Color Changing Lipstick

Cosmetic tattooing gives new meaning to the idea of long-lasting makeup

Her eyeliner would run and her lipstick would melt as she darted in and out of a blazing-hot car to appointments all day. Rear-view-mirror touch ups were frequent and necessary.

But this summer, she hasn’t had to touch up once. Her eyeliner stays put. Her lipstick never smudges, even in July’s furnance-like conditions.

“All I do is put on lip block twice a day and maybe a little powder,” she said. “It’s incredible. I look in the mirror and think, ‘Oh my goodness, it still looks great.’”

McCaddon’s makeup isn’t makeup. It’s a tattoo. About six months ago, she turned to a permanent-makeup artist to give her everlasting eyeliner, more defined brows and constant lip color.

Skin ink long ago went beyond the words “love” and “mom” printed on a bicep. Permanent makeup — which also goes by the more technical-sounding names of derma-pigmentation, cosmetic micro-pigmentation and cosmetic tattooing — is hardly a new trend. Some sources say ancient Egyptians had face and body tattoos, with inks proving truly permanent when they showed up centuries later on well-preserved mummies.

Fast forward a few centuries, and an ad from the January 1933 “Modern Mechanix” magazine proclaimed “Lip tattooing is the latest fad.” “Make-up guaranteed to be kiss-proof,” the ad touted.

In the early 1980s, an ophthalmologist began using tattooing to permanently pencil in the look of fuller eyelashes and brows in patients with Alopecia, a medical hair-loss condition. Today, it’s used to mask scars and on patients who suffer from cancer, allergies, poor eyesight and arthritis, among other conditions that can make applying one’s own makeup difficult.

Then there’s the most obvious reason to do it: Some women — and, don’t be fooled, even some men — just want to roll out of bed and go in the morning, without pulling out their makeup bags.

McCaddon. 59, got her first taste of cosmetic tattooing after she had breast cancer and turned to permanent-makeup artist Carole Siegel-DeZarn to recreate her areolas. The results appeared natural, McCaddon said, so she decided to go for the works: lips, eyebrows and eyeliner.

Siegel-DeZarn, a former dental hygienist, opened Softouch Permanent Makeup in 2008 in a meticulously clean Kenner office suite. Using a hand-tattooing method, rather than a machine, she offers her services free to cancer survivors. “And she got the rest of my business because of it,” McCaddon said.

How To Wearing red lipstick | Beauty Therapist Tunics

Unless you want to waste money on colors that just don’t work with your skin tone, it’s best to visit a cosmetic counter where you can actually try out red lipsticks before you buy them. Some drug stores will offer a color change policy, where you can bring your unwanted lipstick back with the receipt to exchange it for another shade. But, there are very few who do offer such a guarantee and many will only let you make one exchange per product, which can lead to difficulty if you swap for an even less flattering color the second time around. In addition, some brands like Revlon will offer you a color guide near their product display, to help you choose the best shade by skin tone. Applying and Wearing Red Lipstick Without Looking Overdone While wearing the perfect red lipstick can make you look like a super sexy vixen in any outfit, it’s important not to go overboard with the rest of your makeup when you choose red for your lips. If you want to wear red lipstick, let it be the star of your face. Don’t try to do a dramatic eye with shadow or overdo it on blush, or you’ll look like you have far too much makeup on. Pair your red lips with neutral eye shadows, black mascara and thin liner. Add in a little blush that has the same undertone colors of your lipstick, but take it light. You can add a little glamour to your face with highlighter instead, so you’ll look radiant without looking like you’ve tried too hard. The color red works for any season, from spring to winter, so be sure to find a great shade that will take you through the entire year.

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