Emphasize natural beauty, create a slight brightness effect, highlight a specific area of the face - these and many cosmetology problems can be solved using permanent makeup. The main tool in the hands of the master is a needle, it is through it that the pigment is stuffed and the desired effect is created - a clear outline, a thin elegant pattern or shading.
The beauty industry does not stand still; in hardware cosmetology, an alternative to needles has appeared - convenient and hygienic replaceable cartridges. Each of them is a “3 in 1” block completely ready for use - it consists of a soldering of needles, a reservoir with pigment and a durable body made of medical plastic.
Our online store “All for permanent make-up” offers a wide range of cartridges from the most popular brands.
Cartridges for permanent tattooing - what they are and what you should pay attention to when choosing
Replacement modules for hardware cosmetology differ very significantly - in the number of needles, the shape of their soldering and the type of sharpening. These characteristics determine how suitable the cartridge is for performing a particular cosmetic procedure - making lips or eyebrows bright, drawing a neat arrow or shading it.
For the convenience of consumers, there are markings on the cartridge packaging - these are numerical and letter designations of the needle parameters, namely, the diameter of the needle, their number, the shape of the solder and the type of sharpening are sequentially indicated. The most important parameters for choosing the right cartridge are the shape of the solder and the type of sharpening; let’s look at these parameters in a little more detail.
Needle soldering shape
Based on the soldering configuration, these types of cartridges are distinguished - their marking is determined by the first letters of the English name of the form:
- RL (Round Liner) is the most popular oval commissure in permanent hair removal. All needles are soldered along a rounded arc - this version of the cartridge is chosen to create clear contours and detailed drawing of fine strokes.
- RS (Round Shader) is a universal option, most often used by hardware tattoo artists. The needles are soldered into a tight circle, leaving a round color on the skin - used for high-quality shading and shadow work.
- RM (Round Magnum) - a variant of flat soldering, consists of needles of different lengths. The points of the needles are arranged in a semicircle so that the central part penetrates deeply into the skin, and the outer parts penetrate to a minimum distance. This type of cartridge provides not very clear coloring - suitable for light shading. By the way, this is one of the safest and least traumatic types of needles!
- M (Magnum) – painting needles located parallel to each other come in two modifications: M1 with a dense arrangement of needles in 1 row – used for shading and forming soft transitions, a cartridge with needles in 2 rows (M2) – for dense coloring of the skin.
- F (Flat) – dense flat welding of needles in 1 row is intended for deep introduction of pigment. Such cartridges are used to obtain pronounced contours, shading and/or filling.
Type of sharpening of needles in a cartridge
This parameter is determined by the length of the tip of the tattoo needle - all types of sharpening are conventionally divided into 3 groups:
- LT (Long) - long sharp point about 7.5 mm, suitable for small diameter piercings to create elegant fine lines and pixels.
- MT (Middle) - average type of sharpening about 3.5 mm, universal option - suitable for almost all jobs.
- ST (Short) needles are the most “short-sharpened” (one might say “dull” tool). Such needles make a puncture of a large diameter - a cartridge with such markings is ideal for dense coloring.
- T (Texture) – this is how needles with a textured sharpening are marked; they have a sort of corrugated surface. Due to this configuration, the needle captures a larger amount of pigment and is used to create wide lines along the contour.
It should be added that cartridges with needles of long LT and medium MT sharpening are considered universal by permanent makeup artists - suitable for pixel coloring, powder and nano spraying. Moreover, fine sharpening LT is more often used for dry thin skin, and needles with medium sharpening MT are used for manipulating oily skin.
The marking of cartridges for tattoo work is clear to artists all over the world - it fully corresponds to the markings of the cartridges presented by us from Defenderr and Kwadron. But the replacement modules of the Mast brand have a slight difference in the markings - the diameters of the most common sizes are respectively designated 8 (0.25 mm), 10 (0.30 mm) and 12 (0.35 mm).
Advantages of cartridge systems for permanent tattooing
Over time, each master develops his own preferences when choosing a brand, type of needle, sharpening and soldering. But in any case, craftsmen choose cartridges - there are many good reasons for this:
Convenient and hygienic - the cartridge was unpacked, used and disposed of. No autoclaving of needles!
- Membrane protection of the module. Thanks to this system, blood particles cannot penetrate into the machine - the master and the client are maximally protected from infection with hepatitis and other dangerous diseases that are transmitted through blood.
- The needles and cartridge are made from medically safe materials - the risk of an allergic reaction in the client is practically reduced to zero.
- The cartridges are ideally compatible with modular tattoo machine holders - working with them is easy and pleasant.
- A wide selection of designs - by the number of needles, the shape of the solder, the types of sharpening of the tip. Thanks to the correct choice of cartridge for permanent tattooing, the procedure for the client becomes as painless and atraumatic as possible.
We offer you to buy inexpensive cartridges for permanent makeup in our online store. In the “All for permanent make-up” catalog, you can choose the appropriate model yourself or trust the professionals - our consultants are well versed in the assortment and will help you choose the best model in terms of price and characteristics. To order universal cartridges, leave a request on the website or contact us in any other convenient way specified in the Contacts section - by phone, through messengers, order a call back. Buyers from Kyiv and Khmelnytskyi can pick up their orders from the warehouse by self-pickup at any convenient time. In Ukraine, fast delivery of orders by mail to your home or to the nearest post office - Chernigov, Dnepr, Kharkov, Sumy, etc.