The International Institute of Permanent Cosmetics

The International Institute of Permanent Cosmetics under the instruction of Ms. Susan Church is a nationally recognized education organization to teach the procedures of application and care of Permanent Cosmetics. Ms. Susan Church is a world renowned permanent cosmetics make-up artist, pioneer, educator, lecturer, and successful practitioner in the field of Microdermal Pigmentation or cosmetic and paramedical tattooing.

You can be assured that you are learning from the principal authority of Permanent Cosmetics because Ms. Church is the only permanent cosmetic makeup technician in the state of California that has been appointed to the California conference of local health officer’s task force. Susan Church has educated thousands of physicians, nurses, medical personnel and technicians in the beauty industry in the aspects of permanent cosmetics as well as Corrective Pigment Camouflage (CPC).

Ms. Church was chosen to represent the entire permanent cosmetic population in the state of California and was given the award for distinguished service for the industry supportive work on the California's Task Force for the state of California in 1999. To continually regulate Permanent Cosmetics, Ms. Church co-founded the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals in 1990. The Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals or SPCP is a non-profit organization with a membership of over 1,300 permanent cosmetic makeup technicians.

What separates IIPC from other Permanent Cosmetic Schools?

IIPC has a proven track record of successful graduates that have grown impressive client lists. With the implementation and successes of IIPCs’ Head Educator and Founder Susan Church, students skills and professionalism allow them to exceed in the world Permanent Cosmetics. The International Institute of Permanent Cosmetics educate each student in the most advanced techniques of application and use only the highest quality products manufactured in FDA approved Labs in the United States.

Always the consummate professional, Ms Church has been in the beauty industry since 1967, and the Permanent Cosmetic Makeup Industry since 1988. Each of our educators has been in the beauty industry for over 20 years. With this highly qualified professional team, IIPC far exceeds any other schools qualified credentials.

What is Permanent Cosmetics and Micropigmentation?

Permanent Cosmetics often referred to as Permanent makeup, is a cosmetic technique which utilizes permanent pigmentation of the skin that allows the resemblance of makeup, such as eye-lining, lip-lining and other permanent enhancing colors to the skin. In addition to facial enhancements, Permanent Cosmetics is also used to produce artificial eyebrows. Simply put, Permanent Cosmetics is used to emulate the appearance of makeup as well as used to camouflage scars and skin discolorations, to mimic the appearance of hair.

Although Permanent Make Up can be utilized to enhance beauty, it can be beneficial to those people who have lost eyebrows due to aging, disease, such as alopecia, chemotherapy or a genetic disturbance, and to disguise scars and white spots in the skin such as in vitiligo. In addition to facial procedures, Permanent Cosmetics can also used to restore or enhance the breast's areola, such as after breast surgery.

Permanent Cosmetics can also be referred to as Micropigmentation or Dermapigmentation. The Permanent Cosmetics Industry continually works to regulate and accredit procedures insuring that there are industry standard practices for patient care. Permanent Makeup Professionals and Supply Manufacturers work with the FDA to ensure the inks used in permanent makeup and the pigments in these inks exceed agency regulation as cosmetics and color additives.