Wake Up With Make Up - Your Permanent Makeup Specialist

What happens after the treatment?

Initially the colour of your treatment looks a lot darker than you expect. This is perfectly normal immediately following a treatment and usually lasts between three to five days. Unless you have specifically requested a darker colour, by the end of eight weeks your permanent cosmetics will have settled down into a soft muted colour. The treatment area may feel a little tender for a few days; swelling is minimal and usually disappears within 24 hours.

Why do I need a second session?

In the first visit, we tend to work on the cautious side in terms of a lighter colour selection and an ever so slightly smaller shape as “less is more”. It is very hard to predict the healed results for each individual because everyone is so different from skin type through to lifestyles. After the first visit you may decide that you would like the colour to be darker, the shape to be a little thicker or there may just be a few patches of missing colour that we need to address. The second session is so important, we cannot stress it enough, your procedure is not complete until your two visits are completed.

Is it painful?

We use fantastic topical numbing products to ensure the treatment is as pain free as possible, with most clients experiencing very little discomfort. Both the eyeliner and lip procedure are numbed prior to the treatment commencing, however the eyebrows are very lightly marked out without any prior numbing initially due to achieving a perfect pre drawn shape (most clients say the pain is 3/10 so totally bearable). Once the procedure begins further anaesthetic is applied as you numb within seconds when applied to broken skin. Near the end of the all our treatments the area will begin to feel tender which is totally normal. During eyebrow procedures often clients drift to sleep, and compare the fact that tweezing feels worse than the tattooing itself.