Perfect Contour: Sketching Eyebrows and Eyelids in Permanent Makeup

High-quality performance of any permanent makeup procedure can guarantee the availability of appropriate education, which must necessarily include special training for such procedures. In addition, the ideal result depends on the correct drawing of the sketch.

A consultation with a client is an obligatory stage that precedes the procedure for a qualified permanent makeup master. During the consultation, the specialist should find out the client's ideas about the shape and color of permanent makeup, as well as jointly determine the best option for the necessary contours and shades.

What should you pay attention to first of all? Firstly, how close the proportions of the face are to the desired, as well as to the generally accepted standards of beauty. Measurement of facial proportions, analysis of its shape and structure allow you to draw lines more correctly and correct or hide possible minor flaws. We are talking about the so-called giving the face symmetry.

After determining the shape, the next step is to select the color of the pigment. To do this, recommend that the client completely remove makeup from her face - otherwise there is a risk of matching the shade to the tone of the shadows on the eyelids, and not to the natural skin tones. The color scheme of permanent makeup should always be selected individually; it should both be combined with the general color type of the client, and correspond to his image.

Only after choosing the shape and color, the contours for applying the upcoming makeup are outlined. The master needs such an initial sketch in order to make sure that future eyebrows or arrows will not look alien on the client’s face and, most importantly, she will like it.

After applying the “draft drawing”, the master, having prepared and checked all the necessary tools, will be ready to start the procedure.

Refined technique

It is necessary to start drawing contours from the eyebrows. For this, there is a wide range of special cosmetic pencils with a large number of pigments. When measuring the eyebrow with a flesh-colored pencil, a small markup is made. This procedure is optional, it is intended to determine the main points for applying makeup. Undoubtedly, the drawn eyebrows should be in harmony with the face of the client. The outer and inner edge of the eyebrow should be approximately at the same level. Do not make the color intense enough, even if the shape is optimally chosen - in most cases, clients do not like strong colors. Comb the tinted eyebrow several times with a special brush to remove excess paint from the hairs and make the line softer.

Once you've significantly altered the natural shape of your brow, use a skin-colored pencil to touch up hairs that don't fit the shape you've chosen, and apply light makeup. Start plucking eyebrows only after the client has finally approved the new eyebrow shape for permanent makeup. The exception is those single hairs that do not affect the shape of the eyebrow in any way - they can be removed immediately.

Perfect underlining of the eyelid

The shapes of the eyes of people differ significantly from each other, even if we are talking about residents of the same continent (for example, Europeans, Asians). Since the right and left halves of a person's face are different, it is unlikely that you will be able to find a client with two identical eyes.

With permanent eye makeup, you can apply a contour that will visually thicken the eyelashes. Thanks to a special method of pressing the eye, the contour for thickening the eyelashes is obtained better and more accurately. This technique makes the procedure easier, and the client feels much more comfortable. A thin line is drawn between the eyelashes. This is easier to do if the points are in series. Often it is not always possible to draw a thin line on the lower eyelid, even despite a sharply honed pencil. With the help of a cotton swab and a small amount of cosmetic milk, you can easily correct the line. At the inner edge of the lower eyelid, the line should be thin, you can emphasize it more strongly at the outer edge. Try not to go beyond the lash line. To give expressiveness to the eyes, you can slightly raise the edge of the eyelid.

When correcting the eyelids, it is important to take into account the shape of the eyes, otherwise round-shaped eyes may appear even rounder, small eyes narrowed, and slanting eyes will become sad.

Decorate the eyelid line in a decorative way. Remember: the line should not end in a strong bend, but it should not look too straight and broken. For greater clarity, first draw the outline of one eye and demonstrate to the client how you can emphasize the eye favorably by drawing up the line of the eyelid.

Note to the master

For the correct drawing of a preliminary sketch, it is important to consider the following rules.

• Cosmetic pencils for contouring should always be sharply sharpened - only in this case the contours are accurate. In addition, this is one of the hygiene requirements.

• Before showing the client the result in the mirror, check for yourself the correctness of the contour. And only after that, discuss the work done together. It’s better for the master to stand behind the client’s back in order to assess the big picture. When the client approves the pre-applied contours, the specialist can be sure that the preparation for the procedure was successful and proceed directly to the permanent makeup.