29/10/2026
SO THIS HAPPENED ON TUESDAY! 🏆😭
BEST NOVICE LIP BLUSH ARTIST ACROSS AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND! 🇦🇺🇳🇿
And I’m still pinching myself. 🥹
After years of cosmetic tattooing, I decided to try my hand at lip tattooing. I was completely self-taught, had just had a baby, and honestly? I struggled.
I tried. I failed. And eventually, I gave up.
I didn’t feel good enough. I couldn’t afford the training at the time, and I convinced myself that maybe lips just weren’t for me.
But I never completely let it go.
Behind the scenes, I kept practising on latex, studying pigmentology and building my knowledge. Quietly holding onto the hope that one day, I’d be good enough.
Fast forward to October 2024, when I finally completed my first official lip training. And once I started, I couldn’t stop. 😂
FOUR in-person training courses in just SIX months.
I invested in myself, soaked up every bit of knowledge I could, and then got to work. Practising, refining, making mistakes, learning from them and pushing myself to get better with every single set of lips.
This year was my very last opportunity to enter the novice category, and I knew I had to give it everything.
And somehow, here we are. 🏆😭 Australian Permanent Makeup Artists Conference
I am SO BLOODY PROUD of how far I’ve come.
Lip tattooing is, in my opinion, one of the most technically challenging treatments in cosmetic tattooing. It requires patience, precision, an incredible understanding of pigmentology and a whole lot of practice.
And while I’ll never stop learning or striving to improve, I can finally look at my work and feel genuinely proud of what I’m creating.
Because the girl who once thought she wasn’t good enough just won an international industry award for the very thing she nearly gave up on. 🥹❤️
To my industry besties and trainers who have championed my work, encouraged me, believed in me and reminded me to keep going when I doubted myself. THANK YOU. You know who you are. ❤️
And to every client who has trusted me with their beautiful faces, thank you for allowing me to do what I love.
This is so much more to me than just an award. Here’s to the version of me who nearly gave up. I’m so glad she didn’t. 🥂 11:11