Barbara's Higher Purpose :
Believing that it is a blessing to be able to be of service and help those who are less fortunate or have been the victim of abuse or trauma and are financially challenged, it is my goal to be able to help burn and scarred victims to rebalance their facial features and camouflage scarring so that they do not have to wear this badge of courage as a reminder of their trauma and can live their life with dignity going forward.
 About Barbara

President  & Founder
Bare Essentials Permanent Makeup and Micro Pigmentation, Inc ™

Barbara Sellick is a Certified SofTap® Permanent Makeup & Micro Pigmentation technician, specializing in facial harmony through implantation of hypo allergenic pigment to achieve a balanced more natural look.

Barbara graduated from the Timeless Beauty Institute of Micro Pigmentation December 2000, and has enjoyed enhancing her client’s natural beauty and their self esteem in the process.

SofTap® is a hand method of pigmentation that is less invasive than the machine method and 100% sterile and disposable. SofTap® is used in the Mayo and Cleveland Medical Clinics, as well as numerous dermatology and plastic surgery clinics. The SofTap® method is so gentle that you do not have to draw blood, as it allows for placement of the pigment at the surface of the dermal layer. This makes the procedure permanent. The gravity of the color particles then deposits the color lower into the dermis without unnecessarily traumatizing the reticular and papillary layers of the dermis. Too much blood will wash away any color and if blood comes to the surface, so will the macrophages of the immune system which help to engulf any foreign matter that enters the skin.

The SofTap® needle configurations are designed to provide maximum comfort, fast healing, and complete control with little or no touch ups and most important of all, a natural look.
Barbara is able to design individual hair strokes in the eyebrows, filling in brows lightly or solidly; implant thin fine lines for eyeliner and lash enhancement; implant a smudgy effect for eyeliner; or a thick upper and lower eyeliner; full lip color, lip liner or lip extension; scar camouflage, beauty mark, or nipple areola reconstruction. Colors are custom-blended with three or more colors used in each procedure to look more natural, producing a three dimensional affect.
Blessed to be of Service :
Volunteer for Kurt Warner First Things First Foundation 2008.

Association for Financial Professionals
EXPO Committee Member 2008.

Association for Financial Professionals of Arizona: Treasurer 2006 and 2007.

Banker’s Administrative Institute (BAI): Invited to speak at a forum for industry leaders; topic was a “Think Tank On The Future Of Banking”: 2007.

Free Arts Mentor for disadvantaged teenagers, teaching them life lessons of love and acceptance through hands on art and theater projects: 2002-2003.

Authored and presented a financial education series for PBS Channel 8 ASU College broadcasting station which became part of the ASU through the student learning library 2002-2003.

Volunteer and Event Organizer for Phoenix Suns Children’s Charities
1988-1989.