insideKENT Magazine Issue 83 - February 2019 | Page 105

FASHION+BEAUTY
IS PERMANENT MAKEUP
HERE TO STAY?
IF YOU SPEND MUCH TIME
READING BEAUTY MAGAZINES
AND YOU HAVEN’T BEEN LIVING
UNDERNEATH A ROCK FOR THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
THEN YOU WILL HAVE HEARD OF
A REVOLUTIONARY BROW-
BOOSTING TREATMENT CALLED
MICROBLADING.
by Sara Duane of
Sara Duane Microblading & Permanent Makeup
This procedure seemed to erupt o vernight when
Vogue Magazine dubbed it ‘the futur e for brows’.
Celebrities such as Lena Dunham, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Adele, Coleen Rooney, Michelle Keegan to name
but a few, have famously been seen sporting fr esh,
defined, groomed arches thanks to microblading. In
2018, even Dame Helen Mirren put her age-defying,
fresh-faced look do wn to her newly micr obladed
eyebrows, declaring that “it’s made a huge difference.”
process of implanting pigment (colour) underneath
the top layer of skin with a needle or needles , for
the pur pose of enhancing the ar ea cosmetically.
These procedures are sometimes referred to as semi-
permanent by some artists, because the results are
designed to fade over time and are not as permanent
as a bod y tattoo. Some artists will r efer to them
as per manent because although the pigments
fade, they remain in the skin indefinitely. The benefits
of per manent makeup ar e infinite; it sa ves time,
reduces stress and sa ves you money. What more
could you want?
Microblading may have become the jew el in the
crown of the permanent cosmetics industry in recent
years, but it is b y no means the only method of
permanent makeup worth considering. Permanent
makeup has been ar ound in one f orm or another
for decades , b ut like all beauty tr eatments, the
technology, tools, products and results are now light
years away from the heavy, dark tattooed brows of
yesteryear. Whilst waking up with perfectly applied
makeup every morning may sound like the stuff of
dreams, it is in fact, entir ely possible. T he most
popular treatments are eyebrow, eyeliner and lip
enhancement.
Microblading, semi-permanent makeup,
permanent makeup – what’s the difference?
Well, essentially all these ter ms describe v ery
similar things. Confused? I'm not surprised. For the
purpose of this article, I will refer to it as permanent
makeup. These are ter ms that basically all mean
permanent makeup. P ermanent makeup is the
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