Take a pick - and if not these blonde, burnette weekly tab-loved beauties, there's always the gorgeous Lucy Liu but these suggested tips & shades are tailored to you - dare to try!?
Sexy Matt Lips a la Lohan
1. With a very neutral, nudy beige nude lip pencil, fill in the entire lip completely, staying within the lip line. Tip? Make sure that you don't create odd streaks, zigzag the pencil as you shade.
2. Using a thicker lip crayon in a slightly pinker beige, roughly line the lips - starting in the middle of the bottom lip line and lining outwards. Don't forget to go all the way to the edges.
3. For the top line, create a fuller look by lining the middle lip crest (dipped area) with a softer curve, rounding out and up. If you want to create a plumper top lip, try edgeing the outer line with the thicker, soft crayon used in step 2. This way, lips look plumper, fuller but natural, still.
Note: Don't skimp and just use 1 pencil - it's the duo-trick that creates the fuller, 3-dimensional matte allure!
TRY:
Dior Lip Liner Pencil in Linen for step 1.
Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Calliope or Sierra for step 2 & 3.
Glossy, shiny & smackalicious mod-pink - the pout of la Parisienne:
1. Create the color base for the lips by using a lip brush dipped in a sheer pink lipstick - the brush gives a more precise & minute covereage of the entire lip, letting the color blend into the lip rather than hovering over the lips.
2. Dip the brush applicator into a neutral toned pink gloss, and apply completely over the entire lip, adding an extra dab at the center of the lips adding more dimension.
Note: For this glossy, flirty-look, opt for a pouty, juicy look rather than for the below, Angelina-esque fullness or plumpness which ends up to be a little too much with this much shine!
TRY:
Stila Lip Glaze in Papaya and do good for the earth at the same time with Cargo PlantLove Botanical Lipstick in Killarney.
Angie Lips - must we say more? nah, of course not...even this, you can, too!
1. Line the upper lip and lower lip with a pink or sheer pink (muted pinkish beige is fine if that works better for your lip color.) For this look, line "roundly" and softly, so that the top lip's line is almost a heart shape and the bottom, a rounded curve that goes along the outer edge.
2. Use a lip brush to apply the lipstick making broad strokes left and right over the entire lip, blending in the lip liner and filing in the lip. Don't stop the brush in the middle of the bottom lip, you want the brush to leave the least color in the middle this time around so that you can create a luminated, lighter, and plumper full, middle-of-lip area.
Note: Don't use gloss, although it's tempting, over the lipstick. That's too much & lips end up looking too fake, crafted and makeup-dumped.
TRY:
To line the lips, opt for a softer, easier to control liner like Rimmel Exaggerate Full Color Lip Liner in Addiction. For lipstick, choose a beigy pink, nude color as T. LeClerc Transparent Lipstick in Tulle.
xox
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