MicroArt Semi Permanent Makeup

I had an awesome experience at MicroArt and am totally pleased with the results. Kassandra is such a perfectionist and really brought my lips, brows, and eyes to life with permanent eyeliner. Her suggested colors were always spot on, and although the process isn’t pain-​free, she was so patient and kind, and explained everything she was doing. Wish the makeup would last forever, but great knowing I’ll look good for years with very little daily attention to makeup!

Beware of this place. MicroArt has one person who does the work, Tanya, the owner, who is incompetent, lacks any artistic skills, unprofessional and charges a fortune for her sloppy work. I unfortunately was sold by her website and made a big mistake not researching her company. She made a mangled mess of my lips and eyebrows. I’ve paid a couple of thousand dollars to have them corrected and the tattoos removed. She tattooed a mess on my face all around my lower lip, like a child would do with a crayon or lipstick — I have to use concealer to cover it up. The corrective work I’ve had done since has helped a little. Tanya’s assistant said I didn’t go back for my touch-​up appointment and that’s why the color looks uneven. Why would I go back to someone who tattooed a sloppy mess all around my lips, way outside of my lip line with uneven lines and blobs on my lip below and above? I wouldn’t let Tanya touch me with again after that horrible experience with her. She talked on and on about personal things the entire time she was working on me. I mentioned to her a couple of times that it felt like she was tattooing on my face not my lips. I also asked if I could look in the mirror and she said no. Also, the pain was excrutiating. From what I’ve researched, there’s no reason to have that kind of pain if proper numbing products are used. I think this is a way she cuts corners. Tanya doesn’t care. She and her office are defensive, they don’t care if their clients are unhappy, they blame the sloppy work on their clients. Tanya takes no responsibility herself.
I’m sure Tanya will do what she’s done in other Unilocal complaints, write out a lengthy timeline, make false statements about me and the situation.
The end result is she made a mess of my face and I have to keep going back to have it corrected, which is a slow process and it will never be normal. I did a chargeback on my credit card but because I signed an agreement, which MicroArt requires before any work is done, it was reversed. So, if she messes you up, you’re screwed.
So, be wise. I wish I would have been.

I have been trying to book an appointment for the past month via phone & online. No one ever answers the phone or returns phone calls. Do they have any receptionists or staff that answer phones to answer potential client questions or book appointments?
Update 8÷6÷15 — I was contacted the same day through Unilocal by the owner Tanya who said she would have someone call me. I received a phone call the next day by Jackie, the Client Manager who explained that they do return all phone calls. She was very nice taking the time to go over the procedure & questions for eyebrows & color correction. She was also very accommodating in scheduling me an appointment & touch up appointment before I have to travel in Sept. I look forward to getting my eyebrows done & will do another update after I get them done in a week.

I had the worst experience at this place. They charged me for the service before they touched my eyebrows. No quality or satisfaction guarantee. Tanya has no artistic skills whatsoever. She did a poor job, which looks like a kindergartener scribbled on my eyebrows. I was truly unhappy with the results and I told her, so she told me to come back so she can fix it but charged my card for another treatment. Customer service told me that they want to make me happy but that according to then meant:“there’s nothing I can do about it”. I explained to her that I want at least a partial refund for the horrible job she did because I want to go and get it at different place and have it fixed the way it should be. I also told Tanya that I will post this truthful review to warn other clients and she threatened that she will do whatever it takes to take it down. Also another thing is that she told me there was numbing cream but it was the most horrible pain! My friend recommended Sheila Bella permanent hair stroke brows in Hollywood there before and after pictures are amazing so I can’t wait to go there. For micro art the ad says hair stoke method but it looks nothing like it !!! See picture above
Bottom line: Tanya is not proficient in her skills and did not do a good job on eyebrows! She doesn’t deserve a star but I had to rate it, I feel so used by this company and taken advantage of.

This is a marvelous process, absolutely worth the price. I never had decent eyebrows, but now I am losing my eyebrows to chemo. I have very fair skin and light hair, so the last thing I want is an obvious solid tattoo with that round startled look. I chose Microart based on the pictures on their Web site, hoping they were accurate, and I can tell you now that they definitely are. the technician helped me decide shape and color and drew in brows to show me what it would look like before she started. The process used very fine needle strokes which created a soft look that doesn’t look anything like a tattoo. The new brows were a little dark at first but lightened up in about a week. I so wish I had done this before. The brows improved my appearance so much, about a thousand times better than anything I ever did with an eyebrow pencil. People comment that I look great, but they don’t know what it is.
The facility (I went to Newport) and the whole set up was very reassuring. It’s in a beautiful medical building and the office feels like a medical office.
One thing I would say, the claim that it is not painful is ______(bleep). It is painful, but not unendurable. Much less painful than electrolysis for example. I bet anyone who had a tattoo done would think this was nothing.
Altogether this was maybe the best thing I ever did for my appearance. If you are fair skinned and need brows, this is a great process.

This review comes 2 weeks after the recommended 2^nd application. And my final conclusion: I absolutely love the results. The initial color is very strong which was shocking to me at first, but fades into a more natural appearance after a couple of weeks.
I never saw myself undergoing permanent or in this case «semi-​permanent» makeup. The idea came to me when I was informed the «hair stroke» technique is different from my mother’s generation of 3^rd world tattooing. After research, I was only comfortable with certain artists, some in LA, and another in Tampa. Then the idea of «semi-​permanent» was even more attractive since I have commitment issues about many things in my life.
My goal was to look awake and as natural as possible. If I had the time, I am the type of person that would always have a little makeup on, especially eyebrows filled in and eyeliner on my top lid. If people encountered me without these two aspects makeup, I would often get the «you look tired, were you up all night working?» question. Hence, I went for the full package and had eyebrows, eyeliner, and lips done. So I would say, the work looks as natural as it can be for someone who has patchy «peaked» eyebrows and sparse eyelashes. Now, I look like I have found the time and energy to put makeup on at all hours of the day.
MicroArt is very busy, but as a new client they accommodated me on a Saturday. Getting through to ask questions isn’t the easiest, but I found an email with a list of questions was the best way to communicate since I received a response within a day. The founder Tanya is very personable and having her expertise and explanation on framing the eyes with the eyebrow shape made sense. So my eyebrows now frame my eyes instead of triangle peaks at the highest point, which I have been informed by acquaintances looks better than what I was doing before! I haven’t picked up an eyeliner pen since my treatment and just use vitamin e oil on my lips for shine. I do have to shape away the peaks every couple of weeks. My regimen has dropped to just using a coverup stick for my adult acne, which is my next mission to fix!
I am hoping Tanya continues on her ultimate plan of opening up in Chicago. I believe she would be successful as a central hub in North America. Tanya, let me know if you need any assistance in starting up your practice and I would be happy to help!

Tanya finished my touch-​up color on my lips yesterday with the help of her sweet assistant, and today I am looking gloriously kissable! Yes, they’re still a teeny tiny bit swollen (OK by me, I love a good pout) but the color is marvelous. Tanya applies a mineral pigment with a tiny acupuncture needle — thinner than a hair. She will put a numbing masque on the area prior to starting the treatment. Usually after 2 sessions, 2 weeks apart, you’re done! Results last for a year or more! Tanya has a ton of color vials lined up for you to choose from when you get your lips tinted, but it’s best to have an idea of the color you want before you walk into her facility. I told Tanya I wanted «ballet slipper pink» and she knew immediately what the goal was. Prior to MicroArt treatment, my lips have naturally just looked kind of skin color, and I won’t go anywhere important without lipstick. Now my lips have a gorgeous pink stain that won’t wash off, and look fuller than before because she outlined them really nicely to show off how full they are.
Other services performed at MicroArt include permanent eyeliner and eyebrows (eyebrows that look super natural, I’ve seen a few of her clients in person and the eyebrows actually look like hair.) MicroArt also handles more sensitive treatments like areola coloring and vitiligo pigmenting and Tanya is so personable and kind that I wouldn’t hesitate to come to her with skin issues like these.

MicroArt’s new addition is now in Newport Beach. I had my lips pigmented with surprising results. The color looks very natural. There’s swelling, but it subsides shortly.
Tanya is truly a genius between an artist and a scientist. Her attention to details is nothing short of remarkable. I also had the privilege of meeting Toriah, a talented consultant who holds her own. They were personable and genuine.

Had my brows done for a couple months now and I absolutely love it. Makes life so much easier — I can just get up and go!
Tanya was the best and I’d totally go back in a few years to get a touch-​up!