NEWS ARTICLE : Amarillo Globe News May 14, 2000

The phrase "the bloom of youth" brings to mind fresh faces, bright eyes, defined brows, and lips with a colorful blush. However, now that Baby Boomers have hit middle age, and senior citizens are active into their later years, demand is skyrocketing for cosmetic services to keep us looking younger longer. The answer for more and more people today is permanent makeup.

Permanent makeup is a cosmetics tattooing procedure. Pigments are implanted in the skin to restore natural color and stimulate conventional makeup. Lashes can be made to look darker and fuller. Missing, damaged or badly shaped brows can be given a more youthful appearance. Finally, lips which have thinned or lost their blush color can be recreated to look fuller and more vibrant.

On younger clients, permanent makeup adds a professional polish that is truly dressing for success. On older clients, permanent makeup can visually take years off the face -- with less trauma and far less expense than cosmetic surgery!

Because it is long lasting, and difficult to remove, it is essential to have permanent makeup applied by a highly qualified technician. Because the field is generally unregulated, consumers need guidance in choosing a qualified technician.

Today, most professional permanent cosmetic technicians are member's of the world's leading, not-for-profit society devoted to the permanent makeup field, the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals. This organization sets standards of practice for its members which assues the public of the highest levels of professionalism. However, technicians do vary in their backgrounds so protential clinets may wish to interview serveral technicians, just as one would when choosing any service professional.

Nalini Patel of Nalini's Nails in Amarillo is a member in good standing of the SPCP who can be reached at 354-0101, located at 4310-L South Western in the Best Plaza. For further information about Nalini's Nails other services visit the website at http://www.nalinis.com, and for more information about permanent cosmetics you can see the SPCP website at www.spcp.org , or call 1-888-584-SPCP.

If you are not quite ready to commit to permanent cosmetic procedures, you may be interesed in trying a new cosmetic line offered at Nalini's Nails called LIP-INK. The creator and developer of this product line, Rose Nichols, was certain there had to be a more natural and efficient use of cosmetics than the standard products offer.

LIP-INKS revolutionary liquid lip color combines herbs and botanicals to create a moist, tingly, fresh, long lasting color finish that is virtually impossible to smear.

For more information about LIP-INK products and permanent makeup, call Nalini Patel at Nalini's Nails at 354-0101, located at 4310-L South Western in Best Plaza. Or visit the website at http://www.nalinis.com