Conversations with Naimee Saephan

Today we’d like to introduce you to Naimee Saephan.

Hi Naimee, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
After years of working for corporate America, I have learned that our educational system has its flaws. One of those flaws is… we were all taught to go to college so we can get a good job. Imagine if we were taught to create a business, earn for ourselves, and make an impact in today’s society—we would all find happiness and satisfaction in something that we built for ourselves.

After years of college, being lost, and pursuing various employment careers, I finally found my passion outside of the institution system. I was 34 years old when I pursued my first permanent makeup class in eyebrows.

I was told by many people: “you are kind of late because everyone is doing it. 2. it is competitive because the market is saturated. 3. it will be hard to get clients. 4. you won’t be able to make $ and 5. people started to question me asking if I was sure that I can tattoo?” My answer: “yes! And I don’t care if it’s saturated or if I don’t make $. I wanted to become one of the best brow artists!

I should have done it before the market got saturated but I didn’t care. I came from a sales and marketing background so all I saw were numbers. That there are millions of people that needed a good brow artist. Even if there were 100 brow artists in the area, the demand would still exceed the supply. I knew that I would have to work really hard to create a demand for Ombré Powder Brows tattoo.

I began to adopt the famous motto “Beauty Begins the Moment You Decide to be Yourself.” I wanted to do something that was meaningful for me. After going thru a big heartbreak & divorce I was at my lowest lows. I knew I lost myself and I wanted to find myself again. I found my passion when I started doing brows. I was making an impact in helping people feel confident and beautiful in their own skin.

My career took off when I started offering workshop training with an emphasis on social media marketing. At this time, many people did not understand how to market themselves and their businesses. I had taken many courses that did not offer that—so I felt like that was the one thing that was missing in helping people start the business. You can have the skills but without marketing and reaching a wider volume of the audience—you will not be able to convert people to your services.

What I also learned as a trainer was that, every learner is different. So when I created my hands-on training program—I wanted to focus on a structure of the basics of hand movements with the machine and getting students to use their senses in various ways to allow their hands to work for them. After training over 300 students, I must say that everyone learns differently. Some people learn better through sensory, while others can be auditory or visual learners. My program implements all of these factors to cater to every unique learner.

At the present moment, I focus all my energy and time on my training programs. I find helping people elevate and create something for themselves to be very rewarding. I have been invited by many studios to train in their area. So far, I have trained in Washington, Hawaii, Florida, California, North Carolina, and Arizona.

What is next for me? I am currently working to build my online presence and reach a wider audience globally. After going viral on TikTok & Instagram with my eyeliner video which hit 28 million views (TikTok) and 8 million views (IG), I have been getting a lot of inquiries from all around the world asking me to teach an online class. Although I have been offering learning materials on my IG page. I also want to connect more with my audience and offer tips and tricks in the trade through YouTube.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Initially, when I started, I took a 1-day advance course that did not offer a student model and I sucked on my practice skins. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy so I dedicated 3 days out of my week to practice for 8-10 hours per day until I was able to finally produce the work on practice skin. that I believe would mean I am ready for a real person model.

It took me a little over 2 months to get it down on practice skin. After that, I flew all the way to Thailand to learn more techniques and worked on my first model there. It was funny because I had a huge fear of messing up someone’s eyebrows in my area and I knew I couldn’t live with myself if I did—-so I came up with this idea to do it in a different country since no one knows me there.

It was huge anxiety for me but doing this helped me feel better about the process. And amazingly, I didn’t do too bad on my first model and I definitely got a lot of bookings from showcasing my first work.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I specialize in permanent makeup tattoos of brows, lips, and eyeliner. I am the proudest of my teaching career. As an educator, I have helped developed so many great artists out there and made an impact in their careers.

We all have a different way of looking at and defining success. How do you define success?
I define success as being happy and finding satisfaction in anything that I do. Most people measure success with how much money they make—I measure success in a wealth of rewarding emotions.

It’s an accumulation of all little small successes for me. For example, when one of my clients cried seeing herself with brows for the first time—that proud and emotional feeling I felt is a success. When my student thanked me for helping them find their passion and that they are booked out—that is my moment of success.

When I helped my brother buy his first house with the income I earned all those years—that is my success.

Contact Info:

• Email: forevernaimee@gmail.con
• Website: www.forevernaimee.com
• Instagram: Instagram.com/forevernaimee
• TikTok: @forevernaimee