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Dubai Permanent Make Up In Dubai – Perfect Makeup For 3 Years.

Dubai Permanent Make Up In Dubai – Perfect Makeup For 3 Years.

14th March 2012

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http://www.timeoutdubai.com/bodyandmind/features/30970-permanent-make-up-in-dubai

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Dubai Permanent Make Up In Dubai – Perfect Makeup For 3 Years.

The facts and risks of the new micropigmentation trend

Dubai is a city with a workaholic population and – it is more than fair to say – a penchant for self-improvement. It’s little wonder then that women are reaching beyond their make-up bags for lasting beauty solutions, with many believing the answer lies in clinics offering permanent or semi-permanent make-up.
So how does it work? According to Harley Street-trained specialist Candice Watson, it’s important to note that they are one and the same: most governments require that the procedure be referred to as permanent. Look at the colour fades over a period of two to three years: the pigment remains under the dermal layer of the skin (visible only using a microscope).

Based in Dubai

 
Based in Dubai for the last three years, Watson has seen clients in the LCAS cosmetic surgery clinic in Dubai Healthcare City and is also the specialist for cosmetic tattoos at the Burj Al Arab. ‘In layman’s terms, it’s a tattooing process, but the difference is that we don’t use indelible inks, which are blue-based inks, and it doesn’t go deeply into the skin, hence why it’s called micropigmentation. It goes just underneath the dermal layer, and the pigments fade over time and don’t leave that horrible bluey mark you see around a lot in Dubai,’ she explains.


Though it has recently become illegal for the procedure to be performed in salons and spas across Dubai, it is still legal in cosmetic surgery clinics. Watson explains that people should be vigilant when choosing a clinic, as there are places where you can wind up paying over the odds for an unfinished job or, even worse, a botched one. If done correctly, Watson explains that micropigmentation should ‘enhance what you’ve got, rather than be a complete replacement for make-up.’

Block Brows

The average price you will pay for treatment is Dhs3,000 (though the smallest and cheapest treatment Watson herself does is a beauty spot, which comes in at Dhs1,000). Following a top-up three to four weeks later, you can expect the results to last two to three years. ‘With the eyebrows, you put hair strokes in so they look natural instead of a block colour,’ says Watson. ‘With lips, the most popular are natural and blush colours, and with eyeliner, you enhance the eyes by putting colour through the lash area to make the lashes look thicker.’

Mr Spock Style Brows

Of course, it doesn’t always go to plan; this is where her warnings come in. ‘I’ve had people come to me with lip liner that’s virtually up their nose, they’ve gone way over the lip line, and it looks really bad, I’ve had people come in with blue eyebrows that are sticking up Mr Spock-style, and I’ve had a lady who originally wanted camouflage on her nose, and she ended up with bright green spots all over it, which we’ve had to take out gradually.’ The most common risk with an unskilled technician or someone using old pigments or equipment is coming out with a very bad look, which you will, unfortunately, be stuck with unless you can afford to pay the extra to remove it.

Lips and Brows are Popular


Though Watson has helped numerous clients get a bad job right, she reveals the most popular treatment among her clients in Dubai is done on the lips. ‘Eyebrows are always popular because you start to lose them as you get older, but here it’s full lip colour. Many local and Indian ladies have quite a dark pigment in their lips, and they come to me to make them a pinker colour.’ While new trends such as double-coloured eyeliner – where black is applied initially and then a colour such as green, blue or purple is applied above – are growing in popularity among Watson’s former Harley Street neighbours, in the Middle East, there is a growing trend towards micropigmentation being used post-op.

Areola Tattooing

‘Here, the medical side of it is coming into play much more, with things like areola re-pigmenting, which is where people have mastectomies due to breast cancer, and they have a reconstruction, so we tattoo a very realistic nipple on,’ she explains. ‘In that situation, we are giving people their life back.’ Though she insists every procedure is painless, Watson remains adamant people do their research and check the standards of any clinic before going under the needle. With scar camouflaging and colour pigmentation solutions for conditions such as vitiligo available, once you’ve found the right location and the right technician, micropigmentation has the potential to be a whole lot more than make-up.

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For more information or to book a consultation with Candice Watson, email info@exclusiveaesthetic.com
By Holly Sands
Time Out Dubai, 13 March 2012
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Where to get make-up that really lasts in Abu Dhabi?

Having a tattooed face isn’t just the preserve of bikers and heavy metallers anymore. Ladies across the UAE are turning to the needle for semi-permanent make-up procedures that leave their eyes, lips and brows ‘done’ for up to five years. It’s a big commitment, but it seems as though nothing daunts beauty-seekers in the capital, so demand for the treatment is steadily growing. We asked specialist Candice Watson (pictured, top right) to tell us more.


Can you explain how SPMU actually works?
SPMU (semi-permanent make-up) is a process that implants pigment into the skin for a lasting effect. We do not go as deep as conventional tattoos, and we use safe and non-indelible pigments. Permanent tattoo inks will always have a blue hue that lasts forever. Anyone using these permanent inks (which many do in the UAE) should not be doing so for makeup; they will always end up in a blue or green colour, which is not a good look on an eyebrow!

How long does it last?
The SPMU will last two to five years, but in this heat and sun, I always recommend that my clients have a top-up after 12 to 18 months to keep the colour fresh.


What are the advantages of having SPMU?
I can’t think of anyone who would not benefit from SPMU. It saves time applying make-up daily, it will never smudge down your face in the heat or when swimming, and you even wake up in the morning looking perfect. Other people who benefit are those with allergies to cosmetic make-up, who wear glasses and find it difficult to see when applying make-up, or who have thin eyebrow hair.


So, everyone’s biggest fear – what if a mistake is made?
Mistakes are made with SPMU and with PMU (permanent tattooing), but this is due to poor-quality specialists, bad pigments and low-quality machines, many of which are commonplace in the UAE.

I would estimate around 70 per cent of my work in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is correcting or removing other people’s poor-quality work. It is amazing how bad some treatments can look and that someone can do that sort of work on someone’s face!

Thankfully I use a very successful removals method which nine times out of 10 completely removes the pigment, even if a permanent ink has been used.


And is the treatment painful?
I have heard from many of my clients that when they last had an SPMU treatment elsewhere, it was agony, but when I treat them, they have been amazed by how there is so little pain. I even have clients falling asleep while having the treatment.


Do you have SPMU yourself?
I started doing SPMU 20 years ago, and the first thing I did was lip-liner, which I loved and will now never be without. I also had eyelash enhancement done about three years ago, and I apply just a few hair strokes now and then in my brows. I’m not sure I could go without it now. Although it all looks very natural, I wouldn’t want to wake up in the morning and see myself with nothing there at all – scary!


What kind of SPMU is the most popular?
In my 20 years of experience working in the UK, eyebrows were always the most popular request. But in the UAE, it seems to be everything: full lip colour, eyebrows – the works! Anybody between the ages of 18 and 80 can have SPMU. although we use a slightly different technique for older skin to prevent bleeding of the colour.


Does the final effect look natural or fully made-up?
SPMU can look as natural or as made-up as the client wishes. I try to encourage clients to stick to the more natural side of things so that when they take the rest of their makeup off, it doesn’t look startlingly obvious that they’ve had SPMU done. When SPMU first came out, it was meant to enhance your natural features and not to be used as a complete replacement for cosmetic makeup. Over the years, however, people have started to become more confident with looking made-up all the time, so of course, times change, but still, I would encourage people not to go over the top….


Prices range from Dhs1,000-6,000. Contact Candice by email at info@exclusivebeautyuae.com to book an appointment.
By Helen Elfer
Time Out Abu Dhabi, 2 August 2011

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