Fact: the items on your procedure tray can kill you or your clients. These items are easily contaminated with harmful, even deadly, bloodborne pathogens and without proper handling, you and your clients are at risk. Is your tray set up safe? Melody Urieli lists 5 items that should never be on your tray. 

Melody is an Artist at Sheila Bella Permanent Makeup. She is certified in Microblading, Powder Brows, Nano Brows and Ombré as well as Brow Lamination, Microneedling and Fibroblast Skin Tightening.

Mentoring is important, not only because of the knowledge and skills students can learn from mentors, but also because mentoring provides professional socialization and personal support to facilitate success. Muskan Sharma @blush.ink23 and @muskaneyebrows shares her personal experience, urging trainers and students alike to consider exploring mentorship as an extension of their PMU education.

The 5th and final part of our Sales Series presented by AAM President, @realsheilabella, is all about closing that sale! Find out how keeping it simple is your secret to success. 

Sheila Bella is AAM President, CEO of Sheila Bella Corporation, Founder of the Pretty Ambitious Summit, Creator of the Top 100 Podcast, Pretty Rich Podcast, Business Coach and Global Speaker for the beauty industry. 

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Mature skin can be also intimidating. It’s often more difficult to attain a 3 point stretch, color tends to heal cooler and healing may take longer. However, there are also many benefits to working with mature skin. Ina Vez lists several in today’s episode of PMU School.

Ina @inavezacademy has been a Permanent Makeup Artist for 20 years. She is a Board Certified Instructor by American Academy of Micropigmentation and Master Trainer for Academy S by Sviatoslav Otchenash!

Social proof is absolutely necessary when it comes to building credibility as an Artist. But, what exactly IS "social proof" and more importantly, how can YOU request and attain it for your growing business? Amber Harder @microbladingsuccess explains.

Amber is a born and raised Hawaiian from Hawaii. A mom of 2 boys, a wife, and female business owner with over 17 years of entrepreneurship, she is a self proclaimed expert on all things NOT to do when starting a business.

Have you ever considered tattooing wrinkles? Now, before you hit "unsubscribe" - we're talking about adding wrinkles to 3D areola tattoos! It's just one of Vicky's top secret methods to achieving hyper-realistic results.

Vicky is passionate about giving breast cancer survivors the very best medical tattooing results to finish their difficult journey and leave them feeling whole again. Vicky created her own method for tattooing the areola and now teaches the 3D Areola (VICKY MARTIN METHOD VMM®) worldwide

Pssst..Have you ever googled your date? What about your client? Jeanee Lusby @naturalookpmu explains how knowing basic information about a client beforehand, maximizes your client relationship potential.

Jeanee founded The NaturaLook Institute of Permanent Makeup @naturalookpmu in 1999 and has made the application and training of permanent cosmetics her sole specialty. In 2012 she began formulating colors and created True Colors™ pigments.

Clients are often quick to suggest covering over previous work in the interest of immediate gratification, however, these clients rely heavily on their Artist's expert opinion in order to achieve results both parties are satisfied with. Jeremy Halgat @dead_sea_tattoo performs both procedures and discusses how to decide between correction and removal.  

Jeremy @Dead_Sea_Tattoo in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been tattooing for 25 years. He is proud to offer custom tattoos, saline tattoo removal, and PMU.

It's happened to us all. Your client is running late or just rescheduled and now you've got some unscheduled time on your hands. Don't waste it! Melody Urieli @melody_sheilabellapmu shares 10 things you can do between clients.

Melody Urieli is Director of Social Media and Communications for the AAM as well as an Elite Artist at Sheila Bella Permanent Makeup. She is certified in Microblading, Powder Brows, Nano Brows and Ombré as well as Brow Lamination, Microneedling and Fibroblast Skin Tightening.

If you're frustrated with price wars or what feels like an oversaturated industry, you might feel anger, even resentment towards other PMU Artists. Victoria Racca @victoria.glam explains why treating your "competition" as a colleague is not only beneficial for YOUR business, but also for the industry as a whole. 

Victoria is a member of the American Academy of Micropigmentation (AAM).  She has serviced over 500 brows and has clients and students throughout Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.