Anna Kara's Permanent Makeup Academy
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Designer's 3D render of the school interior: coral walls, arched niches, a dark ceiling and red armchairs

Our story

How we opened a permanent makeup school in the middle of COVID

How Anna Kara's team leased a former dance studio in North Park, rebuilt it from a custom design and opened a permanent makeup school as COVID restrictions arrived in 2020.

The renovated downtown hall with three treatment beds, round backlit mirrors and a gray wood-look floor

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2022 to 2024: how we nearly lost everything and rebuilt the school

How the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a $25,000 BPPE fine and unaffordable rent nearly ended the school, and how Anna Kara's team moved downtown in February 2024 and rebuilt it.

A group of six women holding course certificates in the downtown studio under copper pendant lamps

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From survival to growth: how the Academy works today

How Anna Kara's Permanent Makeup Academy works today: regular groups, live-model practice with an instructor, full insurance, three business directions and plans for a larger space, own pigments and a store.

Three students of the Academy talking to the camera in short video reviews

Student stories

Students tell us what the Academy was really like

Students of Anna Kara's Permanent Makeup Academy in San Diego tell us in short videos why they chose us, how the intensive training felt and whether it was worth it.