Melissa DeVries, Permanent Makeup

Melissa DeVries, Permanent Makeup

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๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€ข ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ

Triangulating my โ–ณ passion for ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต & ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ
โ–ณ education in ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ & ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
โ–ณ career as a ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜น ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ

11/07/2025

โ€œI saw myself in the mirror and my first thought was ๐˜ž๐˜–๐˜ž ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด! Thank you for letting me be a model!โ€

โœจ Just ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ at the reduced model rate!
Letโ€™s get you holiday-ready with a gorgeous new brow session next week! ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’ซ

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€:
โ€“ No previous permanent makeup
โ€“ Not pregnant or nursing
โ€“ No tanning, Accutane, retinol, or blood thinners

Comment below or message me to see if youโ€™re a good candidate โ€”
or tag a friend whoโ€™s been dreaming of perfect brows! ๐Ÿ’•
Donโ€™t miss this last chance to snag a model spot!

11/04/2025

Today Iโ€™m thinking about the students in our schools โ€” the ones learning art, science, and teamwork; the ones discovering their passions; the ones just looking for a safe place to grow.

The Des Moines Public Schools bond is on the ballot today, and itโ€™s about giving these kids the spaces, tools, and resources they need to thrive.

When we support our schools, we support our children, our teachers, and the future of our community. ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! Every vote matters โ€” letโ€™s show up for them! ๐Ÿ’›

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11/03/2025

๐— ๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ! If youโ€™ve been thinking about getting your brows done, this is your sign!โœจ

This is your chance to get that everyday confidence and time-saving magic for a fraction of the price!

For a special rate of ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ, there are only 3 spots remain!

๐Ÿ“… Dates:
Wed, Nov 5 ยท Nov 12 ยท Nov 19
Flexible start time: 9AM - 12PM

๐Ÿ“Œ Requirements:
โ€“ No previous permanent makeup
โ€“ Not pregnant or nursing
โ€“ No tanning, Accutane, retinol, or blood thinners

This offer will go fast, so comment below or message me to see if youโ€™re a good candidate! Or tag that friend whoโ€™s been dreaming of perfect brows โ€” This is your time! ๐Ÿ’•

11/03/2025

This right here, this is what itโ€™s all about โ€” helping you feel your best, most confident self ๐Ÿค

Photos from Melissa DeVries, Permanent Makeup's post 11/02/2025

Anyone else have kids who end up with custom, freehand pumpkin stencils every year?? ๐ŸŽƒ Spoiled? Probably ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ But itโ€™s secretly one of my favorite little traditions โ€” I get to act like a kid again and be way too particular about my sketching ๐Ÿ˜‚

Shoutout to these kids thoughโ€ฆ mom draws, dad carves. Work smarter, not harder!

Photos from Melissa DeVries, Permanent Makeup's post 10/29/2025

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.
This incredible woman runs her own business in a male-dominated industry, works in roofing ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ as a home inspector (with a background as a roofer herself!), and is a single mama raising a wonderfully energetic little boy โ€” sheโ€™s basically ๐•Ž๐• ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•Ž๐• ๐•ž๐•’๐•Ÿ in my eyes! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’–

She wanted a natural look that โ€œwonโ€™t wipe off when Iโ€™m sweating on a rooftop.โ€ You got it, Wonder Woman! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

By following her natural brow pattern and bone structure, I created a shape that adds definition yet softly frames those ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ blue eyes! โœจ

Sheโ€™s an inspiring woman building a life & legacy for herself, while showing up fully as a mother, daughter, and big sister. If I can take even one small thing off her plate each day, Iโ€™m truly honored to do so ๐Ÿ’•

Model: Combination Brow

๐Ÿ’– ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ? ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€!

10/17/2025

๐— ๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ!
If youโ€™ve been thinking about getting your brows done, this is your sign!โœจ

Want to wake up with effortlessly flawless brows, but the investment hasnโ€™t been in the budget? This is your chance to get that everyday confidence and time-saving magic for a fraction of the price!

For a special rate of ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ, there are only ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ available!

๐Ÿ“… Dates:
Wed, Oct 22 ยท Nov 5 ยท Nov 12 ยท Nov 19 ยท Nov 26
Flexible start time: 9AM - 12PM

๐Ÿ“Œ Requirements:
โ€“ No previous permanent makeup
โ€“ Not pregnant or nursing
โ€“ No tanning, Accutane, retinol, or blood thinners

This offer will go fast, so comment below or message me to see if youโ€™re a good candidate! Or tag that friend whoโ€™s been dreaming of perfect brows! This is your time! ๐Ÿ’•

Photos from Melissa DeVries, Permanent Makeup's post 10/14/2025

๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’•
I donโ€™t think Iโ€™ll ever forget the look on this modelโ€™s face when she saw her results. ๐Ÿฅน

This sweet soul took care of me through my first pregnancy โ€” with so much tenderness, attention to detail, and the kind of humor that always left us both laughing until we cried! But life wears us down sometimes, and I could sense her light had dimmed a little since Iโ€™d last seen her.

I wanted to give her beautiful brows. However, more than that, I wanted to give her that light back. To help her see herself the way I see her: Sheโ€™s sharp and hilarious, in a sneaky, quick-witted way! But she also has a gentleness about her. Sheโ€™s warm and real. Vulnerable, and easy to let down your guard with. She cares about others and is always building them up โ€” but she doesnโ€™t save any of that generosity for herself. Working within her natural shape, I added definition and elegance with a hairstroke technique.

Watching her face soften as she looked in the mirror at the end of our appointment โ€” that moment was everything. We both quickly wiped away tears as she finally saw the woman Iโ€™ve always seen. She told me this is going to change how she shows up in the world. And that was more than I couldโ€™ve hoped for ๐Ÿ’—

You are the best, my dear. I hope this helps you radiate that quick, confident, smart, beautiful, and fun woman thatโ€™s always been there. โœจ

Model: Nanobrow

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜? ๐Ÿ’• ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€!

Photos from Melissa DeVries, Permanent Makeup's post 10/12/2025

๐—” ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: ๐—œ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ โ€œ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€!
When I asked this model about her goals for permanent makeup, her first words were: I just want to look โ€˜done.โ€™ And as a fellow mom to young kids, girl, I can totally relate!

She came in with her natural brows intact and admitted she just wanted to look a bit more polished, feeling a little ashamed that she doesnโ€™t do more to โ€œkeep upโ€ with them. I assured her I neglect my own brows too โ€” because, letโ€™s be honest, we have much more important things to take care of! But thatโ€™s the beauty of permanent makeup: adding shape and definition keeps you looking polished while life keeps moving!

Instead of creating a completely new shape, this session was all about defining her natural brows โ€” adding subtle enhancements while keeping everything natural and effortless. We did a Combination Brow, with delicate nano hair strokes in the front and soft definition with a powder ombrรฉ technique through the rest.

I was thrilled to see how this graceful, natural-looking brow framed her face perfectly, highlighting her features and bringing out the stunning shape of her big brown eyes! When she looked in the mirror at the end of her appointment, she said: โ€œThis is exactly what I wanted!โ€ ๐Ÿฅฐ

I love that this amazing, working mama can wake up for the school drop off line on those rushed mornings, and feel just as beautiful on the outside as she is on the inside!

Model: Combination Brow

๐Ÿ’• ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€? ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€!

Photos from Melissa DeVries, Permanent Makeup's post 10/10/2025

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ!
Every woman has her own reason for wanting permanent makeup โ€” and I could definitely relate to this one!

As a fellow millennial who grew up influenced by the eyebrows of Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani (thanks, early 2000s! ๐Ÿ™ƒ), she was ready to reclaim what that decade took from us!

As a busy working mom, she didnโ€™t have the time or inclination to fuss with brow makeup every day. She was clear from the start: she wanted to keep it subtle and natural. Anything but โ€œdone upโ€! And while she was excited about the ease and efficiency of permanent makeup, there was one person we really had to impressโ€ฆ Her pr***en daughter at home โ€” the toughest critic of them all! ๐Ÿ˜‚

Using the natural structure and anatomy of her face, we designed a soft, balanced shape that filled out her brows and complemented her already โœจstunningโœจ features. It was so rewarding to see how a little gentle definition could enhance all of her natural beauty!

Sheโ€™s thrilled to have her brows back โ€” and Iโ€™m extra happy to report that even the pr***en is impressed. Phew! ๐Ÿ™Œโœจ

Model: Powder Brow

โœจ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€!

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