We stumbled upon Julia , perchance. My 15 year old teenage daughter had overplucked her eyebrows and she was utterly devastated. She was filling them in but after sport, would find herself looking at brows that were no longer there. I happened to do a search for waterproof makeup and uncovered this sight and within hours had an appointment (because of a cancellation). \r
I had no reservations after reading these reviews and yet I had never heard of permanent makeup. \r
We were met by the wonderful office manager Carolee Brown and were kindly told that Julia does not cater to teenagers but that she would make that judgement call after meeting my child. It was clear to Julia that my daughter was mature and understanding of the process and she embraced her and began her artistry. A few months after this gift of tatoo and threading, my child has her gorgeous eyebrows back. They have grown into the beautiful shape that Julia helped create and the tatood hairs blend in just perfectly. We may need a little touch up in the summer but how exquisite and natural the end result is. My daughter is eternally grateful. \r
While we were there, I spoke with Julia about my life with an auto-immune disease that had left the right side of my face drooping. It did not bother me for I am so able to be grateful for days and do not concern myself with aesthetic. My child suggested that Julia shape my eyebrows, which were thick and unruly in parts, having grown back in an arbitrary way post-chemotherapy. Julia gave my eyebrows a magnificent shape but here is the miracle that followed. For weeks after her threading, I was able to see my eyebrows in the mirror as I brushed my teeth. I tried day after day to invite my brain to connect to those muscles that control the movement of eyebrows, exercises that neurology had attempted to teach me. \r
Slowly I began to be able to use some facial muscles again. It took extreme patience but I perservered. Could I pull the right eyebrow to allign somewhat with the left? Did Julia gift me the premise for healing because I now had a visual cue? Yes indeed she did (my disease has rendered me with cognitive difficulties and I learn through visual patterns). Now I am able to move the right side of my face and my eyebrows are my spacial reference. \r
My gift that day was a reminder that in life, there are truly people whose vocation is to share joy and where kindness is the language and ethic for practice. Julia is a master of her craft and kudos to her dear assistant Carolee for genuine heart and professional graciousness. \r
Thank you sincerely for the gift of healing and human decency.
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