Where Your Lips Speak Volumes in Timeless Beauty

At Vivacious, we believe that beauty should be effortless and timeless. Introducing our exquisite Permanent Lip Makeup service, where every stroke is a celebration of your unique allure.

Serving the East Rand, Boksburg, Edenvale, Midrand, Centurion, Pretoria East, Pretoria North, Pretoria West, Hartbeespoort, Krugersdorp, Roodepoort, Randburg, Fourways, Kayalami, and Sandton areas, Vivacious is your trusted partner for enhancing your lips with a touch of everlasting elegance.

Why Choose Vivacious for Permanent Lip Makeup?

  1. Artistry in Every Detail: Vivacious takes pride in the artistry of our Permanent Lip Makeup. Our skilled technicians are not just practitioners; they are artists who understand the nuances of enhancing your lips for a look that is both natural and glamorous.
  2. Tailored for You: Your lips are as unique as you are. At Vivacious, we tailor our Permanent Lip Makeup to complement your facial features, creating a bespoke look that harmonizes with your individual beauty.
  3. Timeless Beauty, Effortless Mornings: Say goodbye to the hassle of daily lip color application. With Permanent Lip Makeup, wake up every morning to beautifully defined lips that stay vibrant throughout the day.
  4. Convenience at Your Doorstep: Vivacious brings the beauty salon experience to your doorstep. Enjoy the luxury of our mobile service, where you can get your Permanent Lip Makeup done in the comfort of your own home.
  5. Extensive Service Areas: Vivacious proudly serves a diverse range of areas, including East Rand, Boksburg, Edenvale, Midrand, Centurion, Pretoria East, Pretoria North, Pretoria West, Hartbeespoort, Krugersdorp, Roodepoort, Randburg, Fourways, Kayalami, and Sandton. Wherever you are in these regions, Vivacious is here to enhance your lips with a touch of enduring beauty.

How to Embark on Your Permanent Lip Enhancement Journey with Vivacious:

  1. Consultation: Schedule a personalized consultation with Vivacious or use the form below to discuss your lip enhancement goals. Our team will work with you to understand your desired look and create a plan tailored just for you.
  2. Choose Your Location: Select the location most convenient for you within our extensive service areas. Vivacious ensures a seamless and enjoyable experience, right from the comfort of your own home.
  3. Unveil Your Timeless Lips: Trust the expertise of Vivacious to reveal your lips’ true potential. Our Permanent Lip Makeup is designed to enhance your natural beauty, leaving you with lips that speak volumes.

LipsA cosmetic lip tattoo is a treatment that involves inserting pigments beneath the surface layer of the skin of your lips. It can be done in several styles, from the opaque permanent lipstick, shape-perfecting permanent lip liner, to the sheer pop of color through lip blushing or aquarelle lips.

It can also lighten dark lips and give them a warmer color, and even camouflage scars.

Since permanent makeup isn’t done with tattoo ink anymore but rather PMU pigments, the lip tattoo does not last forever. The semi-permanent lip color gradually fades and it requires occasional touch ups to stay fresh.

Who Isn’t a Good Candidate for a Permanent Lipstick Treatment?

Getting PMU lips is not safe for you if you:

  • Are under 18
  • Are pregnant or nursing
  • Are undergoing chemotherapy
  • Have hemophilia
  • Have major heart problems or a pacemaker
  • Have had an organ transplant
  • Have uncontrolled high blood pressure
  • Have diabetes (consult your doctor, it may be possible)
  • Have psoriasis, eczema, rosacea, or another skin condition in the area
  • Have an auto-immune disease (consult your doctor, it may be possible)
  • Have anemia (pigment may not be retained properly)
  • Have a history of keloid scarring or hypertrophic scarring
  • Have a history of cold sores
  • Take blood-thinning medication
  • Take Accutane or steroids

Can I Get a Lip Tattoo If I Have Lip Fillers?

Yes, PMU lips can be combined with lip fillers, but it’s better to get the lip tattoo first, as it’ll last longer than fillers. But if you already got fillers, wait a while before booking your PMU lips appointment – it takes at least 6 weeks for the fillers to settle.

*You should be aware, though, that there’s a small chance of your fillers migrating due to the trauma of tattooing.

What Does the Lip Color Tattoo Treatment Look Like?

The PMU lips treatment is a process of micropigmentation, AKA cosmetic tattooing, which means that an electric needle device is used for inserting pigment into the skin of your lips.

It consists of the following steps:

STEP 1: Consultations

You need to see the artist who will be doing your treatment beforehand to discuss the look you want, and for them to assess your lips. You need to disclose any conditions you may have and let them decide whether it’s safe for you to get the treatment.

STEP 2: Choosing the shape and color

Out of all permanent makeup lips offer the widest range of color possibilities. You can go for whatever shade you normally wear, but bear in mind you’ll be wearing it for months and even years.

When it comes to shape, the lip tattoo can make the lips look fuller by clever color choices and correct some minor asymmetry, but it’s never advisable to tattoo outside of the lip edges.

STEP 3: Numbing

The artist numbs the area with a topical anesthetic. The tattooing process isn’t exactly comfortable, but it won’t be painful.

STEP 4: Pigmentation

Once the numbing kicks in, the tattooing process starts. The artist will use an electric PMU machine to pierce the skin of your lips in numerous tiny dots and deposit the pigments into it. The color has to be built up gradually, so they will probably make multiple passes.

STEP 5: Touch up and additional sessions

Just like all permanent makeup lips tattoo is a 2-step process, at least. It takes several sessions to build up the color, and the more opaque you want it, the more sessions you’ll need. After each appointment, the body rejects a bit of pigment, and it needs to be replenished.

healing usually takes 4-6 weeks. After healing you should book a follow-up appointment. The artist will make some adjustments and add more color.

*Everyone’s system works differently, so some people need more sessions than others.

Is the PMU Lips Treatment Painful?

The lip area is very sensitive and having a needle pierce your lips over and over might sound a bit scary. However, a numbing cream is applied before the needling starts in order to eliminate the pain. Most clients report that it’s uncomfortable, but not painful.

LIP TATTOO TREATMENT PREPARATION

How Do I Prepare for Lip Tattoo Treatment?

First of all, it’s very important to find a reliable artist. So, do thorough research in order to find a good tech who works in a sterile environment, and has a lot of experience and positive reviews.

In order to prepare for the treatment, avoid taking the following medications, substances, and vitamins that cause your blood to thin:

  • Aspirin
  • Ibuprofen
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Caffeine (coffee and tea)
  • Fish oil
  • Niacin
  • Vitamin

*Also, avoid exfoliating skincare products and any medications that thin out the skin.

It is vital to take anti-viral medication before your procedure if you’re prone to cold sores. They can appear due to the trauma of tattooing and affect the healing process.

If you have any conditions or diseases, consult your doctor and check if you are a candidate for the PMU lips treatment. Do not have Anti-Wrinkle Injections or fillers at least 6 weeks before the treatment

LIP TATTOO AFTERCARE

What Does Lip Tattoo Aftercare Entail?

After the treatment, your lips need some special attention to heal properly.

They’ll go through several stages including swelling (you can relieve it with an ice pack) and peeling, and they’ll fade into a shade 50% lighter than right after the treatment. The severity of the symptoms depends on how saturated in pigment the lips are.

There are 2 general types of aftercare – dry and wet healing – the second one being more popular.

In any case, you will need to follow an aftercare routine prescribed by your artist for ATLEAST 5 days.

aVOiD:

  • Extreme exercise, swimming in pools or the ocean, saunas and steam baths – anything that causes excessive sweating and getting the treated area soaking wet
  • Tanning in the sun or a sunbed
  • Makeup in the area
  • Touching the area
  • Spicy food

There are 2 general types of aftercare – dry and wet healing – the second one being more popular.

Dry Healing

Basically, you have to keep your lips dry – no getting them wet, no products of any kind. You just let them heal on their own.

This may sound easy since you don’t need to do anything at all, but without any moisturization, your lips scab more and thus lose more pigment, plus they can feel tight and itchy. That’s why dry healing isn’t very popular anymore.

Wet Healing

Wet healing implies blotting away the lymph from the treated area as frequently as your artist prescribes for 3-5 days after the procedure, and keeping the lips moisturized with a special aftercare ointment that aids healing until the peeling ends. Sticking to the schedule may be a bit annoying, but it’ll give more even results and better retention.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I Wear Makeup After the Lip Color Tattoo Treatment?

You mustn’t wear lip makeup until the scabbing or peeling stage is over – you risk getting an infection.

Once all the scabs have fallen off, you can wear lip makeup as usual, although you won’t need to enhance the color anymore.

It’s a good idea to get fresh products, as the ones you used before may be contaminated with bacteria your freshly treated lips may not be able to handle.

How Long Does the Lip Tattoo Healing Process Last?

The healing period lasts around 7-10 days.

Your lips will be swollen for a couple of days and some scabbing will appear after that. Also, the color will look too intense, but 50{0b51292cf99ed4f5aa9f9a8fd9fe7f04b3f9f5ede98194b57b4b9d143c566983} of it will fade during the first week. It takes a little bit longer for the color to settle.

During this period, you should religiously follow the tips your artist gave you, in order to avoid any discomfort during healing and get maximum pigment retention.

Do I Need a Lip Tattoo Touch Up?

In general, permanent lip color is applied in 2 sessions to achieve a satisfactory pigment build-up. That’s why the 1st touch up is considered mandatory and is often included in the initial price, but if you’re going for a light, transparent touch of color, it may not be necessary.

But when it comes to its longevity, the lip color tattoo requires touch ups in order to stay fresh and last longer.

The frequency of touch ups depends on your skin type and your lifestyle. Annual touch-ups are recommended if you want to maintain the color as long as possible. Also, you can change the shade of your permanent lip color at the touch up appointment.

People with oily skin should have a touch up a bit more often, about every 6 months. Also, people whose skin is very often exposed to the sun and saltwater might need to retouch their lip color tattoo more often. The color on these types of skin is prone to faster fading.

What Affects the Durability of the Lip Tattoo?

Skin type. The primary factor that affects how long do lip tattoos last is your skin type. People with oily skin will need more frequent touch-ups in order to maintain the color since the excess sebum extracted from the pores around the lips pushes out the pigment.

Lifestyle. Your lifestyle plays an important part, too. If you do a sport where you sweat or swim a lot, it is more likely that your tattooed lips will start losing their color faster. The same goes for smoking.

Sunlight exposure. The sun can accelerate the fading of PMU pigments.

Skincare products. Certain skincare ingredients cause PMU to fade faster, primarily Retinol and acids. The same goes for any mechanical exfoliation that removes pigmented cells.

Touch ups. If you have frequent touch-ups, your permanent lip color will naturally last longer.

Permanent Lip Liner

The permanent lip liner is just an outline. It frames your lips in a color slightly darker than your natural lip color, or in a shade of lipstick you normally wear. It gives the lips definition and can help make the lips look more symmetrical.

Rediscover the beauty of your lips with Vivacious Permanent Lip Makeup. Schedule your consultation today and let us craft a look that stands the test of time, effortlessly.