makeover tips for lips

I first like to start off with applying a small amount of concealer to my lips to nude out my natural lip color and to help me form perfect straight lines. This also gives you the opportunity to change your lip shape once you start applying lip liner.

Using a red lip pencil, outline your lips in the shape you desire. For a longer lasting hold, fill in your entire lip with the lip pencil. Lip pencil pigment holds better than most lipsticks and also acts as a base for holding your lipstick on longer.

Once youve filled your entire lip with the lip pencil, apply your red lipstick straight from the bullet. This will apply more pigment than if you were to apply the lipstick with a brush. One good layer is all you need. If you apply too much, you run the chance of it smearing or bleeding.

Once you have all the color you need, use a matte powder such as MACs Prep and Prime or Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil with a soft eyeshadow blending brush, and press the powder onto your lips. This creates a greate matte effect and also helps in prolonging the wear of your red lip. If you prefer shine, skip this step.

Finally, using a soft yet stiff concealer brush, apply a corrector around the corners of the top and bottom of your lips to create strong perfect lines.

If you suffer from scaly lips, a simple do it yourself trick to exfoliate them takes only a finger scoop of Vaseline and a toothbrush.

Slather lips with petroleum jelly

Use a toothbrush to massage in the jelly in a circular motion.

Wipe off the excess petroleum jelly.

The toothbrush exfoliates lips while the petroleum jelly leaves lips extra soft. Repeat a couple times a day until your lips are no longer scaly.Want a more professional exfoliant that perfect for the purse? Try The Lip Scrub by Sara Happ, a sugar scrub created just for the lips. The results are similar to my Vaseline and toothbrush trick, but it frankly tastes so great (I love the peppermint flavor) and leaves lips so soft and supple I think Sara should add a Warning May be Addictive message on her label. Makes a great gift for any discerning friend.

Here a simple trick we once read models use to keep lipstick off their teeth. Apply lipstick, then place a finger in your mouth. Close lips around your finger and pull finger out. This should remove any excess lipstick, thereby keeping it from collecting on your teeth.

A beauty tip I have always sworn by is to pick your best feature and play it up. If you are complimented often on your lips, consider yourself lucky It is time to accentuate them. Here are 16 tips on how to apply lipstick.

Red lipstick is a universal classic and has yet to go out of style. Yet many women assume they can not wear it. They are wrong. The secret to the right red is in finding the right shade for your skin tone and not going overboard with the rest of your makeup.

There are all sorts of confusing rules regarding choosing the right shade for your skin tone. The magazine are always suggesting tips such as A real red with a tiny bit of blue in it suits most people. But how in the world can you tell if a red color has a tiny bit of blue in it Then there the advice that if your complexion is pink, you will look better in plum shades, while girls with yellow tones are flattered by warmer reds that have a brown base, according to celebrity makeup artist Jemma Kidd in Harper. Huh My suggestion is to try a bunch of shades and pick the one that looks best on you, period. A gorgeous color on almost everyone is MAC Blaze pictured here.