Ella May Permanent Make Up Artist

Don’t ever compare your day 1 to someone’s day 100

I didn’t start with a beautiful studio, perfect results and a beautiful studio

I probably started in a very similar position to you

I just had a huge drive and passion for what I do and kept focused on what I wanted to build

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I spent way longer than I’d like to admit thinking inconsistent healed results were just part of the process.

That if I just did more sets, it would eventually click.

It didn’t. Not until I realised I was treating every client like they had identical skin.

That one shift changed my results more than anything else I’ve ever learned. It’s why it’s the first thing I teach.

Save this one. It’s a good one to come back to. 🤎

✨ Blonde brows don't have to mean dark brows ✨

One of the biggest misconceptions about permanent makeup is that the results should look finished after the first session.

My aim is always to create soft, natural-looking brows that suit your features, skin and existing hair colour. Especially with fair-haired clients, I prefer to be cautious during the first appointment and see how the skin heals before deciding whether we need to add more depth or density.

Permanent makeup is a process, not a quick fix. Every person's skin heals differently, which is why patience is so important when it comes to achieving beautiful long-term results.

The touch-up appointment allows us to assess how your skin has retained the pigment, make any adjustments and maximise the final result if needed. Sometimes that means adding a little more depth, sometimes it means keeping them exactly as they are.

Being cautious and working with your skin rather than against it will always be my priority 🤎

What do you think of these soft, natural hyper realism brows? ✨

📍Locations: Clifton BS8
🖊️Treatment: Hyper Realism Nano Brows
👩‍🎓Train: Hyper Realism Masterclass Classes & Online
📱Book online – 🔗Link in bio

This is the glamorous reality of running a PMU business while also raising two small humans.🙈😂

Deeply unhinged. Genuinely happy. Would not change it. 🤎

Nobody warned me that getting into PMU would mean I can never look at another person’s face without doing a full technical assessment in my head.

Or that running your own business as a mum means you’re basically operating in two completely different modes simultaneously at all times and neither of them ever fully switch off.

Glamorous? Occasionally. Chaotic? Almost always. Worth it? Every single day.

Tell me I’m not the only one. Drop yours below 👇🏼 (I need to know I’m not alone in the brow-analysing-strangers thing)

The artists I know who are genuinely growing? Not the most naturally gifted. The most technically switched on.

That level of understanding is learnable. It’s teachable. And honestly? It’s what gets me out of bed.

If you’re ready to go from doing brows to being known for brows in your area - this is your starting point. 🤎

Save this. Share it. Tag an artist who needs to hear it. 👇

🤎I was a single mum to twin girls, I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, and at one point - I was living back at my parents’ house trying to figure out how to rebuild everything from scratch.

I remember sitting there thinking: I need something that belongs to me. Something flexible enough to work around my girls. Something that could actually build into a proper income one day. Something I could be proud of.

I’ve always been creative. I studied Art & Design, I loved anything visual. So when I found PMU - this strange combination of art, precision, beauty and business - something just clicked.

But I want to be honest about what the beginning actually looked like. Because I think the way people talk about building businesses online can make it sound like there’s a clean, linear journey from ‘started a course’ to ‘fully booked.’

There wasn’t. Not for me.

There were years of self-doubt. Of making mistakes on clients and losing sleep over them. Of investing money I was scared to spend on education because I desperately wanted to get better. Of comparing myself to artists who seemed to have a natural confidence I couldn’t access. Of wondering - more times than I’d like to admit - whether I actually had what it took.

The turning point wasn’t one big moment. It was gradual. It was piecing together everything that worked, being ruthlessly honest about what didn’t, and slowly - slowly - building a level of understanding that meant I stopped guessing and started trusting myself.

What started as me trying to survive and create stability for my children became something I genuinely love. A business that gives me freedom, creative satisfaction, financial independence, and the chance to help other artists find their version of the same thing.

If you’re at the beginning of that journey - or stuck somewhere in the middle - I just want you to know that the path isn’t as straight as Instagram makes it look. And that’s not a sign you’re failing.

It’s just the reality of building something real. 🤎