Apply to Lip Color
Lip color can make your lips look sensous, provocating and appealing.
It makes the mouth look more inviting and expressive.
Using Lip Color
Soft, supple and healthy lips are pre-requisite to enhance the
magical effect of the lipcolor. So round the year you need to pay
some attention to your lips. The use of moisturiser and lip balm
in winters is suggested to keep the lips moist and lucious. In summer
complement your lips with a lip salve containing a sunscreen.
A lip color can be in cream form for a matte lip covering or it
may have shimmer. A matte lip color provides depth to color and
has good staying power. Shimmers with pearl and frosted versions
are light reflecting and often used for a glamorous look.
Choosing the right lip color is the key element for a perfect lip
make up. The color must compliment your skin tone and to a lesser
extent to the dress you are wearing. If you have large lips try
out muted colors like bronze, purples and browns whereas for thinner
lips light colors should be preffered. Light blondes must opt for
colors such as wine, berry, cappuccino and mauve while for blondes
with a golden hue shades of peach, apricot and coral are best. Olive
skin toned blondes should go for warm peach, brown and terracota
shade. Bronze, coral and plums suits redheads while brunettes look
best in rosy pink, tercotta nad cinnamon colors.
Having possessed healthy lips and a suitable lip color
is half job done.
Lip color may be assisted by a lip pencil to outline the boundaries
of the lips. The color of the lip pencil should either be neutral
or matching to the lip color. Using a pencil makes for more defination,
helps in correcting lip line faults and also prevents lip color
from sweeping and smudging at the lip edges.
APPLYING LIP COLOR
1. To start with, apply some foundation on your lips. This assures
longer stay of the lip color. Also dust over with a colorless face
powder so that the lips are completely blotted out.
2. Use a finely-tipped lip pencil to outline and define your lips.
Start at the centre and work out towards the corner of the mouth
for the upper lip. Then outline the lower lip starting from one
side aheading towards the other.
3. Take an adequate amount of lipcolor in the brush and fill in
the lips, blending into the inner edges of the pencil line. For
upper lips, work out from the centre towards the ends and from one
side to the other for the lower lip.
4. To cover up the corners, open your mouth wide and then fill
in the color.
5. Use a clean tissue paper to wipe of the excess of color by placing
it between the lips and pressing lightly.
6. Reapply the colour for a finished and subtle look.
7. Finally a gloss or simply vaseline may be used to lend lustre.
TIP:
1. Lip color should be in contrast to the
eye make up. Soft lip color should be used to balance heavy eye
make up. On the other hand, dark rich color should be used with
light eye make up.
2. Older women should go for creamier matte lipsticks.
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