SEPTEMBER 19 - 21, 2026
4 Featured Workshop-Style Courses
Bonus Presentations
Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) Workshop
Presented By: Pam Neighbors, CPCP & SPCP Approved Trainer
Pam is the Founder and artist/educator of Trillium Ink Academy rooted in the Pacific Northwest. With 33+ years experience, she is accomplished in tattoo art, scalp micropigmentation, permanent cosmetics, scar camouflage, esthetics and micro needling. She has studied SMP in three countries and holds three Master certificates. Pam has been a keynote speaker at many events and sat on the Panel of Business Experts in London 2019, at the World SMP Conference. She is a well known trainer in body art, PMU, and SMP. Pams’ home base is her studio in Everett, WA and she also has a studio and approved Oregon State Tattoo Career School in Tigard, OR. She is an SPCP Trainer Member and sits on the SPCP board as Educational Chair person.
Trillium Ink Studios
Pam is an SPCP Approved Trainr.
Learn more about courses offered by Trillium Ink.
Density Camouflage for Thinning Hair
This featured workshop-style course provides PMU artists with a foundational understanding of scalp micropigmentation (SMP) density treatments for clients experiencing thinning hair. Attendees will learn how to assess candidate suitability, plan treatments, and apply core techniques to create the appearance of natural density.
Through a combination of lecture and guided hands-on practice, this workshop focuses on building technical confidence while emphasizing realistic results, proper application methods, and client safety.
Key Topics Covered
Introduction to SMP density camouflage
Hair loss patterns and candidate assessment
Consultation and treatment planning
Pigment theory for scalp applications
Equipment, needle configurations, and technique fundamentals
Session structure and pricing considerations
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will understand how to:
Identify appropriate candidates for SMP density treatments, including thinning hair and scalp irregularities
Conduct effective consultations and set realistic client expectations
Understand pigment selection and color considerations specific to scalp applications
Demonstrate foundational knowledge of needle selection, depth, and spacing
Explain session planning, layering, and treatment progression
HANDS-ON COMPONENT
Participants will be introduced to:
Basic follicle replication techniques
Consistent placement, spacing, and layering
Creating natural-looking density without over-saturation
Practice will be completed on appropriate training mediums to support skill development in a controlled environment.
Note: This workshop is intended as an introduction to the technique or for additional practice and does not constitute formal training or certification to perform the procedure. For more information on upcoming courses, please visit https://trilliuminkacademy.net/
Lip Micropigmentation Workshop
Presented By: Mandy Sauler, CPCP
Mandy Sauler is the founder of the Sauler Institute of Tattooing, a medical and paramedical tattoo training institution with locations in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and internationally. With nearly two decades of hands-on experience, she has built a reputation as one of the leading voices in permanent makeup, scar camouflage, and areola restoration.
Mandy is the creator of the Tattoo Mentor ecosystem a professional development platform serving PMU and tattoo artists at every stage of their career and has developed pigment lines and curriculum used by artists across the globe. She is a sought-after international speaker, having presented at conferences including PMU World Live, WULOP, and PMUX. Her approach to lip tattooing merges advanced technique with clinical precision, bridging the gap between cosmetic artistry and medical-grade outcomes. She is passionate about elevating industry standards through education, physician integration, and accessible training that produces lasting, predictable results.
Mandy continues to train, certify, and mentor artists worldwide while leading philanthropic initiatives that connect underserved patients with qualified practitioners.
Sauler Institute of Tattooing
Mandy is an SPCP Approved Trainer.
Learn more about courses offered by Trillium Ink.
Lips at Every Age: Assess, Adapt, and Execute
This featured workshop-style course is designed to refine your clinical approach to lip tattooing. Lip procedures are among the most requested yet technically demanding in permanent makeup. This course focuses on one critical factor often overlooked—assessment before application.
Artists will learn how to evaluate and treat lips across different stages of aging, understanding that a one-size-fits-all technique does not deliver consistent, high-quality healed results. By shifting from technique-driven work to assessment-based decision-making, participants will gain the ability to create more precise, age-appropriate outcomes
Key Topics Covered
Lip anatomy across age groups, including changes in vermillion border, cupid’s bow, and tissue thickness
A structured pre-treatment assessment framework for evaluating lip symmetry, texture, existing pigment, and skin condition
Technique selection based on lip profile, including liner, diffused wash, and restructuring approaches
Color theory for aging skin and how pigment behaves differently in mature tissue
Managing client expectations with clear, realistic communication
Common mistakes by age group and how to avoid them
These topics are designed to build a deeper understanding of how lips change over time and how to adapt your approach accordingly.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will understand how to:
Identify anatomical and structural differences in lips across various age groups
Apply a repeatable pre-treatment assessment process for every client
Select appropriate techniques based on individual lip characteristics
Adapt pigment selection and mixing strategies for aging skin
Communicate realistic expectations with confidence and professionalism
Recognize and correct common age-related technical errors
Participants will leave with a structured decision-making framework that can be applied immediately in practice.
HANDS-ON COMPONENT
This course includes a guided hands-on workshop designed to reinforce learning through practice.
Participants practice on fake skin using three needle configurations, each corresponding to a distinct lip profile and age group.
Round 1 — Younger Lip: Single needle or 3RL. Focus on clean liner definition and precise placement.
Round 2 — Mid-Life Lip: 5RL or soft magnum. Focus on diffused wash technique and soft blending.
Round 3 — Mature Lip: 7 mag or combination pass. Focus on rebuilding structure, feathering compromised borders, and adjusting depth for thinner tissue.
Each round is followed by instructor review, including healed result analysis and identification of common errors for that lip type.
Participants will leave with a practical reference guide covering assessment protocols, needle selection, and color strategies for aging lips.
Note: This workshop does not constitute formal training or certification for fundamentals to perform Lip procedures. For more information on upcoming courses, please visit www.saulerinstitute.com
Brow Micropigmentation Workshop
Presented By: Ciara Amir, LE, CMM, CMMT
Ciara Amir is the founder of Illume and Illume Institute, an inclusive medical micropigmentation practice and training facility based in Oklahoma City. With over a decade in the beauty industry, she has built a reputation for producing soft, refined results that heal beautifully across all skin tones not just a select few.
Her work sits at the intersection of artistry and science, with a focus on pigment behavior, skin physiology, and long-term outcomes. Ciara is known for challenging the industry’s tendency to center lighter skin tones in education, instead teaching artists how to deliver elevated, consistent results across the full spectrum of global complexions.
As an educator, she leads an intensive 300-hour fundamental training program where she mentors artists to move beyond trend-based technique and into true clinical understanding. Her approach is rooted in precision, intention, and the belief that good permanent makeup should look just as beautiful healed as it does fresh.
Through her work, Ciara is committed to raising the standard of PMU by making inclusive, high-level education the expectation not the exception.
Illume + Illume Institute
www.illumeokc.com
BROWS FOR GLOBAL COMPLEXIONS: RESULTS THAT HOLD ACROSS ALL FITZPATRICK TYPES
This advanced workshop is designed to refine how artists approach brow tattooing by addressing one of the industry’s biggest gaps working confidently and correctly across all skin tones.
Too often, artists are taught technique without being taught how skin actually behaves. The result is inconsistent healing, ashy outcomes, and work that only looks good on a narrow range of clients.
This workshop shifts the focus from copying technique to understanding skin. Participants will learn how to assess, adapt, and execute based on what is in front of them, not what worked on the last client. The goal is simple consistent, elevated healed results regardless of Fitzpatrick type.
Key Topics Covered
Why the Fitzpatrick scale alone is not enough and how to use it correctly
How skin density, oil production, and melanin levels impact pigment retention
Undertone identification without guessing and why it matters
Pigment selection and modification to avoid ash, gray, and oversaturation
Depth, pressure, and stretch techniques across different skin types
How trauma and inflammation present differently in deeper skin tones
Building a consultation process that actually supports better results
The most common mistakes artists make on melanin-rich skin and how to fix them
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will understand how to:
Confidently assess skin tone, undertone, and overall skin behavior
Choose pigments that heal true not just look good fresh
Adjust technique based on skin structure instead of habit
Predict how work will heal across different Fitzpatrick types
Avoid common color and saturation mistakes
Communicate with clients in a way that builds trust and clarity
Participants will leave with a framework that elevates both their work and their standards.
HANDS-ON COMPONENT
Note: This workshop does not constitute formal training or certification for fundamentals to perform eyebrowsprocedures.
This course includes a guided hands-on workshop focused on real application across varying skin types.
Participants will work through three scenarios designed to mirror real client diversity:
Round 1 — Fitzpatrick I–II
Focus on controlled saturation, lighter implantation, and avoiding overworking delicate skin
Round 2 — Fitzpatrick III–IV
Focus on balance of depth, undertone management, and clean, even saturation
Round 3 — Fitzpatrick V–VI
Focus on depth precision, intentional stretch, and pigment modification to ensure rich, true healed results without ashiness
Each session includes instructor feedback, healed result analysis, and correction strategies.
Participants will leave with a clear, practical approach to creating brows that heal beautifully across every complexion they serve.
Bonus Presentations
The ReTone™ Method
Presented By Francesca Scognamiglio
Discover a fresh perspective on permanent makeup color correction with Francesca’s ReTone™ Method.
In this session, she will explore why healed brows can shift in tone over time and why successful corrections require more than generic color rules. Through her thoughtful, education driven approach, Francesca will introduce key concepts behind pigment behavior, undertones, and the importance of reading healed work with more clarity and intention. This lecture is designed to help artists think beyond guesswork, approach corrections more strategically, and better understand the visual changes that happen in the skin over time. If you’ve ever struggled with how to assess old pigment or choose the right corrective direction, this session will offer valuable insight and a more elevated way of thinking about correction work.
About Francesca
Francesca is a Permanent Makeup artist, educator, and color correction specialist with nearly 20 years of experience in the beauty industry. She is the creator of the ReTone™ Method, a color correction approach that helps artists better understand how pigments, fade, shift over time and how to correct unwanted tones in the skin.
Driven by a deep passion for the PMU industry, Francesca has dedicated her career to both serving clients and educating artists. She is especially passionate about pigment science, undertones, and helping professionals approach corrections with more clarity and confidence.
Known for her natural aesthetic and educational style, Francesca believes permanent makeup should enhance a client’s features, not overpower them. Her work is rooted in artistry, experience, and a strong respect for skin integrity.
Creating Predictable Healed-In Results.
Presented By Rose Prieto
Achieving predictable healed-in results in PMU is not a matter of luck: it’s the result of informed, strategic decision-making.
In this masterclass, you’ll learn how to move beyond technique-driven work and begin thinking critically about the skin-canvas in front of you. By understanding how factors such as skin-identifying clues, melanin response, external influencers, and individual healing responses to injury shape your outcomes, you’ll gain the clarity needed to create intentional, customized design protocols for every client you meet with.
This session introduces a structured approach that will help you reduce guesswork, minimize trauma, and produce more consistent, refined results, so that your PMU brow work heals with integrity and aligns with your intended outcome.
About Rose
Rose Prieto is a CPCP lifetime member and former board member of the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals (SPCP). She is a licensed cosmetic tattooist, esthetician, and electrologist based in Miami, Florida, where she owns and operates Beauty & Brow Lounge.
A respected voice in the PMU industry, Rose is a speaker, beauty writer, and mentor who has spent over a decade guiding artists toward greater clarity, confidence, and technical precision. She is the co-founder of EmpowerInk™, a mentorship community for PMU artists that bridges advanced skin canvas education with strategic business development, equipping artists to think critically, tattoo with intention, and build sustainable, high-integrity PMU practices.
She is the developer of The Sweet Heal Formula™, an 8-step framework that teaches artists how to assess the skin-canvas, make informed decisions, and create bespoke PMU design protocols that lead to predictable, healed-in results.
Rose is also the host of The Beauty Lounge Podcast and the author of How Fitzpatrick & Melanin Influence the Cosmetic Tattoo, In The Skin, and Pretty Girl Playbook.
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Three Days. Four Workshop-Style Courses.
Proposed Convention Schedule
* Times & Schedule are subject to change. More details to come.
Day One.
Saturday September 19, 9am - 9pm
Morning
Introduction & Welcome
Presentation 1.
Vendor Spotlight
Afternoon
Presentation 2.
Featured Workshop-Style Course 1
Evening
Cocktail Party/Networking Event
Vendors Hall open all day
Day Two.
Sunday September 20, 9am - 5pm
Morning
Presentation 3.
Vendor Spotlight
Feature Workshop-Style Course 2
Afternoon
Presentation 4.
Featured Workshop-Style Course 3
Vendors Hall open all day
Day Three.
Monday September 21, 9am - 4pm
Morning
Breakfast / SPCP Members Meeting
Featured Workshop-Style Course 4
Afternoon
Panel of Experts Q & A
Live Exam Opportunity (CPCP or CPTP)
Presentations & Achievements
Close
Vendors Hall - closes after Lunch
