How to Get Fuller Lips With a Semi-permanent Makeup Technique

Imagine having luscious, pouty lips without having to reapply makeup throughout a busy day. With lip embroidery in Singapore (also known as lip blushing), a semi-permanent makeup technique, you might be able to make your lips appear plumper with more colour. You may have heard of semi-permanent makeup from TikTok videos or celebrities, like the American comedian Katy Griffiths. But what exactly does it entail? Read on to learn more about semi-permanent makeup and how it may help you get lovelier lips.

What is Semi-Permanent Makeup?

Semi-permanent makeup is a collective term given to a number of beauty procedures that aim to make you look like you are wearing makeup without actually needing to. Such techniques can reshape eyebrows, add definition to lips, or manage scalp scars caused by conditions like alopecia. These procedures are also known as “micropigmentation,” or cosmetic tattooing. Unlike actual tattooing, semi-permanent makeup is not intended to last forever (hence the name). The effects are expected to fade with time, usually within one to five years, depending on the procedure and your skin type.

Compared to some surgical cosmetic procedures, semi-permanent makeup techniques are less costly, possibly less painful (depending on the person), and a lot less permanent. You may be able to recover faster because these techniques are usually only applied to the topmost layers of the skin (the epidermis), and not the deeper layers (the dermis) dense with nerves and blood vessels. The typical procedure involves a licensed professional using a fine needle to implant pigments into the outer layers of the skin. As the body occasionally renews the epidermis, the inserted pigments will naturally fade with time, so you are not stuck with the procedure for the rest of your life.

Semi-permanent makeup techniques are popular because of the convenience and time-saving benefits they offer. With lip blushing, you can avoid the hassle of applying lipstick or lip liner on a daily basis, saving yourself time to do other things in the morning. Moreover, these techniques would be particularly useful if you work in an environment where lip makeup tends to fade quickly, such as in an aquatic setting.

Lip Embroidery—A Semi-Permanent Makeup Technique for Gorgeous Lips

Lip embroidery has many names, including lip blushing and lip tattooing, which may sometimes cause confusion. In Singapore, lip embroidery is the commonly used term, while Western countries prefer the term lip blushing. Whatever it is called, this semi-permanent makeup technique involves carefully inserting a colour pigment (typically chosen by the patient) into the outer skin layers of your lips.

During the procedure, a skilled technician uses a special tattooing machine with ultra-fine needles to deposit pigments across the lips to colour and contour. Unlike regular tattooing machines, lip blushing machines function at a lower speed, limiting the pain of the procedure. The final result could give your lips a “beautiful finish of shading and blending, with a softer more natural look,” according to Lesley Wilks, a celebrity makeup artist based in Britain.

You can get voluptuous lips with even lines and perhaps even an alluring pout with this technique. Lip blushing is highly effective for fixing uneven pigmentation issues affecting the lips, which can exacerbate as you age.

How Can Semi-Permanent Makeup Alter Your Lips

You can change more than one feature of your lips with semi-permanent lip makeup. Here are some of the benefits lip blushing can offer:

Enhance the Colour

Lip blushing can alter or improve the colour of your lips. You can pick a colour that best compliments your skin tone for the procedure, and the result will show for several years. If you are ageing, you may be able to retain the natural hue of your lips with semi-permanent makeup.

Add Volume

Another major benefit of lip blushing is fuller and plumper lips. In fact, you can add both colour and volume to your lips in one sitting, unlike other popular techniques like lip fillers, which can only add volume.

Correct Asymmetry

Lip blushing can help correct lip asymmetry by enhancing and balancing the appearance of the lips. By adding volume and enhancing the colour, a skilled technician can make your lips look even and sultry. Semi-permanent lip makeup can even make uneven Cupid’s bows (which is the upper part of the lip) appear as typically shaped.

Define the Lip Line

Semi-permanent lip makeup is a less invasive alternative to procedures like lip lifts to define the lip line. Lip lifts are permanent and cannot be reversed without another procedure, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Lip blushing could offer you a temporary solution to make your lips look the way you want them to.

Contact Arch Angel Brow for Exquisite Lips Embroidery in Singapore

As with any procedure involving inserting needles into your body, lip blushing may involve health risks. Therefore, it is important to get this procedure done only with reliable and reputed beauty technicians in Singapore, such as Arch Angel Brow. This well-known cosmetic clinic specialises in semi-permanent makeup techniques, which it initially introduced to Singapore from Korea in 2015. Their operations have expanded to include state-of-the-art lip embroidery as well. You can contact the beauty clinic directly for a hands-on consultation about getting sumptuous lips that will make heads turn.