If You Already Have Permanent Makeup
If you already have permanent makeup, the process with me is different. This includes microblading or any other form of pigment implantation to your face, no matter how long ago) . The time it was done does not matter.
If another artist created your permanent makeup, life may have changed your circumstances. You may have moved, or your technician may no longer be working. If you are considering seeing me, I must assess your existing work first. I need to see what pigment is currently in your skin. I must ensure I can work with what is already there. Also, if I feel the artist could have placed the design better on your face, or perhaps the artist could have chosen a different colour, then I am going to have to ensure that I can work with what’s already there to produce the same standard of work as if you’d come to see me in the first instance.
Different Artists, Different Perspectives
This is not disrespectful to your previous technician. Everyone works differently. Every artist sees things in their own way. Body tattoo artists all produce different work, illustrators, graphic designers, hairdressers, nail technicians…each individual has their own interpretation of what looks good to them and permanent makeup artists are no different.
Every trainer or training school bases student training on personal experience and education. A natural level of artistic ability will result in one technician producing a different calibre of work compared to another, even if they were trained by the same person, or company.
What I Assess During Your Consultation
During your consultation, I assess what I see. If improvements are possible, I must make decisions quickly. I need to decide whether I can work over existing pigment. I ask myself technical and artistic questions. Is the placement technically correct? Or if the colour looks odd, I may question if The artist initially selected the colour correctly for that particular skin tone or, if it has just been a long time since it was implanted, and it’s faded to an unsatisfactory colour. In the case of lips, has the colour been put too far over the vermilion border, onto the skin? In the case of eyes, if the pigment has migrated (smudged look), can I work over that and gain a satisfactory healed result for you?
These are just a few things that I need to consider, every case is different, and everybody is unique which is why I need to assess you prior to treatment. I may well decline to work over your existing permanent makeup, if I do, I will fully explain why. This can be difficult to hear. You may feel happy with your current permanent makeup. My goal is always to give you the best result possible. I would feel dishonest reinforcing work I believe could be improved. That opinion is mine alone. Every technician sees work differently. I really hope this makes sense and I hope it doesn’t sound offensive to any other artists in any way because I really don’t mean it to, I’m just trying to explain so that you get a better understanding.
Costs and Correctional Work
Please understand costs too. I’ve been asked many times how much it will be to just top-up or refresh work that has been carried out by somebody else and my response is the same each time. It will be full price or correctional work prices which are quoted after consultation. These prices apply because you’ll be a new client to me and I may have to start all over again or I may have complicated correctional work ahead of me, I don’t know until I see you. In the case of correctional work, it requires a different set of skills, knowledge and experience and what you may see as a top-up, an experienced artist will see differently and may insist on preparatory work before going ahead and working over the previous pigment.
When I’m Happy to Work Over Existing Makeup
On the flip side of all this, if I feel that the colour, design and placement are great and I’m happy to work over it then I will! Reputation is everything and a lot of permanent makeup artists work extremely hard to build up a good strong standing. They will not allow their name to be attached to any work that they deem unsuitable to work over or that they feel they can’t improve to a standard that they are happy to put their name to, and that includes me!
However, I will always do my very best to help you, wherever I can.
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