To enhance the color and shape of your lips, you can use temporary makeup techniques like overlining with a lip pencil and applying various lipsticks repeatedly each day. But if you want your lips to be perfect without daily effort, consider a semi-permanent cosmetic tattoo lip blush, tailored to natural aesthetic goals. For an even fuller yet natural appearance, choose 3D lips.
At Anna Kara’s PMU studio, you’ll find a qualified artist who will perform a procedure flawlessly, highlighting natural lip color, creating symmetrical balance, and making your lips even more beautiful than they are. In the article, we’ll explore the technique’s details and the way lip blushing is fading over time.
Understanding Lip Blush and Its Longevity
As with any semi-permanent cosmetic tattoo, the lip blush process starts with an expert consultation before a treatment appointment. An artist informs you of contraindications and provides recommendations on the design and color. Broadly, you’d better refuse lip blushing if you have active herpes simplex, allergies to tattoo pigments, keloid-prone skin, or take blood thinners or Accutane. Also, pregnancy and breastfeeding are reasons to consult a physician.
The initial session takes about two hours. An artist cleans the lips, applies a numbing cream, maps the lip shape, and starts applying pigment in tiny pixelated strokes to get a gradient effect. A small machine is used to deposit the ink. At the end of the procedure, your treated lips are protected with a healing balm. The result is always a soft lip tint. It’s not as bold as opaque permanent makeup lips or lipstick. It does not look like the dark outlined lip liner.
Your new fuller and more defined lips fade evenly over time. The effect does not restrict your makeup options during the period the tattoo lasts, which is up to 3 years with proper care. You’ll be able to bring a variety of looks to life, changing your style but still having your well-defined basic lips. You may need a refresh in a year when the color, holding strong and vibrant all these months, gradually softens and starts fading. It is time for a touch-up. It depends on a range of factors, including the artist’s skills and the material used. The high quality of both is guaranteed at Anna Kara’s Beauty PMU studio. By the way, if you want to remove a tattoo, you can do lip neutralization here.
Factors Influencing Lip Blush Fading
The extent of lip blush fading depends on numerous factors, which can be controlled to maintain the tattoo result. First, the color becomes lighter over time. Later, the defined border starts losing its structure.
Skin Type and Its Impact on Pigment Retention
Skin type is one of the most important factors impacting pigment retention. The lip blush lasts better on dry skin, which holds pigment longer. If you properly hydrate your skin, you will keep the color for up to 24 months and notice visible fading during the following 12 months. In about 3 years, a renewal is needed.
Oily skin with excessive oil production reduces lip blush longevity. You will enjoy the result for up to 14 months, followed by a fade-down phase. A renewal is needed in up to 20 months, but if you refresh your color every 12 months, you will maintain the result longer.
If you have normal skin or combination skin, you can expect color retention for up to 18 months, with fading during the following year. Thus, a renewal is required in 2 to 2.5 years after the initial session. You can be sure to hear from an artist in Anna Kara’s PMU salon about your lip skin type during a consultation and the approximate longevity of the result.
Lifestyle Choices and Their Effects on Lip Blush Durability
Also, we’d mention some other factors that affect lip blush durability:
- UV light. Frequent direct contact accelerates fading. To avoid the consequences, you should use an SPF lip balm.
- Smoking. Nicotine interferes with blood circulation, which impacts pigment.
- Skincare routine. Aggressive components of skincare products used near the lips contribute to premature fading. To avoid it, you should not apply them to your lip line.
- Metabolism. Higher metabolism causes faster pigment turnover. You should know that hot drinks and spicy food temporarily accelerate your metabolism, which can slightly contribute to accelerated fading.
As we have mentioned, the artist’s skills, the material used, and the depth of depositing are important. A competent artist uses high-quality pigment and incorporates it into the skin at the perfect depth for lasting results. But even with that, lighter pigments fade faster. While saturated tones last longer.
The Lip Blush Fading Process Over Time
Starting from the beginning, you will not see your final color immediately after the tattoo session. For the first few days, treated lips look brighter than they are supposed to be. Approximately a week later, mild flaking starts, which should shed naturally in about three days. At this stage, the color is not true. It is often uneven. But in a month, when the so-called “ghosting” phase is over, the final color emerges and lasts for up to 3 years, depending on your skin type and lifestyle.
Typically, artists schedule a perfecting session in the 8th week. Then, you’ll enjoy your look until you find your lip blush faded to about 50% of its original intensity. It’s time to book a touch-up appointment. A correction is less expensive and takes less time than an initial procedure.
Appearance After One Year
You will notice a slow fading of pigment a year after the treatment. The lips still have a soft, natural tint, but the pigment looks about 30% lighter against the vibrant initial color. Due to a gradual breakdown of the pigment, in addition to color softening, the perfectly defined borders become less structured. If you do not protect your face from the ultraviolet, the pigment can fade unevenly.
Changes After Two Years
In two years, pigment typically fades by about 50%. You will have a natural tint on your lips as if you used a lip stain for a natural, “no-makeup” look. You can return to your artist for a touch-up or refuse to refresh the vibrancy and interfere with the lip blush fading process for the next few years until it is over.
Maintaining and Prolonging Lip Blush Results
To prevent early faded lip blush, you should maintain the results. It is important to prepare properly for the treatment and protect your treated lips as recommended.
Importance of Touch-Up Sessions
Touch-ups refresh pigment and improve shapes. About every six weeks, you’d better book an appointment to perfect the color of your lips. It will take little time and effort and help you prolong the tattoo.
Aftercare Practices to Minimize Fading
Aftercare is crucial to support proper healing and pigment retention. You should keep your treated lips moisturized with balms, but avoid contact with water and hot meals while your lips are healing. Peeling skin layers is forbidden. Further, you should use an SPF cream on your lips daily, year-round, and avoid harsh scrubs, retinoids, and acids on your lips. Also, fillers can be used at least a month after tattooing.
