Kathy is a superstar, to say she's a perfectionist does not do her justice, after I had my brows done I not only received compliments from my friends but even strangers in the grocery store approached me. I have a bleeding disorder that makes it difficult for tattoo pigment to take to my skin, Kathy uses a double numbing procedure that not only relieves pain but also helps inhibit bleeding, as a result my tattoo will last twice as long as my previous attempts. On a separate note I had a double mastectomy several years ago that left me very deformed, Kathy was so kind she went as far as to contact (with my permission) a Dr on my behalf that will help me. Kathy is an amazing artist and a great person to have in your corner! read more

Kathy's amazing calming personality put me at ease right from the start. She created a beautiful enhanced eyeliner and eyebrow for me. Her artistic eye and skill is 5+star. I'm sending everyone I know to her. read more

Kathy does an amazing job! I have had my makeup done before but her work is perfection. There is no pain whatsoever. Her technique is great, color and lines came out great. I would recommend her over and over. So worth the price. My makeup is natural and beautiful looking. Ty! read more

I went to Kathy for a brow "touch up" for the first time, last week. I hadn't been to my previous esthetician up north for years, so it was definitely overdue. Kathy was able to not only correct the color, which had faded horribly...but she reshaped them and made my face look so much better than before. The numbing cream she used was amazing, I didn't feel a thing! Only pressure. And she was so personable and sweet, really made me feel comfortable. Her salon is lovely and very private, I was so impressed! I'm actually looking forward to my follow-up with her in a few weeks, to put the "finishing touches" on my brows! read more

Kathy is simply THE BEST! I've had my eyebrows done by others in the past and the pain was excruciating. I experienced almost no pain when Kathy did them. She also uses the tiniest needle available to create individual hair like lines. They look so real! Thank you Kathy for such a positive and enjoyable experience! read more

Kathy did my eyebrows and they turned out amazingly beautiful. I already had a brow tattoo when I came to her and she matched the new pigment. The color from the previous tattoo changed the color she used in the first session, so she managed to fix that in the touch up. I heard it can be quite a problem having work done on a previous tattoo so I consider myself lucky that I managed to find her. Also, she did my touch up much later than she usually does it, because I was traveling abroad and couldn't come when I was supposed to. She did that at no extra cost at all. I recommend her to anyone! Her services are worth every penny paid. read more

Kathy is a master at her craft! I truly do not have the words to express how talented she is. I have an auto-immune disease called alopecia universalis which causes my hair follicles to go dormant, and I do not grow hair anywhere on my body... I used to have long thick curly hair, long thick lashes and perfect eyebrows, and within a few months they were gone and have not come back for 8 years. Kathy was recommended to me by a friend, and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made! She reconstructed perfect eyebrows, she has given me back what I lost! She is super patient and very much the perfectionist. Thank you again, Kathy, for doing such an amazing job!! read more

Kathy is both an expert artist and a caring professional. Her attention to detail and genuine passion for her craft is what separates her from all others I have encountered. This is the second time I have had the pleasure of her expertise. Kathy is the only one I refer to my friends and family. read more

Wonderful experience - so happy to have eyebrows again! She is patient, a perfectionist, and a true artist. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Kathy did my eyebrows which I have been wanting to do for a long time but was scared. Then I found Kathy who is a wonderful person, caring, takes her time, professional, clean, and needless to say my eyebrows came out AMAZING! she made me feel so comfortable from the minute I meet her! Love her and recommend her HIGHLY WITHOUT A DOUBT!! Linda K. read more

I never thought I would let anyone do anything permanent to my face. I had maybe 10 pieces of hair in the beginning of each brow. No Shape to work with. I was tired of drawing them in everyday and they looked different every time. It looked so un natural. I was referred to Kathy through a friend. I saw my fiends eyebrow pictures from before, the day after, a month later and a year later. They looked amazing! During my visit with Kathy, she spent about an hour explaining her technique, asking questions about how I want my brows to look like and prepping my brows with the best topical anesthetic. Kathy drew on my new brows with a pencil and took her time analyzing my face and making any little changes until they were perfect! She studied my face from ALL angles. Lying down, standing up and my profile. The procedure was painless!! I left there VERY happy and CONFIDENT in Kathy's artistic abilities. She made my brows specific to MY face. Listen to her follow up care instructions perfectly. I am 3 weeks out and the scabbing is all gone. I will go back for my follow up for a few small areas that need more fill in. But I am happy with my brows and I can wake up and leave the house without doing anything to my brows and it is life changing!!! Thank you Kathy for your expertise and impeccable bedside manner!! read more

I was so impressed by Kathy and her permanent makeup business Metamorphosis that I would recommend her to anyone searching for excellence in aesthetics, skill & medical knowledge. She is a true artist when it comes to color, form and precision and she is the most detail oriented perfectionist in terms of application skill, as well as hygiene and the medical aspects of permanent makeup. I had to go through several studios before I found Kathy to touch up my lips and she did such a fantastic job that I chose to have her do my new eyeliner which I hadn't yet trusted anyone to do before her. My eyeliner is flawless and gorgeous and although the eyes and lips are extremely sensitive, the work she did has healed perfectly and the makeup she applied permanently is exactly what I hoped for. In fact I am so happy with my eyes and lips, that I am getting my brows done in a few weeks! She is also a lovely, beautiful woman and the environment was spotless, charming and relaxing. I was terrified from my bad experiences elsewhere, but she not only corrected the problem makeup from before, but exceeded my expectations. You can trust Kathy and you will be so impressed by her precision, safeguards and quality. Alicia read more

I went to Kathy a few months back. She is very professional and accommodating. I would strongly recommend her to anyone. . read more

Well, I read all your reviews and decided to use this permanent makeup artist. My experience was not wonderful though. I talked and checked Kathy out thoroughly and made an appointment with her for eyeliner. This was the first time I've had a procedure like this done. The procedure was fine, and she was very professional and surprisingly not so painful. She is very through with cleanliness and protecting your eyes. The problems started when she couldn't get her chair to work so she had me in an odd position on my side. So eventually, when I could see, my eye liner was different on the right, she added a little up lift, which was charming and cute, but on the left, she didn't do it at the same angle. I'm sure it's because of the position, she had me in, and she was uncomfortable as well. Sort of scrunched down in the chair. Anyway, I called and told her and she assured me she would take care of it and told me to call back when I was healed in 2 weeks. Which I did and caught her at lunch. She had an exasperated tone with me and said she was booked solid for a month but she would try to find a time to fix it. Let her get back to the office, look at her calendar an see when she can fit me in. That was yesterday and I'm still waiting for that call back. Also when I healed, there were gaps in the eyeliner where it peeled away and took some of my eyelash with it. The bottom line is perfect but the top needs to be fixed. I guess that's not unusual but you would think she would want to take care of it. Especially, since I had planning on getting lipstick done as well. read more

BUYER BEWARE! Never use Kathy Baba for permanent makeup! She is absolutely inexperienced and not able to correct any mistakes made. Also very unprofessional and answered the phone 6 times during my procedure. Really messed up badly! Then went to someone who really knows how to correct and she reports this is the worse she has ever seen! Clue:Never go to someone who works out of her home and has a license on her website with someone else's name on it! She showed pics of her work and said she did the work and found these same pics on other artist's websites! She probably uses the same needle on everyone and never took a medical class in her life as per her webpage with Janet Smith's name on certification! read more

i have been drawing my eyebrows since i was 14!....ive been drawing them for 10 years now...and kathy saved me about 25 minutes in the mornings now!!!!! i dont even touch them!!! no powder no pencil! i look fabulous when i wake up now, wether in vegas, at my boyfriends, camping, wherever i am!! she is so professional, a perfectionist, caring, and knows exactly what shes doing. she has great prices and NO ADD-ONS!!!!!!!!!!! which, most places do! if i decided to get ANYTHING else done, i wouldnt call anyone else but kathy!!! :) read more

I was not blessed with perfect eyebrows and they were almost non existent. My mother had her eyebrows done over a year ago by Kathy and she recommended her. I finally got the courage to go to a consultation. I booked an apt with her immediately. Kathy was everything my mother had expressed to me....kind, funny, patient, professional and the list goes on. I left there with the perfect brows for me and I owe it all to Kathy. I would recommend Kathy to my friends and family in a heart beat. Thank you Kathy read more

Went to have Kathy do my permanent eye brows on a recommendation by someone who had used her before. Love my new eye brows!! kathy did such a good job. She's very patient and a perfectionist. She really took the time to make sure I was really happy with the result. Extremely important since it's permanent and it can really change your facial feature. I would highly recommend her. Best of all it's saving me so much time putting my makeup on in the morning. read more

Kathy is fabulous! I first had her do my eyebrows. Kathy took her time with me to help me determine exactly what I wanted. Her procedure is a comfortable one. There was very little pain. Kathy had me come back, at no additional fee, to do any touch up I wanted. I LOVE my eyebrows. I had no intention of doing my eyeliner but Kathy did such a great job on my brows that I went back for the liner. Now, I LOVE my liner! I get compliments on how great I look :) After these procedures I was diagnosed with breast cancer, then had a mastectomy on one breast. Kathy has now made a nipple for me. It looks just like the other one. Even my surgeon was amazed at how great it looks. Thank you Kathy!!! read more

Kathy is amazing, she is naturally a perfectionist at her craft. My experience with her was very pleasant and my results are perfect. If you are looking for even and natural looking eyebrows, Kathy Baba is who you want to see. read more

KATHY IS AN AMAZING ARTIST!!! I got my eye brows, lids and lips done. I can't even tell you how happy I am with her work. Her professionalism, patience, and caring won me over. I'm a very picky person, so I was worried at first, but I found that she is a perfectionist. She will fix or redo anything you ask of her. She works with you to select colors and shape. She will do what YOU ask of her. She will draw everything on you with a make-up pencil to make sure that you agree with what she has drawn. She is truly an amazing, talented woman. Anyone who is considering getting a permanent make-up, I would recommend her highly. read more

I've been considering tattoo removal for awhile now. I have LOTS of tattoos but only one that I wish I hadn't gotten. I'd heard that removal is more painful than the tattoo so it took me a long time to finally have a removal consultation. Kathy is amazing! She is so nice and knows her craft very well. She laughed when I told her I was scared of the pain and she assured me her technique was unique. She was totally right! I didn't feel a thing! I was so shocked I was laughing while she was doing it because I felt silly for being so worried. Kathy is excellent and a very comfortable person to be with during my removal. My tattoo was pretty dark so I guessed it wouldn't come out very easy, but Kathy walked me thru the process and said it would take about 3 sessions. After one it was totally light enough to cover, I was really excited! I'm still moving forward with other 2 sessions just because its so easy. read more

I recently decided it was time for me to get permanent top ad bottom eyeliner. My daughter is an aesthetician and she recommended Kathy Baba as the best in the area. I was apprehensive because I had heard the procedure is painful. Not with Kathy! She has a technique of numbing that allows the procedure to be 99.9% painless! Kathy is a perfectionist. She takes the time to ask you what you want, makes suggestions and shows you pictures. Once you've decided what you want, she starts the numbing process. This takes a little whiule but is it ever worth it! I loved my eyes from the first moment I looked in the mirror. Kathy also offers a free touch up and I did return for just a little tweaking and that experience was also pain free. I still expect to wake up in the morning and have to go through the routine of putting on my eyeliner but look in the mirror and my make up is already on! After 50 years of applying eyeliner, having it smear or not be the same on both sides etc., I am free!!! In several years when I need this again, I'll be back at Kathy's office. Which reminds me. She now has a beautiful new spa on the corner of Rancho Santa Fe and Encinitas Blvd. It's beautiful decorated and so soothing to enter. I recently had an Opthalmology appointment. My doctor asked me who did my permanent make up. I told her Kathy was the artists. She asked me if it hurt and when I told her not a bit, she was surprised. She said her patients that have had it done always tell her it was extremely painful. She wrote down Kathy's name so that she could tell inquiring patients about her. Kathy is an artists, fun, friendly, and beautiful inside and out. No, we are not personal friends and I didn't know her before I went to her the first time. This review is the real deal! If you are thinking about having any permanent make up procedure done, this is the absolute only place you should go. Sandi H. read more

I am a 54 year old woman. When I was young I would shave and pluck my eyebrows to where I had none. I Have been wanting to have permanent makeup done but I was nervous about it I did my research and I found Kathy. Thank God!! She is wonderful! She is such a perfectionist and she is absolutely clean. She did my eyebrows my eyeliner top and bottom and my lips. I felt nothing! She has the best numbing cream ever. I have my 77 year old mother getting her eyebrows and eyeliner done as I write my review. I highly recommend Kathy you will not regret it I absolutely love how I look now thank you so much Kathy I love you!! read more

I LOVE this lady Kathy Baba! (& I really like saying Baba..) Not only does she have complete kindness, but she is very skilled in what she does. She takes her time to create complete perfection for the client. She is is extremely patient & LISTENS! When she calls you to talk about her services, she does not make you feel like she is in a hurry to get off the phone & answer any questions you may have. I liked that a lot! My appointment was to have my eyebrows done, & I really like her many techniques how she go's about giving me my beautiful perfectly arched brows. I will go back to her for eyeliner & tell everyone that I know how WONDERFUL & professional she is. She really knows what she is doing & it shows. When you leave your appointment, not only will you be pleased, but you feel like you have a new friend. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. read more

Had my eyebrows done yesterday. Very pleased. I had put a lot of time into considering the proceedure (almost 5 years). Kathy's name was one I heard over and over again. Great bedside manner, beautiful person-inside and out. She has a perfectionist eye, and a lot of integrity in what she does, which I believe is truly a gift...to be able to create an ease of beauty in each and every person she works with. If you are considering permanent makeup, she's the person to do it. Don't go anywhere else. I'll be returning for eyeliner. Thank you Mz. Baba. You Rock! read more

Ms. Baba did my eyebrows for a whopping $400. The left eyebrow is entirely different than the right. She promises a followup but she did not return an email or two phone calls. I do not recommend anyone have permanent makeup until they have actually seen the person's work in reality, not photos. Too many of these tatooers charge as if they were plastic surgeons and then wonder why they have trouble staying in business. This is not a procedure that can be easily undone or not at all, as lasering may destroy hair follicles. read more

I found a gem! Kathy takes so much time with you not only hearing what you want to achieve but to give you her personal expertise. Her talents are outstanding including her caring ways. You are the most important client. The end result is outstanding -- I recommend Kathy highly. read more

I had my upper and lower eyelids done (tattooed) and I am thrilled with the results! Kathy knows exactly what she's doing. She is meticulous - a perfectionist - and knows which color/shape is right for your face. She takes the time to discuss your expectations, and is the perfect mix of professionalism and kindness. I highly recommend Kathy for permanent makeup! read more

Loved Kathy's professionalism and care. She was very honest in her assessment and corrective expectations. I would recommend her for your permenate make-up needs. I am very happy with my outcome and would go back to Kathy in a heartbeat. read more

I had my eye liner brows done as well as permanent lipstick. Kathy is an artist and I trust her thoroughly with such important procedures. The fact that she is so booked all the time tells you how good she is. read more

I just came back from having my eyebrows permanetly tattoo. Not only was Kathy the sweetest, her zeal to make sure your that your eyebrows comes out perfect is amazing. My eyebrows never looked this good, it not only enhances my eyes but it brings out my cheekbones. I love the fact that her makeup is organic & metal free, so I know my eyebrows wont change to a scary color. Her new office in Encinatas is both beautiful & soothing. I am very happy & in love with my new look. read more

I just got home from having permanent eyebrows and had to post right away. Kathy did an EXCELLENT job! Very professional and took great care to get everything just right. I have hesitated for years to have this done after losing my once-thick-and-beautiful eyebrows to thyroid disease, but was nervous about how it would turn out. After reading reviews of Kathy here and being recommended by my hairstylist, I decided to go for it. I am so glad I did! I feel like myself again. Kathy is not only excellent at her job, she is kind and caring and a wonderful person. If you are hesitating to get permanent eyebrows, hesitate no longer! I am so very grateful to have found Kathy Baba! read more

She is AWESOME!!!!! Great job, very professional!!! Kind, gentle caring and perfectionist!!!

Kathy is the best!! I can not express enough how wonderful her work is and how wonderful she is as a person. She takes her time and is a perfectionist. I love my eyebrows and no longer need to color them in and try to shape the impossible. I now have two very nice arched brows which gave me an instant face lift and boosted my confidence. If you are curious about enhancing your features with permanent results you are in good hands with Kathy!! Thank you Kathy for doing such a wonderful job. My eyebrows look fantastic!! read more

I love Kathy's work! She is a wonderful person and does an amazing job at her craft. She is very patience and thorough with whatever you have done. I'm so happy with my results! Thank you- read more

Kathy...an expert, an artist, a professional, plus thoughtful and kind as well. I have had permanent make-up before and never has a person spent the time prior to the procedure like Kathy did. She looked, she measured, she sketched, she drew...then explained what she thought would be the best way to proceed and why. After at least 20 minutes of consultation time during which she was completely focused on me and what would be best for my face-shape, coloring, etc...she went to work removing the old (poorly placed) tattoo from my eyebrows and applying the new. Throughout the procedure I felt nothing due to her excellent numbing technique, and frequent check-ins to see if more anesthetic was needed. At the follow-up appointment (a month later) she evaluated the first procedure, removed even more of my ancient tattoo and added golden coloring to my brows which is correct for my hair and skin tone. As a sweet bonus, Kathy tattooed a bright white forehead scar from a past surgery, and I am completely pleased with that as well. I will refer friends to Kathy with complete confidence and trust, knowing she cares about her client's best outcome. read more