Our Services
Permanent Makeup
Permanent makeup is an innovative beauty solution designed to enhance your natural features with precision and care. Using advanced techniques, pigment is meticulously implanted into the skin to achieve beautifully shaped eyebrows, a defined lash line, or softly tinted lips. Ideal for individuals seeking a low-maintenance beauty routine, permanent makeup offers long-lasting, flawless results that save you time and effort every day.
Stunning & Long Lasting Results
Marlinda
Marlinda Macay brings over 20 years of expertise in permanent makeup and more than 30 years of experience as a licensed esthetician in the Bay Area. Driven by her passion for the industry, Marlinda stays at the forefront of the latest trends by attending numerous local and international continuing education seminars each year. Her commitment to excellence ensures that all procedures are safe, gentle, and suitable for even the most sensitive clients, reflecting her dedication to delivering outstanding results.
How It Works
Wake Up Beautiful with Permanent Makeup Enhance your natural features with expertly applied, long-lasting beauty solutions. From perfectly shaped brows and a defined lash line to a subtle touch of lip color, our professional techniques deliver effortless elegance that lasts. Start every day with confidence and sophistication—experience the art of permanent beauty.
Your Permanent Makeup Journey: At Marlinda’s, we’re committed to making your permanent makeup experience seamless, comfortable, and tailored to your unique beauty goals.
Step One
CONSULTATION
Your journey begins with a personalized consultation. During this session, Marlinda will work closely with you to understand your vision and goals for the procedure. Feel free to bring any sources of inspiration—photos, sketches, or ideas—to guide the discussion. Together, we’ll craft a plan that reflects your individuality.
Step Two
DESIGN & COLOR SELECTION
Next, Marlinda will carefully map the perfect permanent makeup design, ensuring precision and symmetry. Once the design plan is reviewed and approved, the final step in preparation is selecting the ideal color. Using an expert understanding of skin undertones, Marlinda will choose a pigment that harmonizes beautifully with your complexion, guaranteeing a natural and flawless finish.
Step Three
PROCEDURE & REVEAL
The procedure itself takes approximately 2–3 hours. To ensure your comfort, Marlinda will numb the treatment area as needed, making the experience as pain-free as possible. Guided by the approved design plan, she will meticulously apply the pigment while checking in with you throughout the session. The result? A stunning, personalized look that enhances your natural beauty.
Follow-ups & Maintenance
To ensure optimal results, follow-up appointments are scheduled within 8 weeks of your initial procedure. While the longevity of permanent makeup varies based on factors like skin type, environment, and product usage, your enhanced look typically lasts between 12 and 36 months.
For returning clients who have had procedures with Marlinda within the past three years, we’re pleased to offer a discounted rate for re-enhancement, ensuring your look remains as vibrant and fresh as ever.
Ready to begin your transformation? Schedule your consultation today and experience the artistry of Marlinda’s permanent makeup services!
RADIANT RESULTS THAT LAST.
Lip Blush
Lip Blush Tattoos enhance your lips’ natural shape and beauty, boosting vitality and a soft flush of color. This extremely popular semi-permanent makeup treatment defines the contours of your lips while providing long-lasting, professional results that elevate your look.
Contoured Shaded Brows
Contoured Shaded Brows is an advanced semi-permanent makeup technique meticulously designed to enhance the natural structure of the eyebrows by creating depth and dimension. This sophisticated method involves the precise deposition of pigment in a gradient pattern, seamlessly transitioning from a soft, lighter hue at the inner brow to a richer, more defined shade toward the tail.
The result is a flawlessly blended, powdered effect that exudes elegance and refinement, reminiscent of expertly applied brow makeup. This technique is ideal for individuals seeking to elevate their brows with added fullness, symmetry, and definition, delivering a polished, long-lasting enhancement that harmoniously complements facial features.
Lash Line
Lash line enhancement is a semi-permanent makeup technique in which pigment is delicately implanted along the lash line. This enhances the natural appearance of the eyes by creating a fuller, darker lash base without the look of traditional eyeliner. It gives the eyes a subtle, natural definition.
APPOINTMENTS & BOOKING:
A $100 deposit is due at the time of booking, and is credited towards the total due at the time of service. Any appointment cancellations or rescheduling must be done 48-hours prior to your scheduled appointment to avoid deposit forfeiture.
While a consultation is not required, it is recommended so that you have an opportunity for you to discuss your goals and expectations and have an evaluation performed prior to committing to booking a service.
Please arrive 15-minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time to begin fill out paperwork, and begin the numbing process.
Yes, wear your normal makeup to the studio the day of the procedure, bring your cosmetic eyeliner or eyebrow makeup.
During the healing process, avoid extreme heat, strenuous exercise, excessive sweating, hot tubs, saunas, salt water, chlorinated pools, direct shower spray, swimming lakes, hot water or chemicals. Direct sun exposure and tanning beds should be avoided indefinitely. Both are counterproductive to the Permanent Makeup procedure you have received, especially with any brow procedures.
No facials, botox, chemical treatments or microdermabrasion for 4 weeks.
Follow-up appointments are scheduled for all new permanent makeup procedures within 8-weeks of the initial appointment. While the longevity of applications varies by skin type, environment, product usage, permanent makeup typically lasts anywhere from 12-36 months.
For those clients who have had prior permanent makeup services with Marilinda’s within 3 years. You are eligible for a discount to re-enhance your previous procedures.
PRE/POST-PROCEDURE:
If you are having an eyeliner procedure, do not wear contact lenses during or immediately following the procedure.
Be sure and bring your glasses with you to the appointment, as well as a storage case for your lenses. It is recommended that you refrain from the use of contact lenses until the liner is fully healed.
Do not have botox 3 weeks prior to your appointment (eyebrow procedure).
Discontinue Vitamin A/Retinol products one month prior to treatment (eyebrow procedure).
Do not have any type of facial/peel 2 weeks prior to treatment (eyebrow procedure).
Refrain from the use of, aspirin-containing products, Vitamins A and E for 5 days before your procedure. These products are natural blood thinners. Note: Never discontinue use of any medication that been prescribed by your physician without his/her consent, and inform me in the event if continued use is required.
Do not drink alcohol 24 hours before your procedure.
Refrain from the consumption of any products containing caffeine the day of the procedure. These products contribute to nervousness
This deeper color will remain for approximately 5-10 days. Adjustment(s) to these factors is the purpose of the follow-up appointment.
The complete healing process takes about 6-8 weeks. In addition, it may be several days/weeks before the final results are revealed.
You will also experience swelling and tenderness. A few optional comfort recommendations:
Cool compress (no direct ice)
Sleeping with your head elevated
OTC Antihistamine (swelling) and Ibuprofen (pain)
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Please keep permanent make treated areas completely clean. No lotions, ointments, or makeup for 7 days.
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I will provide you an ointment that will need to be applied several times a day during the healing process.
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Do not apply makeup or sunscreen on the treated area for 2 weeks after the procedure. To preserve color, avoid using products that contain peroxide, alcohol, glycol, or rapid exfoliants i.e. alpha hydroxy and retinols on the treated area.
This is completely normal after any permanent makeup procedure. It may appear as though the tattooed area has completely disappeared. Within 1-2 weeks, while the skin regenerates a lighter shade will slowly reappear. Continue to follow the after-care directions. DO NOT PICK, PEEL OR SCRATCH Skin/pigment exfoliation is normal. Let the treated skin fall off naturally. Or your color may cause premature loss of pigment and you risk scarring and infection.
After 6-8 weeks a follow up appointment may be necessary to make any color adjustments.