.Lip
Makeup:
Lipstick provides the final touch to your makeup;
without it no look is complete.For a perfect result,
you will need a steady hand, some practice, the correct
implementats and a knowledge of the correcting techniques.
What
You Would Need?
A narrow, flat ended brush, a selection of finely
sharpened lip pencils, lipgloss and lipstick(either
the conventional tube lipstick or the cream type with
a sponge-tip applicator.If your lip colour is uneven,
then you will need a special lip base or balancer-use
a lighter tone on the dark areas and a dark tone on
the light areas.These balancers also form a base for
lipstick and help to keep the colour of the lipstick
pure and clear.
Lip
Makeup Application Technique:
1.Outlining With Lip Liner:
Before outlining the lips check that your lips are
smooth and grease free.Use a sharp lip liner pencil
in a shade close to that of your lipstick colour and
with a steady hand, lightly outline the lips.For the
upper lip, start at the centre and work out, towards
the corner of the mouth.For the lower lip, work from
side to side.
2.Priming The Lips With
A Lip Balancer:
Fill in the lips with a special base or balancer to
even out the skin tones.If your lips are of an even
colour, use a face powder as a base.
3.Filling Up With Lipstick:
Using a lip brush, fill in the colour.For the upper
lip start at the center and work outwards.On the lower
lip work from side to side.Don't pile up too much
colour.It is much easier to add more later than to
remove any excess.
4.Blotting
Off:
Fold a clean tissue and place it between your lips.Press
the lips lightly together to remove the excess colour
and to help seal the remainder, so that it stays on
the lips rather than moving onto every glass you use.
5.Final Lip Gloss Application:
Finally finish with a lip gloss to get a gleaming
look.However, women with extra-full lips, should use
lip gloss very sparingly.
Shaping
Up Your Lips:
Through a knowledge of what you can do to correct
lip shape you can truly achieve a perfect finish to
your face.Study the shape of your lips, identify the
defects, if any, and decide on what you want to achieve
and then proceed.
1.Small
Mouth With Small Lips:
These are easily corrected by taking the lip liner
pencil outside the natural lip line.Work slowly and
steadily to form a perfect shape.Fill in with primer
and finally with the lipstick.A highlight of frosting
on the upper lip would also create an impression of
fullness.
2.Large Mouth With Full
Lips:
Apply liquid foundation makeup to the entire mouth,
then outline with a dark shade of lipstick just inside
the natural contours of the mouth.Then aply lipstick
of a lighter shade carefully and accurately within
this outline.Subdued shades work well for this kind
of mouth.Use medium toned lip colours and avoid dark
browns, plums, electric brights or pale shimmer shades.
3.Full Upper Lip:
Aply fluid foundation makeup to the upper lip.Outline
just inside its natural contour and apply a dark shade
of lipstick.Then outline the lower lip just outside
its natural contour and emphasize by filling in with
a lighter shade of lipstick.
4.Full
Lower Lip:
Outline upper lip just outside its natural contour.Apply
a light shade of lipstick and in the center add a
touch of lip gloss.Apply fluid foundation makeup to
the lower lip. Outline just inside its natural contour.Then
fill in with a darker shade of lipstick, using a lip
brush.
5.Wide Mouth:
Cover the corners of the mouth with foundation makeup
or a cover stick.Apply lipstick with a lip brush,
stopping a few millimeters before the corners of the
mouth are reached.
Patching
Up:
If makeup has to be touched up during the day, only
powder makeup should be applied, using a brush.Use
gentle patting strokes and blot the excess off.
