Semi-permanent make-up is available at our Glasgow and Edinburgh day spa locations, offering a great permanent application of make up that will not smudge or rub off the skin through perspiration, sleep or the weather.

FAQs

What is Semi-Permanent Make-Up?
Semi permanent make-up never smears or rubs off the skin, even through watery eyes, perspiration, sleep and the weather. The beauty of semi-permanent make-up is looking your absolute best from the moment you wake up, rain or shine, in the swimming pool or fresh from the gym.

The way you want to look is up to you. Whether a subtle 'non-statement' enhancement of your eyebrows, eyes and lips that can be enhanced in the evening with 'normal' make-up, or an obvious full made-up look - you decide! The amount of time it lasts depends on your skin and exposure to sun, but typically semi-permanent make-up treatment lasts from 18 months to five years.

Semi-permanent make-up is the ideal solution for:

• people with busy lives
• sparse eyebrows and lashes
• thin lips or colour loss in lip line
• heavy eyes that liner will not stay on
• people with allergies to cosmetics
• people with unsteady hands
• poor eyesight or physical disabilities preventing daily application
• alopecia sufferers
• wrinkled skin that causes make-up to smudge

The Treatment
Prior to your treatment, you will receive a consultation from our highly qualified make-up artist, Jacqui Marshall. If you tend to use the same colour of make-up then please bring that along to your consultation. Your treatment will consist of your chosen colour being implanted into the upper layers of the skin. Finally there will be a follow up session in which the work is thoroughly checked and touched up if necessary.

Although we endeavour to make the treatment as pain free as possible, some discomfort may be experienced during the procedure. A topical anaesthetic cream is used to numb the area to avoid any displeasure.

We advise a colour refresh every year to keep your make-up looking flawless.

Read on for a review of Emma Smith's semi-permanent make-up experience ...

Treatment Reviews

Eye definition for beaten brows
Scotsman, August 2009

If you’ve been reading the fashion pages of late, you'll know there's a craze on the catwalk for shaved eyebrows. If you've seen the pictures, I need say no more. Except: don't do it. Eyebrows appear to do very little, but remove them and it's clear how important they are. Trust me, I know. Aged 15, I worshipped supermodel Kate Moss. So when she shaved off her brows, I promptly followed suit. My dark, thick brows, plucked to oblivion, have been in a sparse state ever since.

Someone suggested semi-permanent make-up (effectively tattoos that fade in a few years) might be the solution but having dismissed it as the territory of the late, great King of Pop I was sceptical. A bit of reading changed that – apparently most of the Hollywood A-List has had some sort of eyebrow filler or permanent shaping. Add to that an introduction to semi-permanent goddess Jacqui Marshall and I was sold. After all, my brows couldn't look any worse than they already did.

With my sister's warnings of marker pen brows ringing in my ears, I arrived at Pure Spa at Ocean Terminal where Marshall works a few days a month. First, she took a good look at my brows. Then I was asked what type of brow I was after. I showed her my picture of Jennifer Aniston. Apparently Jen's are a popular choice as are Angelina's. Marshall then pencilled in the shape and I got the chance to make sure I was happy with the template before the process began.

I looked bizarre but Jacqui was confident, and by now I felt relaxed and trusted her. Then it was time to mix my colour. Marshall never uses black, so I was given "billionaire brown". Many of Marshall's clients are cancer patients or alopecia sufferers who have little or no brows left, so she is an expert at creating a natural look.

I was warned the treatment might hurt a bit, but a topical anaesthetic cream meant it was no more painful than a scale and polish at the dentist. Marshall uses one-time-use needle modules and the process, which felt slightly scratchy, took just under an hour.

Given a sachet of vitamin E gel to apply before bed and again in the morning to prevent 'scabbing', Marshall explained the colour would mute and any redness (there was only a tiny bit) would settle in a matter of days.

And how do they look? I can tell you that it was love at first sight. In fact, I can't stop looking at them and comments from friends that I look rested – one even suggested I had tried Botox, so perhaps younger too – only made me love them more.

by EMMA SMITH