The Real Cost of Cheap Permanent Makeup
That $99 microblading deal on Groupon is hard to scroll past. We understand. Permanent makeup is an investment, and it's natural to look for ways to make it more accessible. But before you book that bargain appointment, there are some things worth knowing — because the word permanent is right there in the name.
Your Face Deserves More Than a Discount
Permanent makeup is a tattoo. It involves needles, pigment, and broken skin. The person holding the tool needs proper training, sterile equipment, quality pigment, and a solid understanding of facial anatomy and colour theory. When any of those things are compromised to cut costs, the risks go beyond a result you don't love. We're talking infections, allergic reactions, and scarring — none of which grow out like a bad haircut.
Incorrect Pigment Doesn't Age Well
The pigment used matters more than most people realize. Incorrect shades and lack of understanding of skin tones can be detrimental in the long run. They can look perfectly fine on day one and shift to a murky grey-green or reddish tone within a year. If you've ever noticed someone with brows that started out brunette and ended up looking more like a bruise, that's almost always a pigment quality issue.
At Lashious, we use only top-quality products and have years of experience understanding colour theory and skin tones because we know what happens to results over time is just as important as what you see walking out the door.
Correction Costs More Than the Original Service
This is the part that doesn't get talked about enough. When a poorly done permanent makeup job needs fixing, it's complicated. Colour correction, saline removal, and laser removal can run hundreds to thousands of dollars across multiple sessions. And depending on how deep or saturated the pigment is, full correction isn't always possible.
Artists who specialize in correction work hear the same story constantly: someone went with the cheaper option, wasn't happy with what they got, and is now spending far more to address it than they would have if they'd gone with a quality artist from the start. The "deal" turned out to be the costlier road.
Technique Takes Time to Develop
The services we offer at Lashious Studio — Nano Brows, Microblading, Nano Brows with Shading, 3D Brows, and Lip Blush — each require a specific, practiced hand.
Nano brows, our most popular brow service, use a digital tattoo machine to create fine, realistic hair strokes. Done well, the results are virtually flawless and longer-lasting than traditional microblading. Done by someone still developing their skills, the strokes can blur, bleed, or heal patchy.
Lip Blush is another service where technique is everything. The lips are a challenging canvas. The skin is thinner, the border has to be precise, and colour saturation needs to be carefully calibrated for each person's skin tone and undertones. There's very little margin for error, and there's no easy way to hide a result that misses the mark.
This is art, and it takes genuine training and experience to get it right.
What You're Paying For at Lashious Studio
When you book with Leah, you're working with an artist who is genuinely passionate about what she does and committed to the best education, technology, and products available. Every appointment starts with a thorough consultation, and every result is tailored to your face, your skin tone, and your lifestyle.
There's no template approach here. Enhancing your natural look so you feel confident is the whole point, and that kind of care doesn't get cut to make a price point work.
We also offer rewards that make it easier to save without compromising the quality of your experience. The Buddy System lets you and a friend save $50 each when you book together. The Brows and Lips Reward takes $100 off your second service when you book both within the same month. And our Referral Reward gives you $50 off when you send a friend our way.
The Bottom Line
Permanent makeup done well can genuinely change your mornings. Waking up with beautifully shaped brows, soft colour on your lips, or lashes that don't need mascara is the kind of thing that's hard to put a price on — until it's done wrong, and suddenly there's a very real price attached to fixing it.
You deserve results you love, by someone who takes your face as seriously as you do.
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