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Make-up artist caught offering unlicensed service

Fri, 09 Oct 2015

People offering cosmetic and beauty treatments without the required licences will be dealt with.

That's the warning from government's health and safety directorate - it's after an unregistered makeup artist was found to be offering the 'microblading' service.

Microblading is the method of depositing small amounts of ink onto the skin, commonly used when tattooing permanent eyebrows.

Environmental health officer Glen Blacker outlines why it's important tattoo artists, in particular, have had their service checked by officials:

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• Glen Blacker