Kolorsource, LLC

street to Skin Deep tattoo parlor and asked the slender, dark-haired lady if she would tattoo eyeliner. I’ll never forget the look of surprise and disbelief in her eyes as she replied “What? Why I’ve never heard of such of a thing!” I told her that if she could tattoo a line on the body then she could tattoo a line around my eyes. She warned me that it would hurt and I promised to sit still while she attempted her first “eye” line. My eyes were swollen shut for the next three days and I had a barely visible blue/black color when finally healed. Yet, I was euphoric to have makeup that wouldn’t wash off. At the time I thought about how nice it would be to have something to control the pain. Fast forward to 1991 when I again had my eyeliner and lips done for $1500 by a “makeup artist”. The pain was excruciating, my lips were swollen to twice their normal size and I ended up with no color and never went back for a touchup. She was using a 20% Lidocaine cherry flavored liquid from Mexico. But shortly after that I learned about a new topical anesthetic named EMLA® so I was relieved to not have to worry about making anything myself. Or so I thought. Long story short, I bought two tattoo machines from two brothers in New York in 1991 and tattooed a flower on my daughter’s ankle and my son’s name on his ankle. Then, in 1995, I met Helen Snow in Phoenix, Arizona and she referred me to Dr. Kristanne Matzek of California for training in permanent makeup (micropigmentation). That took
place in a hotel in Honolulu for two days. I left with a 100% score on my exam and a banana with eyebrows scrawled on as best I could “freehand” them. I only placed a few dots on human skin. Boy was I in for a surprise when I actually tried to do eyeliner on a human being. My volunteers were in agony and I didn’t have anything to help them. After intense research I developed a topical anesthetic cream known as DOTC Blue and shared it with other professionals at a conference. I’ve never looked back. With the invaluable help of Tom Bethune, we developed TAG 45 Gel, Numquick Pink Original Cream, NumQuick Spray and Gel, Numpot Ointment, NumFast Green Cream, Microcaine® Eye-Safe pH 7.5 (same pH as tears), Liprotek7, Healquick, Comfort Créme and others to mention a few. In 2000, my curiosity led to the study and development of needles just for cosmetic tattooing, now known as Velvet Needles®. In 1996 I began researching pigment chemistry and physics and produced our first colors Blackjack, Licorice, Bubblegum and Blooper. In 2003, I began formulating pigments, known as Kolorsource Brand pigments, in an effort to help my girlfriend, Helen Snow, who was recovering from a second bout with ovarian cancer. She’s doing fine as of today.