Make-up Tips – Lipstick

It is a cosmetic for the lips. They are coloured with it. It is available in sticks with caps and in so many light and dark shades. Open the cap, move it a bit upwards and more it right to left, first on the upper lip, then on the lower one. The best way to apply a lipstick is to use a lip-brush. A brushed on lipstick lasts longer, looks better and does not smudge easily. Choose a soft pink shade for lips as well as for nails, as this shade goes well with all the different shades of your dresses.

Slick Lip Tips

Lips have no oil glands of their own, which makes them extremely prone to chapping and cracking in the cold weather. So take extra care to protect them by applying a coat of Vaseline overnight and then using lip salve in the morning. Your salve can be worn either on its own for a subtle sheen or underneath your lipstick.

Don’t apply lipstick to chapped lips, it will dry them more, Use moisturizer on your lips several times a day, then apply lip gloss to protect them; or use lip balm with sun screen. A home remedy for cracked lips which is very effective: Crush rose petals and mix in a little butter, apply generously on the lips at bed time. This will help keep the lips soft. Touch up your lips with warm creamy colors.

How to apply Lipstick

First of all, blot your lips with a tissue to get rid of grease. Choose a lipstick as in vogue and as per your complexion. Keep your age and occasion in mind too. Light shades suit ladies with fair complexion and gaudy ones to the ladies having less fair complexion. Dark shades of lipstick look attractive in evenings. Use colorless or light shades in day time.

Italian pink and Sweet Talk match suitably with pink shade of powder. Cracked lips become a big problem. Put a coating of chopstick or cold cream before applying lipstick. Lips will look leveled from distance.

Apply cream on such lips first, put a tissue paper between lips and press them so that the extra cream is removed. Sprinkle some powder on them and apply lipstick. Cracks will not show on the lips. Black lips can be hidden with foundation, powder or light shade of powder-now you may use desired shade of lipstick on the lips. Make an outer line with a lip brush before, so that lipstick does not spread, and then fill it inside. A darker outer line and light inside will make lips more attractive.

Now stroke the brush over the lipstick and coat the tip into a neat point. Outline your lips. If you have drooping corners, do not outline them up to the corner. Stop just before that.

Start outlining from the corners to the centre. Now fill in with a lipstick from corners to centre, without disturbing the outline. Stretch out your lips for full coverage. Blot your lips with a tissue and rub the lipstick gently with your finger. Re-apply lipstick and blot again. See that the lipstick has not smudged your teeth.

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