It's All About You & Your BEAUty, Inside & Out. Commit Today to Filling Your Bucket

It's that time of year again - to show off your skin (whether you want to or not).

Take the time to evaluate your skin to put your best face forward.

Start this summer with a clean, fresh face and a commitment to a daily sunscreen.  We are excited to introduce a new light weight foundation with at SP15 that is perfect for summer and all year long.

Does your face have residual damage from last summer's sun exposure? This is the perfect time to schedule your skin care treatments, whether it is: IPL Treatments (Intense Pulse Light), Microdermabrasion or a more serious peel to remove any telltale sun spots or hyper-pigmentation.

 

Photo-damage is accumulative, so don't allow discolorations to build up or darken before seeing your aesthetician or doctor for removal.

Don't forget about your legs. Many of us suffer from unsightly leg veins. Don't let it keep you from wearing, shorts, skirts and capris this summer. Consider Sclerotherapy for leg veins. Please consider scheduling an appointment with your doctor today. There may be some residual bruising or multiple sessions, so don't wait.

My commitment to writing this blog to remind you, each and every one of you how important you are and share my personal favorite lessons learned.
Feel free to share how you are going to fill your cup with your beauty plans, this month, on our FaceBook page. We will look forward to hearing from you. Remember, we love video and pictures too! 

If we do not take care of ourselves, our cups feel empty. No one, not even our loving significant others or our children will come to us and say "you look a bit tired, you seem to do everything for everyone so I made you an appointment for your eyebrows to be touched up". Its not happening! You will be considered fortunate if your significant other scheduled you a manicure. We must go off and fill our own cups and ultimately, I always find I have more to give when I have taken care of myself.

 

ITS ALL ABOUT YOU AND YOUR BEAUTY INSIDE AND OUT, COMMIT TODAY TO FILLING YOUR BUCKET!

Spring into Action with BEAU BEAUTY PLAN!

The trend for eyebrows this year are full and paramount. These fuller and more lush eyebrows give women a beautiful look and are reminiscent of the sexy, glamorous looks of the forties!!! They frame the eyes with color, show expression, and bring every other facial feature into balance, when shaped properly.

Here, at Beau, we specialize in custom design just for your face utilizing hair simulation in permanent eyebrows. It is the most fabulous and realistic effect and we can restore the gorgeous brows you may have once had or wish to have, now. So, you can eliminate an eyebrow pencil from your Spring makeup shopping list.

For Permanent Lip Color, you may want to request the Gloss and Go effect. This consists of a lip liner that is shaded into the lip interior utilizing the natural lip color for a natural, earthier effect. Gloss and Go can be done in any range of colors from very soft and neutral shades to a more dramatic choice of color.

 

Very often, our lips need to be reshaped or the color brought back out to the vermillion border to where it once was. When this is done, the effect is amazing!!! A millimeter on a lip appears to be more like a mile in the dramatic way it improves the fullness as well as denoting youth. I am a big fan of lip shaping and color because I have watched for the past 23 years how it makes women feel, including myself. The effect of permanent lip color is sexy and youthful and confidence building to have definition and color every waking moment.

Tinted lip glosses with a slight shimmer really add the appearance of fullness to lips. Also, any color you choose can be placed over your permanent lip color and you will also find that both lipsticks and glosses will wear longer once your lips are tattooed. I like to have a wardrobe of lip glosses ranging from very light and nude to deeper and hotter pinks and reds.

You can also choose a peachy nude, a more vibrant apricot and a deeper coppery shade for a warm colored wardrobe of lip shades. Have fun shopping for them but do not forget to make your appointment for your Gloss and Go lip procedure.

How about the myriad of colors in eye shadows and eyeliner pencils they are showing? What's a girl to do? Simply select a neutral shade for your permanent eyeliner and add any of the shadows and colored pencils for extra drama.

Permanent double color is also an option as well as a smudge effect on the bottom liner. Plan your summer with smear-proof eyeliner that frames your eyes and keeps them dancing with color 24/7. Go ahead and shop for all of those great shadows and colored pencils but first, make your appointment for your permanent eyeliner, today!

Fight the winter blues by focusing on YOU!

Fight the winter blues by focusing on YOU!

Winter doldrums and complacency often set in following the holiday season. We shopped for family and friends, cooked and baked with great purpose and then comes the lull. The perfect way to avoid the lull is to put the focus back on YOU!!!

Are you in need of a touch-up on your permanent makeup? It may be time to fall in love, again, with your permanent eyebrows, fabulous non-smearing eyeliner or sensuous lips. Schedule your touch-ups and be ready for summer. Is there a new permanent makeup procedure you have been putting off? Do it now!

Does your face have residual damage from last summer's sun exposure? This is the perfect time to schedule your skin care treatments, whether it is: IPL, Microdermabrasion or a serious peel to remove any telltale sun spots or hyperpigmentation. Photo-damage is accumulative, so don't allow discolorations to build up or darken before seeing your aesthetician or doctor for removal. Start this summer with a clean, fresh face and a commitment to a daily sunscreen.

Well, I hope this reminded you how important you are and I will share something I learned a while back. When we don't take care of ourselves, our cups feel empty. No one, not even our loving significant others or our children will come to us and saying you look a bit tired, you seem to do everything for everyone so I made you an appointment for your eyebrows to be touched up. It's not happening! You will be considered fortunate if your significant other scheduled you a manicure. We must go off and fill our own cups and ultimately, I always find I have more to give when I have taken care of myself. Feel free to share how you are going to fill your cup with your beauty plans, this month, on our Facebook page. We will look forward to hearing from you.

Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention

I took part in The Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention last weekend, since my permanent makeup classes generally consist of nurses, physician assistants, aestheticians and tattoo artists. As I walked up and down the aisles of this hugely, overwhelming tattoo show I wondered how anyone could possibly select an artist from such an enormously talented group.

Would it be according to how the artist looks, perhaps a hot looking guy or girl, possibly even how extreme they appear (tattoos on their faces or extreme piercings) or is it how the booth itself is designed with signage or maybe the artist's portfolio that convinces the anxious consumer to select their artist?

As I perused the hundreds of booths, I decided I would make my pretend selection from their portfolios, so I went through several hundred of those until I happened upon an artist that completely blew me away!So much that I purchased one of his prints since I wasn't actually seeking the permanence of a tattoo. A few isles over and I purchased another print. The talent was endless and it would have been a very difficult decision if I really had to select. Then, I realized, this is why people have more than one tattoo!

This brought me to another fascinating question. What makes one person select a religious symbol and the next person a demonic creature to proudly display? Then, there are some that choose a beautiful ethnic expression such as Celtic design or a flag that they don with honor. It is so interesting to see these various forms of self-expression and even more interesting to hear why people make their selection. We heard so many great stories that varied from the deepest of meaning (even tattooed portraits of loved ones) to comedic display.

There are even tattoo artists that specialize in Cover-Ups, when one wishes to cover up an old tattoo, a bad tattoo or a tattooed name that no longer applies to one's life. Dan Craft, of DNA tattoo in Williamstown, is known for his tattoo artistry as well as this Cover-Up specialization.

It was a great thrill to get to meet Philadelphia Eddie and I purchased all 5 volumes of his book, My Vida Loca. He stressed to me that I need to read them in order so that I can appreciate the flow of his entire life in tattooing and I can't wait to read about his early days and how his techniques eventually morphed and evolved.

Our booth was non-stop with both inquiries and spectators while I was performing a procedure. Lots of younger girls wanting permanent eyeliner and women wanting their eyebrows tattooed. One thing for sure, tattooing, in just about every form has become quite mainstream. There were mothers and daughters that stopped by to tell us they were there to get identical tattoos to symbolize their bond to each other.

Our funniest moment was when a young guy with several tattoos was watching me do an eyebrow procedure and said he had to turn away because he felt faint. In unison, along with his girlfriend, we all said, "Seriously" and laughed out loud!

The lines to get into the show appeared to be endless and the crowds in each isle at times were barely passable but I have never heard so much Philadelphia Brotherly Love. I will always remember this weekend for hearing, Excuse Me and Sorry, more times than I have ever heard in any crowd. It was the friendliest crowd and I was proud to be a part of this exhibition and can't wait until next year to do it, again!!!

New Year... New You!

The Mayans were wrong so we are forced to make those New Year resolutions, once again. However, this year, lets try something new. Let begin our beauty regiment from the inside.

The New Year is a good time to reflect as well as project. What part of your persona that you projected in 2012 do you wish to improve in 2013? It may be patience, it may be a general attitude you have at work, it may be kindness you wish to show, generosity, etc. Close your eyes and picture this person you want to project to the world. Picture the beauty in this New You and now stop and FEEL this beauty, really FEEL it.

How will this beautiful you greet people, how will you walk and carry yourself, how will you handle problems and issues? Now simply translate this feeling into words in a sentence or two. For instance, am kind, patient and generous with my time and this inner beauty is felt by everyone I encounter. Another example, am accepting to people walking their chosen path and this acceptance is reflected through my eyes. One more example, Iam confident in the kind person that I am and I carry myself with great pride. Now, each and every morning and even throughout the day, recite this affirmation and saying it into a mirror is best. Getting beauty right from the inside is where beauty truly begins.

Outer beauty is the easy part. But, first, we have to be honest with ourselves in how much time and work we are willing to put into this outer beauty idea. Lets start with our skin. Me, I KNOW I am lazy. I am not the woman that follows 5 steps to washing her face morning and evening that may or may not include some anti-aging products. This could even mean more steps! I can't (refuse) to it!!! I found a 2-Step cleansing and anti-aging process that works for me. I am big on retinols (love Riffissa) and sunscreens and this combo really does make things quite simple. Many over-the-counter products now contain retinols and are a great place to begin using them and eventually, you can graduate to a prescriptive strength. As we mature, we lose the fat in our skin and retinols are the only things that actually thicken skin. They also reduce brown spots and even out the overall tone of one's complexion.

Many women will say NO to retinols because of a bad reaction or experience they had with Retin-A, but that is prescriptive strength and most likely they were told to use it every day. This will create redness and flaking and sometimes irritation in most women but beginning with a much less strong retinol will not create these discomforts and reactions. Vitamin C is also very popular. Find the anti-aging product that works for you but remember, spending more money on the cream doesn't necessarily make it any better. Often, you are paying for marketing and packaging. Keep it simple and inexpensive and if you don't see a marked change within 15 to 30 days, send it back to the company. They always want feedback and most often are very generous with giving you a refund.