Hi HappyMoni! Thanks for the reply. I'm glad you like my photo! How permanent is permanent? Well, first I went for micro-blading of my brows, and it didn't last long enough to suit me ... Maybe about 4-6 months. So after two "touch-ups", I went for what they call "permanent makeup" of the brows, like a tattoo almost. That is supposed to last longer ... 6 - 8 months before it fades a bit. I guess it's a tattoo, but not as deep as a regular tattoo. The cost of the permanent eyebrows was $300 including one free "touch-up" after about 30 days. Mine was done at a "medi-spa", but they also do that at several high-end beauty salons. The eye-liner, on the other hand, is supposed to be good for life. She said I may want to get that touched-up after 8-10 years, but it won't fade like the brows. I did both upper and lower eyeliners ... Again the price of $300 included one free touch-up after about 30 days.
The brows sting just a bit, but not bad. The eyeliner is more painful. They do use a numbing cream to make it tolerable, but the hard part is holding your eyes open when she says "look this way", "look that way" as she works and your eyes are twitching trying to close all the time. Painful, but tolerable. This was done at a medi-spa. I'm not sure if salons offer the eyeliner or not ... It probably depends on what the rules are where you live.
Don't worry, you won't offend me in any way. I'm wide open to share any and all information about the journey we're on. For me it's been a long time, but "still working on it", as we always will be.
Now that I'm rid of the inconvenience of smeared eye makeup because of an itch in my eye, the lipstick thing becomes the obvious inconvenience ... Always ending up on my glass when I drink, or on my food when I eat ... I saw a tidbit one day that said "the average woman eats 2 pounds of lipstick in her lifetime". Yuk. So off I go in another week or so for permanent lip liner and lip color makeup. It will be nice not to have to mess with lipstick, unless I want to accentuate the color over the permanent for a special occasion ... Stay tuned on that one. That's also going to be done at my local medi-spa for another $300. So all together I'm going to be out almost $1K for everything, but then I'm not spending money on makeup at the drug store any more either!
Please, please let me know if there are any other questions in any other areas I might be able to answer.
Hugs! Roberta
