But this isn't anything like plumping your lips with injectables. It works in the same way as tattooing on freckles does, by adding colour pigments just like a regular tattoo. For our latest episode of Marco Beauty we dive deep into the procedure with Carolyn Staples, co-founder of California-based microblading boutique Brow House , who is looking to naturally enhance the colour of her lips. To achieve her ideal results, she trusted her business partner and permanent makeup specialist Pia Rotman , who used the Aquarelle lip technique, which adds a soft blush colour to the lips and also defines the outline with permanent pigment.