Lip tattoo – colors and how to choose the perfect shade?

Representatives of the fair sex strive for beauty like no other. There are many opportunities to improve your appearance, correct or highlight your natural beauty. Women are increasingly getting cosmetic tattooing - some for correction, others for convenience. Read all about lip tattooing in the article.

The history of the origin of permanent makeup is rooted in the deep past. Women of various nations and tribes were tattooed on their faces to indicate marital status, social affiliation, or to attract men. Over time, the art of tattoos has grown into permanent makeup as we know it.

It is done mainly to correct the shape of the eyes, face, and lips. Moreover, the money spent and the discomfort justify the result. Lip tattooing will allow you to save time on makeup and also look fresh and attractive in any situation.

Lip tattoo instead of cosmetic pencil: contour

• Contour tattooing is intended for women who have naturally beautiful lips, perhaps with slightly blurred contours. Looks like a regular cosmetic pencil.
• Before the procedure, you can ask not only to outline the natural contours of the lips, but also to protrude slightly beyond them. This will visually enlarge your lips and make them plumper.
• When faced with a color choice, choose a shade that is as close to the natural color as possible. In this case, you can use any color of pencils and lipsticks when applying makeup, and if you don’t have it, you will look natural
• Otherwise, you risk the effect of eaten lipstick; moreover, if the contour tone is incorrectly selected, you will be doomed to constantly use the same shade of lip cosmetics

Lip tattoo - contour

Popular palettes

Using different pigment colors, the artist is able to create the desired image. The most popular shades are presented in the line of the Swiss brand “Swiss color”. Its palette contains many transitional shades, which allows you to create beautiful images, giving your appearance the necessary visual effect - naturalness, romance and sexual attractiveness.

The popular “Swiss color” line of light shades with a soft tone and matte structure of colors that are chosen for a delicate, romantic look - Ivory, Pearl, Blush, Rosa.

Popular shades for beautifully full lips, which are preferred by those who try to maintain a natural look - Tosca, Sienna, Sanset.

Current shades that organically fit into the image for a business woman - Sevilla, Paris, Tango.

Lovers of bright, sexually attractive and memorable images choose bold and rich shades - Red, Coral, Blacksberry, Valentine, Tango.

Lip tattoo with partial and full shading: photo

Important: Not suitable for those with thin lips, it hides volume.

Suitable for girls with uneven or blurry lip contours, helps correct the natural line. You can choose a tone that is as close to natural as possible, which will make your lips fuller. When choosing a tone other than natural, you can choose partial or full shading.

• Partial shading (on a third of the surface of the lips) Choose this type of tattoo if there is asymmetry of the lips or uneven contour. You can choose a color similar to natural or choose a different tone. If you want to maintain a natural look, partial shading is also suitable for you.

Lip contour - shading

Partial shading

• Full shading. If you want to completely change the color of your lips, tattooing using the full shading method is suitable for you. You can choose one contour and shading color or different tones, between which there will be a smooth transition.

Advice : Before visiting the specialist, select the color you want to see on your lips. Take your chosen contour pencil and lipstick with you.

Full shading

Lip tattoo with shading

Rules for selecting pigment

To choose the right pigment for lip tattooing, you must take the help of a specialist..

Only an experienced cosmetologist is able to weigh all aspects of the client’s appearance, and then, using computer modeling, choose a shade that will satisfy both.

Pigment palette

Note! Even an ideally chosen shade has the property of losing brightness, which occurs about a month after the manipulation. Therefore, cosmetologists recommend repeating the procedure after some time.

When selecting a coloring pigment, it makes sense to refer to the type of appearance of the girl, for example:

• blondes with platinum hair should choose only cool tones of pigment;
• those with golden skin tones should choose warm paint tones;
• in the case where only lip contour tattooing is done, it makes sense to choose a shade one tone darker than natural, otherwise the transition will be too noticeable to the eye.

The palette of pigment shades is quite large , which is why it is worth choosing the appropriate tone wisely and leisurely. If you want to radically change your appearance, you should not take the most extravagant pigment.

It will be enough to try the same color in an ordinary lipstick to decide whether you are ready to wear it all the time.

In general, it is customary to divide the colors of pigments for lip contour makeup into two types:

• natural pigments: they are natural and closely match real shades;
• decorative pigments: their colors resemble the shades of traditional lipstick, they can vary from soft pink to deep burgundy.

Today, fashion trends encourage girls to focus on naturalness, so dark shades are practically not used . Having made a tattoo in soft colors, a woman has the opportunity at any time to change the shade of her lips using lipstick to a darker and brighter one.

Watercolor lip tattoo technique - how to choose a color: table

Differs in the absence of a contour. It is performed by introducing a dim colored pigment and shading it over the entire surface of the lips. If you want to achieve a natural color effect when correcting the shape of your lips, choose the watercolor technique.

With the correct selection of color pigment, lips look painted with gloss or colorless balm.

Suitable for absolutely everyone, and a table that determines your type of appearance will help you choose the right color:

Lip tattoo - watercolor technique

Colors used

This point is second in importance after determining the desired technique. Remember that the created make-up will be constantly present on your face for many months, so take the selection of shades seriously.

If just a couple of years ago ladies opted for rich colors, then due to trends towards naturalness, nude undertones have become popular. A nude make-up will allow the fashionista to make various changes to her look, because if desired, any lipstick will fit perfectly over a natural tattoo.

Advice! Do not forget that the selected color scheme should be in harmony with the color type of appearance. Thus, an experienced master will offer samples from a cold palette to a fair-skinned blonde with green or grayish-blue eyes, and from a warm palette to a brown-haired woman with a chocolate tan.

And finally, we note that the choice of tint pigments depends entirely on the chosen technique. Thus, it is better to do contouring in a tone close to the original one, shading – one or two positions darker, and 3D make-up requires a large number of shades.

Rich palette of shades

Natural lip tattoo

• For lucky girls whose lip contour shape does not need correction, natural tattooing is suitable.
• For tattooing, a color is selected that is as close to natural as possible. Permanent makeup is performed without applying contour, which promotes a natural and natural look.
• After the procedure, the lips become brighter and more expressive.

Natural lip makeup

What pigments are used

How organically new lips will fit into a woman’s image depends on what pigments will be used for contour lip makeup. The fact is that both mineral and organic substances are used as components of paints.

For example, only
manufacturers of high-quality paints can afford to use iron oxide pigments in the production , which is responsible for the appearance of the required shade of pink on the lips and guarantees the absence of blue tones.

It’s better to purchase the highest quality paints from American manufacturers

Pigments are produced in different countries, among which Korea, Taiwan, and China are increasingly common. Do not be tempted by their low price; it is better to purchase the highest quality paints from American manufacturers. Having spent a little more money, a woman will be calm about the quality of the tattoo being created.

You may find this article useful: Eyebrow tinting with henna: before and after photos

There are often cases when cheap analogues of pigments caused persistent allergic reactions in the fair sex and forced them to give up any type of makeup for a long time.

Ombre lip tattoo

Ombre is the newest technique in the world of permanent makeup. Be careful when choosing a tattoo artist. This technique requires professionalism and a sense of color.

Ombre tattooing is performed in one color scheme of different shades. The color of the lips smoothly transitions from the dark contour to the light middle. This effect visually enlarges the lips, emphasizing their fullness.

Ombre technique - before and after

Ombre tattoo

Professional opinion

To avoid disappointment caused by the wrong selection of pigment, reputable aesthetic tattoo artists recommend trusting the choice of the artist who will perform the procedure. Why?

There are at least two reasons for this.

1. A permanent makeup specialist is trained in the theory of makeup and color. During his training, he studies the selection techniques and effects of pigments, the nature of their interaction with a particular skin type. This knowledge allows a specialist to accurately select the ideal pigment for a particular client.
2. In nature, a mono-color type of appearance is extremely rare. Each of them has inclusions characteristic of a different color type. Only a master of aesthetic cosmetology is able to determine it correctly.

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How to choose a color for lip tattoo: palette

When choosing a color for a tattoo, remember that this color will be with you for a long time. Don’t rush to bright shades - after a while you may get bored with them, and besides, you will need to adjust your entire wardrobe and accessories to match the color of your lips.

It is best to choose a natural, discreet shade. An experienced master who knows the science of color will definitely help you make a choice, recognizing your skin type, and will tell you how to properly care for your tattoo so as not to cause color changes.

If the color you see on your lips is different from what you chose, do not rush to panic - after healing, the brightness will become less. But the final color deformation can occur for several reasons:

• Bad equipment
• Poor quality pigments (Taiwan, for example)
• The color is wrong for your face type
• The puncture is too deep

Tattoo pigment color

Permanent makeup color palette

The attractive color palette, which is ideal for aesthetic lip tattooing, is quite rich. Women can choose cool, coral, nude and many other bright shades. Let's consider what colors belong to the popular and fashionable lip tattoo palette.

Reds

It is unlikely that the sensual red color scheme for lip tattoos will ever cease to be popular. Permanent makeup in these colors is becoming the choice of many women of all ages. The red palette of rich and feminine colors consists of the following spectacular shades:

• blood red;
• pure red;
• terracotta.
• strawberry;
• red with a darker shade;

And many women also like the luxurious shades of red wine and poppy seeds. These are quite deep and multidimensional tones that are difficult not to pay attention to. They look especially harmonious and stylish in warm spring or hot summer.

It is worth noting that red shades of lip tattoos are suitable for women with different skin tones. For example, a noble dark red color is perfect for ladies with a delicate olive or pale complexion. Choosing the perfect shade is easy.

White lip tattoo

White lip tattoo does not mean that your lips will be completely white. The master simply blurs the contours. Precisely because this perm is mainly applied only to the lip contour, it is well suited for blondes and girls with blond hair. This will make your lips visually softer and more sensual.

Nude

No less attractive and harmonious are nude shades for lip tattooing. Such pigments are also available in the arsenal of most modern masters. These shades are considered attractive because they are more natural. Therefore, tattoos in these colors are chosen by women of all ages and beauty types. A nude tattoo is also good because it can always be supplemented with decorative cosmetics if you want to give the image a brighter look.

The natural nude palette is presented in the following attractive and unobtrusive colors:

• beige;
• light beige;
• light brown;
• caramel;
• peach;
• flesh-colored;
• pink.

The listed nude shades are very popular because they give the lips a more natural look. To avoid making a mistake when choosing one color or another from this category, you can use eyeliner.

Burgundy lip tattoo

This color is only suitable for hot and fiery brunettes. Strictly not recommended for blondes. But even if you decide to have burgundy lips, remember that this is cosmetics for a long time.

Coral

Extremely popular and very much in demand nowadays is the bright and very attractive coral color. It suits many women, looks aesthetically pleasing and very neat. In this top palette, the most popular and often chosen are delicate shades of coral, as well as bright orange tones. Along with them, the images of women begin to play with completely different colors.

All coral shades suitable for a beautiful permanent also belong to this subspecies:

• carrot;
• soft;
• salmon.

These shades look especially good on those with blonde hair in light, sunny tones.

Lip tattoo: caramel color

For extravagant girls, it is recommended to try this unusual shade. With its help, your lips will visually look plumper. It is unlikely that this color will suit girls with a very pale complexion. This shade is very suitable for brunettes, people with brown hair and especially redheads.

How long does lip tattoo last?

Even the master won’t give you the exact answer to this question. In each case, the duration of the effect is individual, it is influenced by:

• Age - the older you are, the longer the tattoo lasts, this is due to the speed of metabolic processes in the body
• Color – rich tones last longer
• Skin type - the oilier the skin, the faster the pigment fades
• External factors - weather, care, decorative or medicinal cosmetics

The average “life” of a tattoo is about 2 years. Over time, the colors fade or disappear completely, so it is necessary to carry out correction once every 1.5-2 years. Each time the makeup lasts longer.

Lip tattoo correction

Makeup stages

The entire procedure for applying a lip tattoo can take no less than one and no more than three hours, everything here is individual, and largely depends on the type of technique chosen.

In general, we can distinguish the following stages of creating permanent makeup:

1. First, the artist, in close cooperation with the client, selects the color, shape and technique of applying the tattoo.
2. At this stage, the master applies a sketch of future lips with a special marker.
3. Now comes the time to apply anesthesia; it is done in several places so as not to provoke the occurrence of additional swelling.
4. The pigment is applied using special equipment equipped with a needle.

After the procedure is completed, slight swelling of the tissue may remain on the lips for several days.

Note! At first, the coloring pigment may look a little brighter than expected. Don't worry, over time it will acquire the desired shade.

How long does lip tattoo take to heal?

We can talk about complete healing in about 15-30 days. You will go through the following steps:

• The first 6-7 hours - swelling of the lips is observed
• 1-2 days - lips become wet. In this case, blot your lips with a napkin or cotton pad soaked in chlorhexidine (you can use a miramistin solution). Do not rub under any circumstances
• 5-6 days - formation of crusts on the lips. Do not soak, peel or rub them. The crusts promote healing of the lips and will peel off on their own, having fulfilled their function.
• 10-14 days - appearance of a film (secondary crust)

Lip healing after tattooing

Why choose Tinel pigments?

Tinel products comply with quality certificates and are manufactured under Swedish control. There are no toxic substances in the composition, which means they are completely safe for health and do not cause allergies.

Using different application techniques, you can achieve a translucent or bright (lipstick) effect.

A distinctive feature of pigments is good engraftment. Remaining color after healing up to 90%.

Advantages of pigments:

• do not require proofreaders
• easy to apply
• take root well
• 6 years of observations and tests
• long lasting and rich color
• suitable for all techniques

Lip tattoo after healing: before and after photos

Immediately after tattooing, the permanent looks very bright. Don't worry, the saturation will decrease after healing.

Lip tattoo: healing process Lip tattoo: before and after

After complete healing, it becomes clear whether the tattoo requires correction.

Lip tattoo: before the procedure, healing, final result

Changing Hue

Pigments look different on the lips than in tubes. The cosmetologist must take into account the rules for mixing colors. If a light pigment is combined with a pale one, it is necessary to calculate the correct proportion. Otherwise, the light will fade faster and the saturation will look unnatural.

After permanent makeup heals, its color will also change. The master introduces more pigment than necessary, because it does not fully take root. Immediately after the procedure, the tattoo looks too bright and unnatural.

During the healing process, the shade will change several times. After the shell falls off, it may look paler than desired, but then it becomes rich again. The final result appears only 3-4 weeks after the procedure.

If the permanent is too bright, this can be corrected by retouching. The specialist will fill the lips with pigment again, and after healing they will look as planned. But a tattoo is too bright and cannot be fixed; you will have to wait until it disappears. Even lighter lipstick will not cover this effect.

Contraindications for lip tattooing

Since tattooing is a serious intervention in the body, there are a number of contraindications for this procedure:

1. Minority
2. Colds
3. Herpes. Before going to the specialist, you should treat
4. Pregnancy and lactation
5. Moles or birthmarks in the tattoo area
6. Diseases of the cardiovascular system
7. Diseases of the circulatory system
8. Oncological diseases
9. HIV and AIDS
10. Diabetes
11. Epilepsy

Contraindications and possible consequences

Considering that this is a real tattoo, it has contraindications. Tattooing is harmful during colds (ARVI, acute respiratory infections, influenza, herpes). Any intervention at this time will significantly weaken the body and prolong the healing process. It is not recommended to do permanent makeup during menstruation and skin diseases.

Other contraindications for lip tattooing:

• Moles at the site of pigmentation. They may react negatively to the intervention and become inflamed;
• Presence of a tendency to herpes diseases. In fact, herpes on the lips itself is not dangerous, but if you add paint, tissue tears and an inflammatory process to it, the disease can develop into a serious complication;
• The procedure is allowed only from 18 years of age;
• Pregnancy, lactation. This is not a categorical contraindication, but unsuccessful tattooing of the eyelids or lips during this period can negatively affect not only the health of the mother, but also the child.

Reviews claim that if tattooing of the eyelids or lips was performed by a professional, then everything will be fine, but sometimes consequences still arise. The most famous and common is edema. This reaction is considered normal, because, in fact, you got a tattoo on your lips, this is how the body reacts to unnatural interference. It goes away on its own on the second day, or it can be removed with special antiseptics.

Photo - Unsuccessful lip tattoo

Other side effects and consequences are also listed::

1. Increased body temperature. Most often on the first day it is a consequence of stress. By evening it will return to normal;
2. Severe itching, crusting - this could be the healing process or signs of an incipient infection. If you still have a fever, you need to see a doctor to rule out possible viral diseases;
3. Herpes. It appears due to improper care. This is not a consequence of tattooing, but of the lack of the required level of hygiene and refusal of antiviral drugs.

Is it worth getting a lip tattoo?

Beautiful lips are a woman’s dignity. Each woman makes her own choice about what she is willing to do for the sake of beauty. Permanent makeup allows you to feel confident and not reach for the mirror after drinking coffee or eating an apple.

Lip tattooing will provide brightness to pale lips, add volume to thin lips and correct uneven contours. In general, lip tattooing has many advantages:

• Changing the shape of the lips
• Saving time and money on makeup
• Good appearance regardless of weather and circumstances

However, think before you decide to have the procedure, be prepared to face some disadvantages of the procedure:

• Soreness
• Healing
• Need for correction
• Unsuccessful result (distortion of shape, color, etc.)
• Expensive and painful tattoo removal

How is the procedure done?

The actual action itself does not take very much time, but the whole process is divided into two stages. There are many videos showing how to perform watercolor techniques.

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Stage 1 – preparation

Cosmetic interventions increase the risk of various infections. Therefore, take a preventive course against herpes in the form of antiviral drugs within a week. Also, do not expose your skin to unnecessary stress, that is, do not go to the solarium, do not use the bathhouse or sauna.

Also, for one and a half to two weeks, you should carefully monitor your lips, providing them with increased protection. Use hygienic lipsticks containing vitamins, oils and micronutrients.

During the day, eliminate from your diet foods that affect the condition of the blood: alcohol, coffee, highly seasoned foods. Also, do not schedule the procedure day on the estimated days of your period.

Stage 2 – performing the technique

What is this procedure? It is performed using surface spraying technique. The pigment is applied under the skin using a machine with attachments. The nozzle must be removed from the closed package and thrown away after all actions are completed; they are disposable. The nozzle contains microneedles, which apply pigment under the skin up to 1 mm - microblading. The watercolor technique uses several shades of pigment, and the artist will accordingly replace the coloring pigment several times.

Immediately before the procedure, the contours of the layout are marked with a pencil, as well as the layout itself with a cosmetic pencil. Be sure to check in the mirror if everything is okay. If you don’t like a line somewhere, or aren’t happy with the color, you can still change them.

When everything is agreed, the master applies an anesthetic gel to the lips. The technique is not very painful, and often girls can sit through it even without anesthesia, but the pain threshold varies. Whether it hurts is up to everyone to determine for themselves.

The entire stage takes one session, but after 20 days a secondary examination of the lips will be required. If necessary, correction will be made.

Anesthesia

Many people wonder about the pain of the procedure. Undoubtedly, the degree of sensitivity depends on the individual perception of pain, and cannot be measured by a general yardstick. I can say that I consider myself a person with a low pain threshold, but sensitivity to the procedure was minimal (less sensitive on the eyebrows, more sensitive on the lips).

At the client’s request, immediately before the session, the master can apply an anesthetic gel that will reduce sensitivity.

When applying the permanent, it feels like something is scratching the skin a little, and in general it is no longer painful, but uncomfortable.

For the purity of the experiment, I underwent the procedure completely without anesthesia.

When to make a correction

As a rule, correction of permanent lip makeup is carried out 1-1.5 months after the procedure.

• After such a period of time, the result of the work will be quite clearly visible and if there are small defects, they can be corrected, as well as the shade of the selected color can be adjusted.
• Then correction should be carried out approximately every 1-2 years, depending on how quickly the pigment fades.

It is worth noting that the price for permanent lip makeup and correction differs significantly, so you should not save on it so that the result is aesthetically attractive and your lips always have a well-groomed appearance.

Preparation and care after the procedure

In order for the procedure to be as painless as possible and for the coloring pigment to perform well, it is advisable to prepare, namely:

1. Approximately a month before the scheduled procedure, apply a moisturizing balm daily.
2. Take a course of tablets for herpes and continue after tattooing for 5 days.
3. A couple of days before the procedure, do not drink alcohol, coffee, tea or products that thin the blood.
4. Take vitamin C to maintain immunity.

After lip tattooing has been applied, it is worth taking proper care of it, especially in the first days:

• During the first 24 hours, the skin on your lips gets a little wet, so it is recommended to blot them lightly with a napkin.
• Do not tear off the crusts that appear a couple of days after applying parchment makeup.
• Do not visit the bathhouse or solarium for a month.
• If your lip skin is too dry, you can lubricate it with a thin layer of balm.
• Do not use hydrogen peroxide or preparations containing alcohol, otherwise the lip color may fade.
• Do not use any decorative cosmetics on your lips and do not touch them with your hands.

Pros and cons of the permanent method

Let's start with the positive aspects of this makeup method:

1) You will get rid of the need to spend time in front of the mirror every day, drawing an even outline;

2) Your face looks well-groomed at any time of the day;

3) You can forget about “curled” lipstick and smeared borders.

However, the procedure also has its disadvantages:

1) high cost;

2) the constancy of one single color, the impossibility of being different every day;

3) special requirements for lip care.