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Planning your appointment at the right time makes a huge difference — especially for healing-based services like PMU and tattoos, or maintenance-based services like lashes and lifts.
If you have an event, vacation, other treatments, or a tight schedule coming up, here’s how to time your services so everything heals (and looks) exactly how you want it to.
Permanent Makeup (Brows, Lips, Eyeliner)
Permanent Makeup (Brows, Lips, Eyeliner)
Book at least 8 weeks before any major event or travel.
Healing takes time. Most PMU needs two sessions — initial + touch-up — with a full 6–8 weeks between.
Color fades, flakes, and resurfaces gradually. Your final healed result won’t show for at least 4 weeks, and the full result isn’t complete until after your touch-up.
Don’t plan this last-minute. PMU is semi-permanent — not instant makeup.
Weddings, photoshoots, travel, or big life moments? Book well in advance.
Fine Line Tattoos
Fine Line Tattoos
Book 2 weeks (ideally 4-6) before any sun exposure, water exposure, or special events.
Your tattoo needs time to peel, settle, and soften.
Avoid sun, pools, baths, or saunas for at least 2 weeks after.
Don’t schedule tattoos right before a vacation or summer trip unless you can keep it fully protected.
If you need a touch-up, you'll want to plan for at least 4 weeks of healing first.
Lash Extensions
Lash Extensions
Book a full set 2–4 days before any big event. OR 1 month prior to get the set on, and a fill 2-4 days prior to make any adjustments/make sure it's full for your event/trip.
This gives you time to adjust to the feel, make sure you're not reacting, and lets your lashes settle.
Avoid booking the same day as makeup or photos — lashes look best after 24 hours, once they’ve cured and settled.
Fill schedule: every 2–3 weeks for consistent fullness. Don’t wait too long or it becomes a full set again.
Lash Lifts & Brow Lamination
Lash Lifts & Brow Lamination
Book 2–5 days before your event or vacation.
These services peak within 24–48 hours and last up to 6–8 weeks.
You’ll want to avoid water or steam in the first 24 hours, so give yourself that buffer.
If you’re tinting as well, let any brow skin staining fade slightly for a more natural look before your big day.
Piercings
Piercings
Book at least 2–4 weeks before travel or extended water exposure.
You’ll need time to avoid pools, lakes, sweating, or sleeping on the piercing during the initial phase.
Healing varies by location, but a minimum of 2 weeks of being gentle is key.
If you do any swimming, or excessive sweating be prepared to cleanse with the cleanser more often.
Things to Avoid Before or After your appointment
Things to Avoid Before or After your appointment
These are treatments or products that can interfere with healing, pigment retention, lash bonding, or your skin’s reaction. Be mindful of timing them around your appointment — or your results may suffer.
You have upcoming laser, chemical peel, or facial appointments (wait at least 2 weeks between)
You’re sick, sunburned, or healing from something else
You plan to go in the ocean, pool, or direct sun in the next few days
You can’t commit to aftercare — reschedule instead of rushing it
Facials, Peels, & Microneedling
Facials, Peels, & Microneedling
Avoid all resurfacing treatments (peels, dermaplaning, microneedling, facials) for at least 2 weeks before and after PMU or tattoos. Fresh skin is more sensitive and unpredictable during healing.
Retin-A, AHAs, BHAs, Accutane
Retin-A, AHAs, BHAs, Accutane
Stop use of Retin-A, tretinoin, glycolic or salicylic acid for 5–7 days before PMU or lamination
Accutane users must wait 6+ months after stopping medication to get tattooed or have PMU
These products thin your skin and cause over-exfoliation or poor pigment retention
Spray Tans & Self-Tanner
Spray Tans & Self-Tanner
PMU:
No spray tans before tattooing or PMU
Wait until your skin is fully healed before reapplying any tanner
Avoid tanning altogether during healing (PMU + tattoo)
Lash extensions/Lash Lift/Brow Lamination:
Avoid spray tanning 24–48 hours before your lash lift or brow lamination.
→ The solutions can leave a film on the skin and hairs that affects how the lifting or lamination solution works — it may cause uneven processing or weak results.Avoid spray tanning 24–48 hours after the service, too.
→ The skin and brow/lash hairs are still settling, and self-tanner can stain freshly processed brows, especially if any skin was exfoliated.
Waxing, Threading, Tinting
Waxing, Threading, Tinting
Avoid brow waxing/threading within 48 hours of brow PMU or Lamination
Lamination/Tinting should be done at least 3-5 days prior or 1–2 weeks after PMU
No chemical brow or lash tinting during the healing period of brow PMU
Botox & Filler
Botox & Filler
Book PMU at least 2 weeks before or after your Botox/filler appointment
If your brows shift after Botox, it could affect symmetry or healed shape
Timing matters. Don’t cram permanent or healing services into your schedule last-minute. You’ll get better results — and feel way more confident — when you plan ahead.
Not sure how to time it? Message me with your event or travel date, and I’ll help you book smart.
Wondering how far in advance to book? Just check the calendar! Availability is always up-to-date — and certain services book out faster than others.
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