00:01You can call it whatever you want.
00:03It is still a form of tattooing.
00:10I absolutely love the concept of giving this freedom to a woman
00:14to be able to wake up, not look like they had a ton of makeup,
00:18but yet look very fresh and very natural.
00:21I have gotten tattoos. I have quite a few.
00:24Two on my wrists, I have a little ghost
00:27and I have two stick and posts that my friend did.
00:30One on the back of my ankle, it's an evil eye,
00:32and the other a silhouette of a woman's body.
00:34I am a little hesitant and concerned
00:36that I am getting a tattoo on my eyelid.
00:40My name is Claudia and I'm getting permanent eyeliner today.
00:43Doing my makeup every day is sometimes a little bit of a struggle.
00:47When I'm running from appointment to another appointment,
00:50I don't really want to have to worry about maintaining my looks.
00:54I started doing this back in the late 80s in Paris.
00:59I really love the concept of a woman looking beautiful
01:03and not having to put makeup,
01:06but I really didn't like the results
01:08because everything was so obvious and unnatural.
01:11I actually found that it was disfiguring the real freshness of youth.
01:16I found a way to give the woman that concept
01:19without making her look like she had done anything.
01:24Bonjour, je m'appelle Dominique Bossavi.
01:27Je suis la créatrice du concept de la beauté naturelle permanente.
01:31Some of my elite clients include Lina Denham, Jenna Dewan, Julie Bowen,
01:37Michelle Williams and Megan Fox.
01:45When I first found out about Dominique, I was so fascinated.
01:48I loved the work that she did with her other clients
01:50and how incredible it just made the eye pop.
01:53I'm going to a wedding tomorrow
01:55and I'm definitely going to feel very flawless and fabulous
01:58after this whole procedure.
02:08Overdoing permanent makeup is never a good idea.
02:11The number one advice I give to my client
02:14is to go for the useful look rather than the glamorous look.
02:18If you go that way permanently,
02:21you'll never have that opportunity to look fresh again.
02:25There are different techniques and different tools
02:29for different procedures.
02:31For the eyeliner, we will use a less invasive needle
02:34that will be very gentle to the fine skin.
02:42It's very important to seek out a qualified expert.
02:46With this procedure becoming such a trend,
02:50a lot of people with as little as a month's training
02:53are offering this service.
02:55The percentage of unhappy women who come to me
02:58in the hope to get fixed is rising.
03:03And it's hard-wrenching to see the damage
03:06that's been done to those women.
03:08And the disfiguration sometimes is beyond repair.
03:13I think there are definitely some misconceptions
03:16around permanent makeup because there are those horror stories.
03:20My biggest fear is I hope it doesn't bleed or fade
03:23or possibly not fade if I don't keep up with going in for retouches.
03:31I could do this with my eyes closed.
03:33Do you want me to show you?
03:34Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
03:35This is going to be a piece of cake.
03:39First, I am going to clean the area.
03:44I then place a little nobbing cream with the Q-tip.
03:50Once I put my magnifying glasses and gloves,
03:55then I will custom blend the pigment in the tray.
04:00I'm going to start very gently.
04:02Please.
04:02If there is anything, you tell me, I stop right away.
04:07We just want to create the illusion of thicker lashes.
04:12The little blade does the work
04:15and you hear a slight buzzing noise.
04:20Tiptoeing in to make the lightest puncture possible
04:24to implant the pigment in a gentle manner.
04:31The feeling range from feeling the vibration
04:34to a little scratch on their eyelashes.
04:43I go over each section two or three times.
04:52This will ensure the proper amount of pigment implanted
04:56into the lash line.
05:03After I completed the procedure on Claudia,
05:06my first reaction was how open her eyes became.
05:11But I felt that she could use a little bit more on the tail
05:15to give her that soft, dull look.
05:21We went back and I added a little bit on the corner
05:24and it was just perfect.
05:28The great thing with this procedure is that right from the get-go
05:32you can start racking up the compliments,
05:34go to a red carpet event
05:36and nobody will ever know you had anything down to your eyes.
05:40When I looked at the final results, it looked amazing.
05:44I didn't have any mascara on.
05:46My eyes instantly popped.
05:48I felt really beautiful and confident
05:50and I owned who I was.
05:52It wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be.
05:55It was actually really relaxing.
05:56Dominique is really gentle and I didn't feel a thing.
06:00All of the built-up anticipation and stress
06:04that I was creating in my head was for nothing.
06:06It's extremely important to follow the aftercare to ensure a good result.
06:12The permanent eyeliner has faded.
06:15It's practically gone to be quite honest.
06:17But Dominique's technique is she does it lightly the first time around
06:22because she wants to see how your skin and your body reacts to the procedure,
06:27which I actually respect and appreciate because everyone's skin complexion and DNA is different.
06:33I'm actually going in next week when I return from my vacation to get the second round done
06:39and I'm so excited because I enjoyed it so much the first time around
06:43that I can't wait to have it done the second time.
06:45I just wanted to see you guys in the next week.
06:45I'm so excited to see you guys in the next week.
