Our Team
Hotaru is dedicated to embracing and enhancing each client’s natural beauty. Her passion for the craft developed because of her own struggles with hair loss at an early age. More than 6,000 clients across Florida and Kentucky have trusted her to make them look and feel more beautiful. Hotaru goes beyond eyebrows and is experienced in paramedical, lip, eyeliner, and realistic areola tattooing. Awards include:
- Speaker and Live demo- The World Wide Eyebrow Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Seventh place in Areola Competition – The World Wide Eyebrow Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- First Place in Lips and third place in Areola Competition – The International Permanent Cosmetic Show, Miami, Florida.
- First Place Western style Lips Award – International body art awards and The Federation K-Beauty Professional, Seoul, Korea
- Judge- Amiea Competition, New York.
- The Voice of Louisville Bestie – Best Eyebrow winner 2020
- The Voice of Louisville Bestie – Best Eyebrow Artist winner and 1st Runner up Best Eyebrow salon 2021
- Speaker Paramedical Tattoo- Louisville Women Expo 2021
- Judge- Global Champion PMU USA Los Angeles, California 2022
- Chief Judge-The world wide PMU Festival- Osaka, Japan 2023
- Browista USA Representative and Organizer, Boca Raton, 2024
- Judge- American Beauty Master Festival Garden Grove, CA 2024
- Leo Readers Award Voted Best Permanent Makeup and Brow Studio 2024
- The Voice of Tribune Louisville’s Favorite Brow Technician winner 2024
- Judge- Browista Japan, Tokyo, Japan 2025
- Judge- Wulop Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam 2025
She continues to train with leading industry experts and uses her education and expertise to teach other artists. When she’s not in the studio, Hotaru enjoys traveling, spending time with her husband, family, and dogs. Reach out to her anytime at permanentmakeupbyhotaru@gmail.com.
Kayla was voted Best Lash Studio by Voice Tribune Awards two years in a row as well as Leo Readers Award. She is a licensed lash technician and brow artist who specializes in lash extensions and lash extension training. Her style includes all aspects of classic, hybrid, volume, and wispy lashing as well as powder shading.
After taking the leap into the beauty industry, Kayla was certified by the Academy of Intradermal Cosmetics, where she learned the fundamentals of permanent makeup as well as brow mapping and shaping. Though she began exclusively with brow clients, she later wanted to further her education and discovered a love of lash extensions. She received certifications in both basic and advanced comprehension from Lavish Lashes.
Kayla’s passion for beauty and attention to detail ensures that clients are taken care of from the moment they book their appointments until they walk out the door, looking and feeling fabulous.
Justin is a licensed and insured permanent makeup artist who specializes in microblading, powderbrow, and ombre eyebrows; reshaping and color corrective work; saline tattoo removal; and scalp micropigmentation. He has spent hundreds, if not thousands, of hours studying with artists in Louisville, Las Vegas and New York.
Prior to his career in permanent makeup, Justin worked in the entertainment industry as a master carpenter. His transition to permanent makeup was a natural fit since he had always wanted to be a tattoo artist. In 2015, he followed his wife to an eyebrow appointment, where he met his mentor and friend, Hotaru Ichinose. He was immediately enamored with a tattoo style that was previously unknown to him. He loves seeing clients feel confident in themselves and feels grateful to work in an industry that can be truly life-changing.
Kaylee
With over 17 years of experience in healthcare, Kaylee is a dual board-certified Acute Care and Family Nurse Practitioner dedicated to combining medical/surgical expertise with a deep passion for aesthetic medicine. Her journey has been shaped by a commitment to helping patients heal while also empowering them to feel their best. Whether in critical care or aestheticsk Kaylee’s approach is rooted in precision, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives thoughtful, high-quality care.
Cheyenne recently secured 3rd place in the Browista USA competition in the Brow Lamination and Tint category. She has been a licensed esthetician since 2018, specializing in body waxing, permanent eyebrows, brow shaping, and skin health. Cheyenne is certified in Face Contouring and Buccal Massage by Esthetics Los Angeles, as well as in Chemical Peels by PCA Skin and Dermaplaning by Dermaplane Pro.
Her main passion lies in helping people feel better about themselves and being a positive influence in her clients’ lives.
Mailyn recently achieved 1st place in the Lips Tattoo category at the American Beauty Champion competition in October 2024. A permanent makeup artist since 2020, she specializes in lip blushing, nano hairstroke eyebrows, and eyeliner.
Fluent in both Spanish and English, Mailyn creates a welcoming atmosphere for her clients. When she’s not in the studio, she enjoys dancing or spending quality time with her family. She is committed to providing a calming environment and delivering meticulous, high-quality work to all of her clients
Lyndsey was voted Best Tattoo Artist in the Leo Readers Choice Award 2024. An artist with a diverse range of skills, she has trained in Powder Brows and Lip Blushing for four years, spent three years specializing in areola reconstruction, and has just under two years of experience in body art.
Originally a makeup artist, transitioning to a career as a permanent makeup artist was a natural progression for Lyndsey. When she’s not creating, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her two dogs and her closest friends and family. She loves exploring new restaurants and discovering all the wonderful things her city has to offer.
Arielle Sadler, Clinical Aesthetician
Arielle has always been drawn to the medical side of aesthetics. She loves helping clients with their hyperpigmentation, acne, acne scarring, aging skin, and sensitive skin. Curating treatment plans paired with home regimens and educating clients to help them reach their goals is Arielle’s specialty and she has fun doing it! Beyond the treatment room, she enjoys snuggling up to her dogs, reading a good fantasy book, hiking, and traveling.
