Reviews

Maya is a permanent makeup artist from Uralsk who works at her sister's salon. After training in Astana, her sister had learned a technique closer to permanent makeup than SMP: dots blurred or faded, and clients stopped booking. Maya took our course from scratch - hand positioning, needle selection, depth, rhythm, dot technique. She now works confidently and brings the salon a steady income: her average ticket grew from 80,000 ₸ for permanent makeup to 300,000 ₸ for SMP.

Miras is a barber in Dubai who has long served men dealing with hair loss. He previously took an online course from a permanent-makeup artist that gave him excess irrelevant theory, incorrect colour theory and pigments unsuitable for the scalp - his attempts at SMP left dots that either blurred or faded. In our course he studied SMP theory from scratch and practised dot technique and depth on melons before moving to real clients. Today Miras works confidently in Dubai, with an average ticket of $500–800 per procedure.

Alyona is a hair transplant surgeon with years of experience. She had previously studied trichopigmentation in Georgia but received only theory with no practice or materials - her instructor had never actually performed SMP. In our course she worked through a real case with her own patient, practising technique and pigment selection on post-surgical skin. Alyona now offers patients a full package - "transplant + SMP" - covering scars and creating visual density.

Aidyn spent years in civil service and, after leaving, was looking for work that would bring stable income independent of an employer. He came to us with no beauty-industry background and completed the full course: SMP theory, types of hair loss, hand positioning on training materials, practice on models, and a marketing block on running social media and launching a business. After the course Aidyn opened his own studio in Aktobe and now runs it independently, earning a stable income.

Tatiana is a permanent makeup artist from Minsk specialising in hair-stroke eyebrow technique. The permanent makeup market in her city was oversaturated, and she was looking for a new service to stand out and reach male clients. In training we covered SMP theory, positioned her hand, and practised on a model. Tatiana became one of the first to bring SMP to Minsk and expanded her audience to men dealing with hair loss.

Aizhan came to train from Bishkek, having previously done body scar and stretch-mark camouflage with permanent-makeup techniques, with unpredictable results that required many sessions. Her own attempts at trichopigmentation failed - dots blurred or did not hold on the scalp. We worked through SMP theory from scratch, covered depth and dot technique, and practised difficult areas on a model. Today Aizhan is one of the top SMP artists in her city and now trains other masters herself.

Olga moved with her family from Russia to Shymkent, where the permanent makeup market she worked in turned out to be oversaturated with competitors. She needed a profession she could learn quickly and start earning from right away. In training we covered SMP theory, skin structure, pigment selection for different skin tones, and hands-on practice. After the course Olga took a small studio space in a Shymkent salon, launched client bookings and social media promotion, fully changing her profession.

Bi-Shokai works at a hair transplant clinic in Astana; the clinic's head doctor sent him to train with us to meet growing patient demand for scar coverage and visual density after transplants. We focused on the clinic's needs: post-op scar work, depth, dot technique, pigment selection and correction strategy. After training, Bi-Shokai launched an SMP service at the clinic - now covering scars for its own patients and offering a "transplant + SMP" package, which became a separate profitable service line.

Svetlana is an experienced permanent makeup artist who has worked in Almaty, the US and Dubai. She had already tried SMP on her own but ran into typical mistakes: dots too deep, a blue tint, bleeding, and no consistent method. In training we covered SMP theory from scratch, identified and corrected her technical errors, and practised depth and hand positioning on models. Svetlana now has a salon in Dubai where clients seek her out as an SMP specialist, with a starting ticket of $1,500 per procedure.

Carlo is a tattoo artist with 15 years of experience and owner of a chain of tattoo studios in Europe who relocated to Dubai. He started doing SMP on his own, relying on his tattoo background, but ran into serious problems: dots too deep, large blue blotches and inconsistent density. In training we broke down his mistakes, explained the differences between SMP and tattooing, practised technique on a melon, and ran a two-day hands-on session with a client. Carlo now works in Dubai's premium segment with clean results free of blue tint or bleeding, with an average ticket of 8,000 dirhams per session.