Port City Aesthetics

Port City Aesthetics

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Formerly Port City Brows

Port City Aesthetics is a luxury beauty studio specializing in permanent makeup and esthetics. Serving coastal North Carolina. ✨

We focus on timeless, effortless enhancements that keep you looking refined and naturally polished.

Photos from Port City Aesthetics's post 07/24/2026

A little update from me. 🤍

Over the past few months, I’ve spent a lot of time evaluating my services, my processes, and how I can best serve my clients. After taking everything into consideration, I’ve decided to adjust my pricing to make permanent makeup more accessible while continuing to provide the same personalized experience and quality you’ve come to expect.

If you’ve been thinking about booking your brows, lips, or lash line enhancement, now is the perfect time. The updated pricing is now live on my website, and I’m so excited to welcome both new and returning clients.

And to my clients who already had appointments booked before this pricing update, don’t worry! I’ll be honoring the new pricing for you as well. 🤍

Thank you for trusting me with your faces and for continuing to support my small business. I truly appreciate each and every one of you.

Visit the link in my bio to learn more and book your appointment. ✨

— Sara

Photos from Port City Aesthetics's post 07/13/2026

✨ July Lash Lift Special ✨

Summer is the perfect time to simplify your beauty routine! ☀️

For the rest of July, enjoy $20 OFF my Korean Lash Lift & Tint—now just $90 (regularly $110).

A lash lift enhances your natural lashes by creating a beautiful lifted curl that lasts 6–8 weeks. No extensions, no daily curling, and less time getting ready every morning.

✔️ Low maintenance
✔️ Sweat- and beach-friendly
✔️ Perfect for vacations, pool days, and busy mornings

This special is valid for appointments booked through July 31. Availability is limited, so if you’ve been thinking about trying a lash lift, now is the perfect time!

✨ Book through the link in my bio or text us with any questions. I can’t wait to see you!

05/26/2026

It’s my 33rd birthday, so obviously we had to do something cute for the girls 🎉🥳

Introducing my Summer Lip Event.

For a limited time, all Lip Blush appointments booked by August 26th will include a complimentary perfecting session ($150 value).

Because this summer, we’re done gatekeeping pretty lips 💋✨

Think:
• soft blushy color
• more definition without filler
• effortless “clean girl” lips
• less lipstick, less liner, less getting ready
• waking up looking fresh, feminine, and a little more expensive ✨

This treatment is perfect for:
• pale lips
• cool or uneven pigment
• filler clients wanting enhanced overall color + shape
• busy girls wanting low-maintenance beauty
• anyone wanting that soft “your lips but better” look

Fresh results heal 30%+ softer and more natural over the following weeks.

Hot girl summer, but make it low maintenance 💋✨

Limited appointments available.
Booking link in bio.

Photos from Port City Aesthetics's post 05/24/2026

This post isn’t meant to scare anyone away, it’s meant to help the right clients find the right artist for them.

Cosmetic tattooing is not one size fits all, and neither are artists.

Despite the name “permanent makeup,” my approach is not about replacing your makeup entirely. It’s about creating soft, hyper realistic brow detail that mimics natural hair, replaces what’s missing, and enhances what’s already there.

My style is very intentional: soft healed results, natural hair like detail, facial harmony, and brows designed to age beautifully with your skin over time.

That means I may not always be the best fit for clients wanting overly saturated, heavily shaped, or trend driven brows, and that’s okay 🤍

I’ll always prioritize long term healed results over temporary trends.

The best cosmetic tattoo results happen when trust, realism, technique, skin science, and artistry all work together✨🙌🏻

Photos from Port City Aesthetics's post 05/19/2026

Freshly done vs. fully healed are two very different stages of lip blush. ✨

Immediately after the appointment, lips appear more vibrant in color and definition. Once healed, the pigment softens by roughly 30%+ for a more natural finish.

The artistry is in creating enough color and structure initially so the healed result still feels effortless and balanced.

Photos from Port City Aesthetics's post 05/17/2026

There are certain moments in your career that you just know you’ll remember forever… and this was one of them. 🤍

I’ve looked up to for years — truly since the beginning of my career — so getting the opportunity to train with her felt surreal in itself. But what I didn’t expect was how much this training would push me creatively, technically, and personally as an artist.

Going into it, I was honestly nervous. This technique is very different from the way I’ve always worked, and I was scared I wouldn’t be able to execute it the way I wanted to. But over those two days, something clicked. Not only did I learn an entirely new approach to lip blush, I learned how much the smallest adjustments in stretch, movement, pressure, and body positioning can completely change the outcome, both for healed results and for reducing trauma and swelling.

And somehow… I created the best lips I’ve ever done!

I genuinely cannot stop staring at these results. I’m still over the moon about them!

What makes this even more special is knowing how much knowledge, trial and error, experience, and intention went into developing this technique over the last 10 years and the fact that she is willing to share that with her students so openly is something I’ll never take lightly. She is not only an incredible trainer, but such a kind, funny, genuine person, and getting to see that side of her throughout the training made the experience even better.

Also getting to bring my cousin as my model made this entire trip so special to me🤍

I left this training feeling inspired, challenged, emotional, grateful, and honestly more confident in my artistry than I have in a very long time. I cannot wait to continue refining this technique and bringing these results to my clients because this is, without a doubt, the best lip blush technique I’ve ever worked with.

So thankful for this experience, this growth, and this reminder that there is always another level to reach as an artist. ✨

Photos from Port City Aesthetics's post 05/11/2026

a little MIA this weekend 🫶🏼
spent the last few days celebrating my brother graduating dental school, soaking up time with family, and being fully present off socials for Mother’s Day weekend.

so incredibly proud of my brother and everything he’s worked for to get to this moment. watching someone you love achieve such a huge milestone is really special, and i know this is only the beginning for him 🦷🎓

my heart feels really full after this weekend. getting to celebrate such a major milestone surrounded by family was something i’ll always cherish. happiest Mother’s Day to my sweet mama + all the amazing moms in my life 🌸🌷

Photos from Port City Aesthetics's post 05/03/2026

Proof that subtle doesn’t mean unnoticeable🙌🏻

Nano brows to softly define + a Korean lash lift to open the eyes. No heavy makeup, no harsh lines!

This is your face… just a little more polished, a little more awake.

If you’ve been wanting low-maintenance beauty that still looks like you, this is it.

→ Nano brows = hair-like strokes for soft fullness
→ Korean lash lift = lifted, healthy lashes without damage or over-curl

Would you try this combo?

05/01/2026

POV: you thought your lips were thin… but no one ever showed you this 👀

This is mid-service, after mapping and placing a soft outline to define your natural lip border (before shading).

No overlining. No filler.
Just revealing what’s already there ✨

Next step is blending + shading to create that soft, full, even color (this by itself isn’t the finished look).

And before you ask, yes, we use numbing the entire time.
Most clients are surprised at how easy this service actually is 💋

Lip blush isn’t about bigger lips…
it’s about better lips 😉

Use code LIPS for $100 off remaining June appointments.
Valid for June bookings only — limited availability!

04/22/2026

The last month has been a whirlwind with moving into the new space, getting everything set up, and seeing clients in between, but I’ve still been over here working behind the chair and creating some beautiful results 🤍

Posting a little after of these nanobrows because I realized (again) I forgot a before… but we’re not new here 😅

I’m so excited to finally be settling into the new space and can’t wait to show you guys more of it soon. I’ve also got some really fun things coming up in May that I can’t wait to share ✨

As always, I’m still here creating soft, natural brows + lips that enhance what you already have.

Now booking for June! If you’ve been thinking about it, this is your sign 🤍

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Address


44 Shuckin Street Unit 201, Suite 12
Wilmington, NC
28443

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 4pm
Thursday 10:30am - 4pm
Friday 10:30am - 4pm