Semi permanent makeup for lips has been a growing trend across the world in the recent past. In the top fashion designers’ catwalks, trendy fashion magazines and the glamorous events from the world of celebrities, permanent lip makeup has been showing increasing popularity.

Thus, it is soon expected to catch on among ordinary people as well. Semi permanent makeup for lips has been cited as a way to get a fuller and more luscious pout and a healthy glow of colour which are desired by more women today, following in the footsteps of their glamorous Hollywood counterparts.

According to Michele Soudi, the owner of Eyebrows Dubai, one of the premier salons providing the service of semi permanent makeup for both eyebrows and lips in Dubai, the need for such forms of makeup has arisen in the context of women wanting to look good, but at the same time being unable to spend a sizable part of their daily routine in putting on and retouching makeup throughout the day.

Modern women are very busy with their careers, their families, studies and a hundred and one things that need their attention. All these things take huge chunks of their time, leaving very little time for them to attend to things like putting on makeup every day. Some people are also not very good at putting on makeup and may find that they end up with smudged and smeared lips, lipstick on their teeth or lipstick bleeding. This is why semi permanent makeup has become popular across the world including in Dubai, she said.

Such makeup would also benefit who have lost the colour, shape and healthy appearance of their lips due to ageing and various other ailments and conditions. Some people have thin, uneven and rather undefined lips by nature. Even such imperfections can be corrected with these techniques, Soudi said. Those who wear lipstick would look even better with this form of makeup as the technique would enhance the shape of the lips and define them in a more attractive manner.

The choices available for those who want to avail themselves of semi permanent makeup for lips are a soft and more natural looking lip line, a better defined lip line, a hint of lip blush (this would work for men as well) or full on lip colour.

For somebody who opts for this treatment, the aftercare would involve avoiding salty and spicy food and acts like kissing. They would to have to drink through a straw without allowing the lips to come into direct contact with a relatively larger surface. Although some itching and flaking is normal with the healing process, the treated area shouldn’t be touched or scratched to prevent infections and scarring and to allow uniform healing all over. The colours may look sharper immediately after the treatment, but are bound to lighten and soften as the healing process takes effect. However, with a touchup and non-exposure to the sun and various harsh chemicals, semi permanent makeup will stay put for even three years, Soudi said.