Lips by Impressive Brows

Lip blushing is about the color of your lips.  Similar to lipstick, blushing changes the color of your lips.  It can also help with any imperfections or discolorations.

• Lasts 1-2 years after the 8-week touchup.
• Save time by reducing your daily makeup routine.
• Smudge-proof. Doesn't run, sweat, kiss, coffee cup, mask, or Florida humidity off.
• Uniform color across the lips.
• Shaping.
• Discoloration correction.
• Fuller, healthier, and a more youthful look.
• Beautiful.
• Professional makeup look.
• Adjust lightness or darkness of lips.

Expect 2-3 hours.

Varies greatly, depending on your skin.  Permanent makeup fades over time.  Typically expect to get an 8 weeks touchup after they are done healing, then a refresh touchup every 1-2 years.  Lips tend to not last as long as brows or eyeliner.

Depends.  We use numbing cream, but lips are sensitive so you are more likely to feel discomfort than with brows or eyeliner.

Yes. You should expect to get an 8-week touch-up because your lips will likely heal light or like the pigment didn't take the first time. After your 8-week touch-up, you should expect to get a refresh touch-up every 1-2 years.

Wrong expectations are a big reason for client dissatisfaction.  It is important to have the right expectations when you get permanent makeup.   Permanent makeup is a process and you should not expect your brows to be perfect after the first procedure.  

1) You should expect to get a 8-week touch-up because:

- Permanent makeup usually heals light to very light the first session.  Sometimes it looks like it didn't take.  Don't worry.  The 8-week  touchup usually has better results.

- You may need color and shape correction.

- It is difficult to tell how a client's lips will heal the first time. There are a wide variety of results that can happen for each client.  Your friend's lips may have healed perfectly, but your results can be very different.

- Touchups help extend the life of the lip blushing and the time until the next refresh touch-up.

2) After your 8-week touch-up, you should expect to get a refresh touch-up every 1-2 years because pigments are designed to fade over time, which is nice because it allows you to make some changes as your style changes.

Tips for getting the best results:

1) Stick with the process.  It may take 1 or more touch-ups to get the results you want.

2)  Communicate clearly with the tech about what you are looking for.  You know what style you like and that needs to be communicated to the tech.  Techs see a lot of clients and everybody has an idea of what they like and what is beautiful.

3) Use best practices for the aftercare, including cleaning your lips after eating, using the Vaseline we provide, minimizing the sun, and no swimming for a couple weeks.

4) Be patient. Wait for the 8 weeks of healing to finish.  You may think that you are healed before the 8 weeks, but changes are still happening with the healing of the skin and the setting of the color.

Usually we don't have student artists doing lips.  Our classes mostly focus on brows.

We have 12 lip colors and we can blend colors if you want a different shade.

The healing time is 8 weeks for each session.  Expect to get an 8-week touch-up because the first procedure will likely heal light, very light, patchy, or like it didn't take.  The touch-up also has an 8-week healing time so total healing time is typically 16 weeks.

No. We don't do lip fillers such as botox.  We just do permanent makeup.

Yes, but you need to wait at least 6 weeks to let the filler settle.

Lip fillers (typically hyaluronic acid-based) are injected deeper into the tissue to add volume, while permanent makeup involves superficial pigment deposition in the skin's upper layers. Because the procedures target different depths and if the filler has had time to fully settle, integrate, and stabilize (fillers usually reach their final settled state within 6 weeks), the tattooing process should not disrupt, migrate, degrade, or otherwise harm the existing filler.

Current Industrial beliefs are that:

• Lip blushing does not impact the longevity or integrity of existing fillers directly.
• The two treatments often complement each other well—fillers provide volume, while permanent makeup restores or enhances natural lip color, definition, and border (which can sometimes appear faded or less defined after fillers).
• Many people successfully get lip blushing with prior fillers, and it's considered safe when properly timed.

That said, individual results can vary based on factors like:

• The specific filler used and how much remains.
• The technique and skill of the permanent makeup artist.
• Your skin type, healing response, or any history of complications (e.g., filler migration in some cases).

Potential minor considerations (though rare) include slightly more swelling during the procedure or the need for the artist to assess the current lip shape/volume for optimal pigment placement. 

Overall, this combination is common and often recommended for a polished, natural-looking enhancement!

Yes, but you should wait at least 4 weeks.

It is better to do fillers after doing permanent makeup.

Yes.  Expect your lips to be swollen for a couple days and ice them to keep the swelling to a minimum?

No kissing for about a week.  Keep them clean and free of any possible bacteria.

Fever blisters or cold cores (Herpes Simplex I) -  If you have a history of fever blisters, cold sores, or are a carrier of the Herpes Simplex Virus, we recommend that you do not do lip blushing because there is a good chance that the procedure will cause a cold sore outbreak which can be very painful for 1-3 weeks.  If you decide to do the procedure, we recommend taking an antiviral, such as Zovirax or Valtrex, 3-5 days before the procedure to minimize the  outbreak.  Please contact us at 727-213-8811 if you have an questions.

Pregnant or nursing - If you are pregnant or nursing, we do not allow you to do permanent makeup.

Blood Thinners and Anticoagulents  - If you are on blood thinners, it is advised that clients check with your physician before the procedure due to possible bleeding issues as this could cause issues with placement of pigment and the healing process.  Also, be aware that permanent makeup is less likely to work with clients on blood thinners because the pigment often gets pushed out quickly.