Lip Blush Tattooing Sunshine Coast
Soft, natural-looking lip colour and definition, individually designed, with 10+ years experience
Lip Blush (includes 6-8 week touch up) $900
Bring back the colour and definition your lips have lost
If your lips appear pale, uneven or less defined than they once were, lip blush can restore a soft wash of colour and create a clearer, more balanced-looking border.
This isn’t the heavy, permanent lip tattooing you may be imagining. Lip blush is a modern cosmetic tattooing technique designed to heal into a subtle tint more like your natural lips on their best day than a bold lipstick.
At Signature Cosmetic & Beauty, every colour and shape is customised to complement your natural lips, skin tone and preferred result.
What is lip blush tattooing?
Lip blush is a cosmetic tattooing technique that deposits a soft veil of pigment throughout the natural lip tissue.
Rather than creating a harsh outline, the colour is gently blended across the lips to restore definition, improve the appearance of uneven colouring and create a fresh, naturally tinted result.
The goal is not to make your lips look “tattooed.” Once healed, your lip blush should look soft and wearable with or without gloss.
See some freshly tattooed and healed lips below:
What can lip blush help with?
Lip blush may be suitable if:
- Your lips have become pale or lost colour over time
- Your natural lip border is difficult to see
- Your lip colour appears uneven or patchy
- One side of your lip looks slightly different from the other
- You want your lips to look fresher without applying lipstick
- Lip products regularly smudge or disappear
- You want more definition while maintaining a natural result
- You want to feel more polished when you aren’t wearing makeup
Choosing your lip blush colour
You don’t need to arrive knowing the exact pigment colour you want.
During your consultation, we’ll consider:
- Your natural lip colour
- Your skin tone and undertone
- The lip products you normally wear
- Whether you want a barely-there or more noticeable result
- How your chosen pigment is expected to heal
We can use your favourite lipstick or lip tint as inspiration, but your tattoo colour will be selected according to how pigment heals within the lips not simply how it appears in the bottle.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does cosmetic lip tattoo last?
Cosmetic tattoos are only semi permanent and designed to fade out over time. Most of our clients need a refresh around the 2-3yr mark, although each skin type will retain pigment differently.
The stronger style of tattoo you get generally the longer your tattoo will last as there is more colour in your skin. For example someone getting a natural lip blush tattoo will not last as long as someone getting a bolder lipstick type effect.
You should let at least 50% of your tattoo fade before coming back for a refresh. If your lips are not refreshed the colour will slowly fade out over time.
Does Cosmetic tattooing hurt?
Everyone has a different pain threshold. We recommend using numbing cream for your treatment, we work with a local compound chemist and can help you get this organized to bring in for your treatment. We do our best to keep you as comfortable as possible during your treatment. Your eyes will be closed during the treatment so you can relax and enjoy our massage bed.
What is the process for lip tattooing?
Cosmetic tattooing is a multi-treatment process.
Your first appointment will take 1.5-2hrs where we will do an in-depth consultation, design, measure and draw your new shape.
Once you are happy with the chosen shape the actual tattooing process takes about 45-60mins.
After this appointment we let your lips heal for 6 weeks before coming back for a touch up appointment. This appointment takes 45mins-1hr and we will go through and perfect anything needed. At this appointment you have the option to make any changes or add to your new lip tattoo.
Your tattoo should then last 2-3years before needing to come back for any more sessions.
What is the healing process like?
You will go through a noticeable period of healing for approx. 7days.
The first couple of days your lips will be at their darkest and brightest. You may also notice some redness and swelling in the area from any inflammation in your skin.
Usually day 2-3 you will notice your lips start to flake, this is the top layer of skin shedding off. Any colour that is sitting in this layer of skin will drop out of your lip tattoo meaning your lips can fade appropriately 50-60% during this time.
It is quite normal after your first session for you to notice some patches through your tattoo after healing as it depends on your skin and how well it holds the colour. This is why your touch up appointment is important to attend so we can touch up any of these spots and perfect your lips.
What if I’m unsure on what to get?
We carry out a thorough consultation before your tattoo process to explain the differences between the techniques and styles. Your technician will work with you to discuss your goals and expectations.
After assessing your lips, skin and lifestyle we will then give you recommendations on what we believe will give you the results you are after.
Once that is all decided upon we will precisely measure up your face to determine what will suit you best. We will design and draw on a shape to show you and make sure you are happy with it before we start the tattoo process.
At your initial appointment we like to start off more natural to then give you time before your next session to let it settle, see how you like everything and how it heals. By doing this it gives the opportunity to make any changes and add to your tattoo at your touch up appointment.
