You don't become a permanent makeup artist overnight. You yourself know how much effort is behind you and how much improvement is ahead of you. No one is infallible in their work. There is only one path to perfection, and each of us has made some progress on it. It is expected that you will make mistakes along the way. It is important to recognize the mistake and learn how not to repeat it. This means that every day you are one step closer to ideal results. That's why today we talk about mistakes and how to avoid them.
Skin is your canvas
The most important thing for any artist is to know the background of his work well. Painters are particularly picky when choosing a painting canvas. It is the foundation of longevity and success of the future work. If permanent makeup is your art, then skin is the canvas of your work. That's why you have to know her well. The knowledge you have about working with skin is the basis for all the other skills you have as a permanent makeup artist.
- Something else connects you with painting. That is the importance of adequate pressure under which you apply the paint. The paint will not show up adequately on the canvas if the brush is pressed too lightly or too hard. In the first case, it will remain as a barely visible outline. In the second, it will spill uncontrollably, even damage the canvas. Skill and experience mean finding the measure and sticking to it. That's one big step you're taking on your way to success.
Perfection is in measure
We've all heard that mistakes are the best way to learn. It's the same with reaching a measure. To find it, you have to make a few mistakes. In order to know where the right measure is, you have to learn where it is not. That's the knowledge you get with the help of experienced permanent makeup artists.
- What does it mean to miss the measure in our art?
We must go back to the mistakes from the beginning. Today we single out the two most common difficulties in working with the skin that every permanent makeup artist faces on his way:
1. Less is not more...
Has it ever happened to you that the color simply does not stay in the skin? It seems to you that you did everything right, but the client still comes back for corrections with too little color left. You run the risk of not appearing at the next correction. What are you doing wrong?
True, sometimes failed eyebrows are caused by bad pigments , but sometimes it's a mistake in technique. If you already use high-quality, ultra-pigmented colors , then it's not about the pigments.
You must not be afraid of the skin. The pigment should enter it. Too little pressure means that you have introduced the color into the epidermis layer. It is the surface layer of the skin that is constantly renewed.
- What does this mean for permanent makeup?
Think of this layer as a glass of soda. Young cells constantly push the older ones outward, outside the skin. The molecules of the color you introduced are like bubbles in an hourglass. And they, together with older cells, will be pushed to the surface very quickly - and soon disappear completely . As each bubble is lost, the drink becomes less fizzy. The same happens with color. It's not noticeable at first, but over the course of a day, a week, a month, your clients' brows fade more and more and become frowny - that's not what they expected from your treatment.
2. ...except when it is
If one extreme represents too shallow a color input, then the other extreme is located too deep in the skin.
- And the measure? She is exactly in between, but we will talk about her later.
Too much pressure means that you will introduce the color into the lower layer of the dermis, where the capillaries, sebaceous and sweat glands are located. Do you remember how a painter can damage the canvas if he applies too much pressure? It's the same with skin. The color will remain, but there will also be blood and scars. You don't want that on your clients.
Just because you are applying it to a part of the skin through which a lot of liquid is already circulating, the color can spill. Over time, the moves you made will lose their sharpness and definition. The drawn hairs will become blurred and fuzzy. And the clients? They are dissatisfied again. However, if you recognize that you are wrong, you are halfway to correcting the mistake.
How to measure?
In the end, let's return to the sentence with which we started - measure is not reached overnight . It takes a lot of time to gain quality experience. And a lot of mistakes. If you want to keep the trust of your clients, permanent makeup is a field in which you cannot afford it. There is a solution - you can rely on someone else's experience. You don't have to learn only from your mistakes. Experienced permanent makeup artists have learned how to avoid these mistakes. Some of them are able to transfer that knowledge qualitatively.
Savich Beauty permanent makeup trainings are thoroughly and carefully designed and adapted to both experienced artists and beginners, with the intention of helping artists on their way to success and significantly improving the quality of permanent makeup work. We are here to support you through our numerous education programs. With our training and support, you will never again be insecure about the quality of your work, you will have the opportunity to grow and advance as an artist, but also to pass on your own knowledge and experience!
