implanting the pigment into your skin, numbing is provided during the procedure for maximum comfort, it feels like a small scratching sensation, but not unbearable.

  • Permanent make-up treatments carries only minor risks as a common occurrence. These are the usual swelling, redness, and tenderness. More serious risks are extremely rare.

  • When you meet us face-to-face, Charlotte, will advise you of what you can and can’t do immediately following the procedure. She will give you tips on how to best look after your skin until any minor side-effects have subsided.

A close-up of a person receiving a cosmetic procedure on the eyebrow, with the practitioner wearing pink gloves and using a small tool near the eye area.

WHAT AREAS CAN BE TREATED?

At Bright Beauty Clinic in Bury St Edmunds we offer permanent make up to the eyebrows and lips, to give you definition and a fuller look without the illusion of make-up

A woman lying on a white pillow with freshly microbladed eyebrows, showing her face with natural makeup and light skin. An inset close-up highlights her well-defined eyebrows.

OUR RESULTS

Close-up of a woman with freshly done eyebrow microblading, showing her lying on a treatment bed at Bright Beauty Clinic.
A person receiving semi-permanent eyebrow tattooing with a tattoo needle on their eyebrow, with a technician wearing black gloves.

FAQS ABOUT fAT DISSOLVING

  • Immediately after the procedure your eyebrows will be 70% darker and 25% thicker than when healed, this is perfectly natural and they will fade and shrink in the first week of the healing process. I always start off on the first appointment with a lighter colour as it is easier to add a darker colour in the second treatment than to take it away. Once your makeup is healed it will look perfectly natural

  • Again everyone is different but it takes around a week for the brows and lips to scab and then shed. After this the pigment works with the pigment in our own skin to give the true colour.

  • Although permanent makeup does not cause cold sores a known history means your body carries the virus. Due to the procedure it can sometimes awaken the virus which lies dormant. Although this does not stop you having a procedure I recommend you apply an antiviral cream such as zovirax 5 days prior to and 5 days after treatment, or take any medication you may have, this will minimise any risk.

    If you have an active cold sore please reschedule your appointment for 14 days later until healed

  • You will be given a sterile Vitamin A&E cream sachet which you should apply twice daily (eyebrows and lip treatments only) this will help with the healing process.

  • You should avoid sunbeds, saunas, steam rooms and swimming for the first 7 days after a treatment, full aftercare will be given to you on the day of your procedure. If you are planning a sunshine holiday you should have the treatment at least 14 days prior to your departure.