Each girl can look beautiful and spectacular with the help of properly selected cosmetics. An integral and important aspect is lip makeup. Depending on the technique of applying lipstick, you can adjust the shape of the lips and make them more seductive. How to choose the color of the cosmetic and make-up the lips correctly, read further in the article.
How to paint lips?
Even a beginner can make beautiful and neat lip makeup. It is enough to follow the step by step instructions.
Step 1. Applying balm on the lips. This will prepare the skin of the lips for make-up and make it soft and smooth.
Step 2.Remove excess lip balm. The agent should be allowed to soak in and then blot the excess. It is recommended to use for this purpose a paper napkin. Cotton pads may leave traces and as a result lipstick will not be able to be applied smoothly.
Step 3. Draw the contours of the lips concealer. In particular, this is required if the shape of the lips is fuzzy.
Step 4. Using highlighter. To make lips appear more visually, we treat with a highlighter a fold of the upper lip.
Step 5.Drawing the contours of the upper lip with a pencil. To soften the shape of the lips with a pink shade pencil, draw a contour.
Step 6.Drawing the contour of the lower lip with a pencil. We lead the line, starting from the center of the lower lip. Gradually paint to the corners.
Step 7.Painting lip creases. To facilitate the task recommends to stretch your lips into a smile.
Step 8.Applying lipstick on the lips. To increase the volume, it is recommended to use light shades of lipstick, to reduce - dark ones.
Step 9.Shade the border between the contour pencil and lipstick. This can be done with a brush or fingertips.
Lip makeup is a painstaking process that requires patience and care. In order not to spoil the image, you should choose the right color lipstick.
The rules for choosing the color of lipstick
To choose a lipstick of a suitable shade for some girls seems difficult. To make a spectacular makeup, you need to take into account some of the nuances. The hue is selected according to the color of the eyes, hair, shadows or the shape of the lips.
Owners of brown eyes brown, plum or chocolate shades of lipstick will do. Effectivity to the image will add a red, burgundy or slightly pink covering lips.
Green-eyed girls may choose a lipstick with a terracotta, red-orange or pink shade.
The fair sex with gray eyes fit plum, beige colors. But atblue-eyed more choices. They can choose beige-pink, dark garnet or cherry shades of lipstick.
Lip makeup should match hair color. Rules for choosing a lipstick according to this criterion:
- Blondes suit pink, caramel, light lilac, pale peach colors. Nyudovye and light brown lipsticks will help to make a calmer image. Blondes with light skin type can use scarlet colors. If the girl has dark skin, preference should be given to peach, sand, coral shades;
- Brunettes and brown-haired women are recommended to use bright colors of lipstick. For example, red, plum, pink, bright scarlet, dark brick or brown shades. This should take into account the color of the skin;
- Redheads should be preferred when lip makeup coral, pink, brown shades. Owners of pale skin should choose nude lipstick.
In make-up it is important to combine the color of eye shadow and lipstick. If you choose the wrong shades, you can spoil the image. Maroon or scarlet lipstick goes well with beige or gray-brown shades. For daytime makeup, it is better to use matte shadows, for the evening version pearl ones are suitable. Emerald shades in combination with peach lipstick will make the image more elegant and spectacular.
If you make a bright eye makeup, choose lipstick should be calm, nude shades.
Lip makeup options
To focus on the lips can be a variety of ways. Every girl will be able to learn this art if she follows the instructions.
Lip makeup options:
- Visual increase or decrease in lips;
- Gradient or ombre effect;
- The effect of lips kissed;
- Contouring
In all types of makeup requires a lot of attention paid to moisturizing and peeling lips.
Make-up lips can be in the presence of appropriate cosmetics. Each girl should have a pencil, highlighter, gloss, matte lipstick in her arsenal. This will help create the right image without any problems.
Lip Makeup
Owners of thin lips dream to make them more voluminous. After all, full, sensual lips - the dream of every girl. To achieve a visual increase, you can use makeup.
Necessary cosmetics to create the effect:
- Makeup base. A well-chosen base evens out the skin tone of the lips and makes their surface even;
- Contour pencil. To visually enlarge the lips, you can outline the lips, a little speaking pencil for the contours;
- Shine Due to its texture, shine adds volume in the right places. The optical effect is achieved by adding glitter coating;
- Highlighter. An indispensable tool for creating large lips.
For a visual increase in the lips it is recommended to use lipstick of light shades. Dark ones, on the contrary, will make them smaller.
There are several effective makeup techniques for giving lips more volume.
Can play around with color. For girls with thin lips it is better to refuse dark shades of lipstick. Preference should be given to peach, pale pink or nude colors in make-up.
The best option to visually enlarge the lips is to use lipstick with shining texture. Here shine, special varnish or liquid lipstick with a metallic effect will do. Transparent gloss is sometimes enough to apply on the center of the lips to add volume.
Another lip makeup technique is extension contours. You can make this effect using the original concealer. Means masks the natural contour of the lips. Then the contour pencil draws their new form. Skin of lips is painted over with a pencil, and lipstick of a suitable shade is applied on top.
Can use highlighter. Enough to emphasize the means of bending the upper lip to visually enlarge the lips. A little highlighter can be applied to the lips themselves.
Matte lipstick to achieve the effect of lip augmentation is not recommended.
Lip gradient
A gradient on the lips or, in other words, an ombre effect will help to add a highlight to the image. This adds volume to lips and makes makeup more spectacular. The main condition is to make a smooth transition from one color to another.
Make a gradient on the lips can be as two lipsticks of different shades, and one.
Lip gradient types:
- Vertical. Hue moves from one corner of the lips to another;
- Horizontal. Smooth transition of hue from the center of the lips to the edges.
Darker shades of lipstick as a result are located in the center or at the edges of the lips. You can use both matte and glossy colors.
To create a gradient on the lips it is better to use the tint.
Due to the structure of the tin, it is easy to place accents with the tool and make a smooth transition from a more saturated to a less bright shade. The main thing is to have time to feather the tint and create the desired effect.
To make the right gradient on the lips will help correctly selected cosmetics. Makeup will require lipstick of two shades, contour pencil and gloss. After applying cosmetics on the lips, you should shade the borders with a brush or fingertips. On the finished lip makeup you can put a little shine to smooth the texture.
Blurred contour or the effect of kissed lips
Make the effect kissed lips girls prefer in the summer. However, this makeup technique is suitable for other seasons.
Step 1. Prepare the skin of the lips before applying lipstick. Apply balm and let it soak. After a few minutes you should blot the excess with a napkin.
Step 2. Application concealer. The tool is applied to the lips with a fluffy brush with a natural bristle for smoothing the borders. In the future, this is what will help create makeup with the effect of kissed lips.
Step 3. Applying a bright shade lipstick. Apply a little light lipstick to the middle of the lips with a special brush. Closer to the edges of the shade means. Instead of a brush, you can use fingertips. Movement must be patting.
Step 4. Coloring the center of the lipstick lipstick more saturated bright dark shade. The border between tones is softly shaded.
Step 5. Fixing the result of makeup with the effect of lips kissed. Apply a highlighter to the upper edge of the lip with a fluffy brush. This will give the lips volume and radiance.
You can use tint to create a blurred lip contour.
Benefits of using tint instead of regular lipstick:
- Persistence Lip makeup will last from 8 to 10 hours;
- Translucency shades. Tints have bright colors, but with their help achieve natural coverage;
- Multitasking. The tool is widely used not only for makeup lips, but also to create a blush on the cheeks.
It is recommended to apply tint on lips with finger pads.
Phased application of tint to lipsBefore using the product, it is worth moisturizing the skin of the lips with a balm. Then you can apply tint. To get a good make-up you should quickly shade the product on the lips. This will avoid bright, sloppy spots.
Mat lips
Mat lips look interesting and beautiful. To make a beautiful image with makeup, you should know some of the nuances.
Matte lipstick is more dry and resistant than gloss.
This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. A significant plus - the makeup will not flow and will not lose its colors. However, due to the drying effect of matte lipstick emphasizes all the irregularities of the surface of the lips. In this regard, you should take good care of the skin on this area of the face.
Matte Lip Tips:
- Makeup in combination with lipstick matte texture should be low-key. It is enough to outline the line of eyebrows, even out skin tone and apply mascara on eyelashes;
- Tint worth choosing in accordance with skin color. Girls with dark skin should choose warm shades of lipstick, and with light - cold. Red lipstick is a win-win. It looks very impressive on the lips of any woman;
- Matte lipstick with lips is difficult to remove with conventional makeup remover. It is very resistant, so you should use oil-based products;
- For better application of matte lipstick on the lips, it is recommended to mix a small amount of pigment with balsam. Next, using a brush means applied to the lips;
- When choosing a matte lipstick, preference should be given to products that contain vitamins, wax or oils.
Before applying the liquid matte lipstick is recommended to paint the entire surface of the lips with a pencil.
This life hack is used by make-up artists so that the tool does not spread. It is also recommended to use a balm to prepare the skin of the lips. Makeup then will last a long time and will not spoil the created image.
Any glossy lipstick can be made matte. For these purposes, you should use wipes to remove excess and powder. Powder will absorb excess pigment and make the usual lipstick visually matte.
Lip contouring
Contouring - This is a new trend in lip makeup. With this technique, you can simulate the shape of the lips and make them bulky.
The first way. Before using lipstick should prepare the skin of the lips. Apply to the lips tonal framework or concealer. This will give durability to makeup and equalize skin tone. Take a pencil on a shade darker lipstick and outline the contour of the lips. In this case, you can slightly go beyond the boundaries. With a pencil, we also draw 1 vertical lines along the center and 2 along the sides of the upper and lower lips. Apply with a brush lipstick with a lighter shade so that the drawn lines barely looked through. Above we apply gloss, which will create the effect of volume.
The second way. Apply concealer on the lips in a dense layer and let the agent soak. White or light pink pencil paint over the center of the upper and lower lips. We proceed to contouring using a pencil of the same shade as lipstick. Fingers shade the bright line in the middle. Apply liquid lipstick or gloss.
With contouring lips can be given any shape. A big role in this is played by the proper use of a contour pencil.
Major mistakes
Many people think that making lip makeup is easy. However, certain skills and knowledge are required. Beginners often make mistakes and, as a result, spoil their appearance. When choosing the right shade of lipstick should take into account the shape of the lips, eye color, hair and shadows. Only with the correct ratio of all parameters can you get the desired effect.
Common mistakes in lip makeup:
- Apply lipstick without peeling and moisturizing lips. Girls forget that the skin on this area of the face is very delicate and requires careful care. To lipstick lay evenly, it is recommended to regularly use a scrub and moisturize lip balm;
- Use balm before applying lipstick. The tool is not completely absorbed, will lead to the fact that the makeup will fall unevenly and flow. Apply lipstick on the lips is recommended a quarter of an hour after using the balm. If the case requires haste, then you should use a napkin to remove excess funds;
- Choose lipstick based solely on shade. The color of the cosmetic should be selected according to the shape, contour and size of the lips. Girls with thin lips should use a lipstick of light shades, and with puffy ones dark ones. As a result, you can achieve a visual increase or decrease in lips;
- Use concealer, concealer or tonal foundation instead of body-colored lipstick when creating a nude effect.. This is the worst mistake a newbie can make when lip makeup. These cosmetics dry out the skin and roll off. To get the desired effect, it is worth putting only lipstick nude colors;
- Apply gloss to the entire surface of the lips. Some women use too much gloss to visually enlarge their lips. However, such a solid shiny coating often leads to the opposite effect. It is recommended to apply a little gloss only on the center of the lips, creating a slight flare effect;
- Apply more than two layers of lipstick to lips. This leads to the imprint of a cosmetic product on the teeth. Remove excess recommended napkin.
Make-up lips is simple if you know certain rules. Beginners should gain patience and follow step-by-step instructions.
