The lips
Just like the complexion and eye steps, you can first apply a base.
This base, unlike the others, is rather optional, but remains an added value. Like all the bases in make-up, it is responsible for the hold of the lipstick but also for its proper application.
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KIKO milano "Nude Blur"
https://www.kikocosmetics.com/fr-fr/maquillage/lips/base/Nude-Blur-Lip-Base/p-KM0020600200144
Purchasable at the price of 7€99
Some people like to apply foundation as a base, but since foundation isn't translucent, you'll hide your lip color. It is therefore a very positive point for the application of cold color lipstick but a negative point if you want a natural look.
The second step is that of the pencil which will ensure a good contour of the lips and a clean finish. Indeed, pencils generally have a different formulation from lipsticks. This difference in formulation will guarantee as the base not to spin in the commissures but to have a clean and precise result.
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KIKO Milano "Invisible"
Purchasable at the price of 5€99
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This step will also constitute a real pillar in the different techniques: the first is called "overline" if you speak English, you will have understood it, it is a question of creating an outline which does not follow your natural contour but part slightly to give the illusion of fuller lips.
we can clearly see below that the line of the pencil is after the demarcation of her lips.
"VULGAR make-up with the Tch*in palette at Buzz | MARTINE COSMETICS"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXGYq_rCSAg
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You can perform this technique more easily by drawing your lips in and keeping them tight with your mouth closed. It is therefore obvious that with this last technique, you should not make your pencil line too far from the outline of your lips otherwise it risks looking much too artificial. is too much…
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In particular, there is a second technique that allows you to intuitively create an overline, that of the cotton stem. You have to bite a Cotton rod, which would naturally bring out your lips and therefore allow you to mark their outline more easily.
If you want more control and an even stronger effect, then I advise you to do your features with your mouth at rest.
After making the outlines, it's time to fill in the inside!
For this, there are different products:
Tinted balm, it is rather greasy because of its care action.
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Maybellin "BABY LIPS® MOISTURIZING LIP BALM" ​
Purchasable for $4.49
Pencils, very close to grapes, only the format changes.
Pencils, very close to grapes, only the format changes.
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Nars "​VELVET MATTE LIP PENCIL"
​https://www.narscosmetics.eu/en/velvet-matte-lip-pencil/999NACVTMLP01.html
Purchasable at the price of 28,50€
Grapes, the best known.
Grapes, the best known.
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Mac cosmetics "RETRO MATTE LIPSTICK"​
​https://www.maccosmetics.com/product/13854/52593/products/makeup/lips/lipstick/retro-matte-lipstick?shade=Ruby_Woo
Can be purchased for $21
The liquids, which gave a lot of possibilities like the transfer-free, the formulation fortifies and dries a little like the foundation (the trick to remove them is to add concealer on top, before passing the cotton)
The liquids, which gave a lot of possibilities like the transfer-free, the formulation fortifies and dries a little like the foundation (the trick to remove them is to add concealer on top, before passing the cotton)
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SEPHORA COLLECTION ​"Cream Lip Stain Mat"
https://www.sephora.fr/p/cream-lip-stain-mat---rouge-a-levres-mat-P407019.html​
Purchasable at the price of 12.99€
Glosses (for a wet effect)
Glosses (for a wet effect)
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Fenty Beauty "Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer"
Can be purchased for €22
Cotton swabs to bursting with
Cotton swabs to bursting with
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Yjkoo "​20 Pack Cigarette Tattoo Cotton Swabs, Durable and Leakproof, Easy to Carry (Color: Mixed)"
Available for $999 on Amazon
the last product is actually more of a recipe than a product, it's the eye shadow mixture
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In all these different products, you can find different finishes: glitter, shiny, Matt and duochrome
I think you don't really need my help with coloring, but here are some useful techniques:
As I said, you can use eye shadow as lipstick. Amazing? No not really, eyeshadows are actually just pigments and guess what? Bah .. there are also in lipsticks. And yes, the color of lipsticks does not come from nowhere but from pigments that are simply added to other products as binding agents in order to have a texture adapted to practical needs . So you can directly apply your pigments or glitter on your primer/foundation/lip balm or for more contrast, put on a white grape lipstick (since you don't have to 'it dries too quickly to give you time to work on your creation).You have the choice of first mixing on a professional palette. A priori, direct application is simpler but the hold will be shorter and the result less homogeneous because the mixture is less homogeneous. This technique allows you to have an infinity of possibilities with little product. This allows you to create gradients, or even real paints for a very artistic makeup. Be creative, you can use many objects such as stencils to create patterns on your lips.
Video of Lips Art Stencil Made in France "Rainbow Snake Skin Lip Art Tutorial | Rainbow Snake Lips Art Tutorial"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFWWpCLbpWU
The gradient technique is actually widely used because depending on the type of gradient, it can give the illusion of fuller lips.
For this technique, it will be necessary to apply a darker contour to create an ombre effect and a lighter lipstick to give the impression of greater volume.
Video by GlamByMeliTv "FUN AND EASY: LIP SHADOW TUTORIAL"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAbC5uI9-Rw
Some lipsticks are created to perform this function automatically.
https://www.druni.es/fusion-rouge-a-levres-miss-cop-barra-labios
Purchasable at the price of 1€99
Another illusory technique is to enlarge your lips by creating two small dark lines at the two junctions of your lips. Yes it's a bit the same principle as the joker's smile but sexier. However, you must understand that this technique may make your lips less plump. Indeed you have to choose between lengthening or enlarging your lips
This drawing colored by me comes from this site:
Finally, if you want a very light result when applying your lipstick, you can put a handkerchief on your lips and apply your lipstick on it. Thus the handkerchief will filter the pigments and leave only the oilier and less tinted part. The problem, as you will have understood, is that this technique only works for lipsticks with a fairly creamy and oily formulation.