Makeover Tips for Lips

1. Leave the lip injections to The Real Housewives. There are much easier ways to make thin lips look fuller, like these subtle makeup tricks that plump your pout instantly. .....

How to clean lips makeup brushes

2. STEP 1Pour a mild household liquid soap or baby shampoo into the palm of your hand and mix with water.STEP 2Use your hand as a cup for the warm, soapy water and swirl brushes in your palm until they are clean. STEP 3Rinse well, then gently squeeze excess water from the brush and let air dry. Dont soak brushes in the sink. Too much time in water can loosen the bristles and ruin your brush! .....

Use Lip Liner

3. Select a liner that is just a fraction of a shade darker than the lipstick you are using no darker to draw around the outside line of your lips. By applying the darker liner on the outside of the mouth, it will create a subtle 3D effect that makes lips look plumper. .....

Highlight the Outline

4. Making the outline of the lips lighter will create the illusion of bringing them forward. Use a highlighter to outline the top lip and the groove that runs from the top of the lip to nose, as well as the Cupids bow. .....

Blend Two Lipsticks

5. When your lipstick gradually gets lighter in the center of the lips, it creates the appearance of fuller lips. Apply your lipstick to the entire lip, then add a slightly lighter shade or a shimmery gloss in the center of both your top and bottom lips, blending with a brush. .....

Try a Lip Plumper

6. Many lip plumpers have special ingredients that help to increase the lips natural production of collagen, while others temporarily swell the lips. We love Too Faced Lip Injection Color Bomb! Moisture Plumping Lip Tint ($21, toofaced.com) because it dilates the blood vessels to temporarily plump the lips. Also, the lines six colors, from beige to classic red and light purple, are perfect for any occasion. .....

Lips with Fair or pink toned skin

7. Stick to lipsticks with a sheer to satin texture in your day to day wear, and choose reds that have more of a warm rosy hue. When you go bold, choose something matte and classic, such as MACs Ruby Woo lipstick. .....

Lips with Medium or warm golden skin

8. You can get away with lots of tones, but an orange driven red with dewy skin and a summer glow will look absolutely stunning on you. .....

Lips with Deep to dark skin tones

9. A deep violet berry red is your match made in lipstick heaven. Go with bold berry shades, or choose soft reds with a hint of plum for everyday. .....

Professional techniques to wearing red lipstick

10. When something is new to you it can be intimidating, but a red lip is attractive, confident and fun. So, would you believe if said theres nothing to pulling off the look. The only thing you need is confidence. Thats it! promise that any of you can rock lots of different shades of red some with blue undertones or orange undertones, or play it safe with a brown undertone. Just try it! .....

Use concealer on lips

11. 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. .....

Shape your lips

12. 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. .....

Apply the color on your Lips

13. 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. .....

Seal it on Lips

14. 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. .....

Correct your lines of Lips

15. 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. .....

How to Fix Scaly Lips With Vaseline & a Toothbrush

16. 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 jellyUse 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 .....

How Can I Keep Lipstick Off My Teeth

17. 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. .....

How to Apply Lipstick

18. 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. .....

How to Wear Red Lipstick

19. 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. .....

Pick the right shade

20. 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 b .....

Blonde hair looks incredible paired with red lips

21. There something about red lips and blonde hair that just an incredible color combination. For example, January Jones on Mad Men looks incredible in red lips she really does resemble Grace Kelly yet when she wears nude lips on the red carpet she looks rather plain. Sienna Miller looks AMAZING in red lips. .....

Is it OK to Eat Lipstick

22. Lipstick that doesnt end up on your cup or your husbands cheek, will end up in you (as crazy as that seems). I read ages ago that the average woman consumes about 6 pounds of lipstick over the course of her lifetime. Bizarre, but true. However, theres no need to worry, the ingredients in lipstick wont harm you and are broken down by stomach acids. .....

Do Lipstick Plumpers Work

23. we were skeptical at first as well. And while the new lipsticks that promise to plump your lips really do work, the effect is temporary. Here how it works Some formulas use a traditional lip plumping ingredient, such as MaxiLip, which stimulates collagen & boost hydration. Others use ingredients that help lips retain moisture, which gives lips the appearance of being fuller. .....

How to Make Lips Appear Fuller

24. To make your lips appear fuller, try a lip gloss or go several shades darker on lips. Rich red shades make lips look fuller than neutral ones.For longer lasting full lips, try lip creams that contain peptides or other collagen boosters. Ladies Home Journal beauty editors suggest you try Z. Bigatti Re Storation Lip Pout Lip Treatment, E.I. Solutions Lip Refine or Modele Collagen Lip Treatment. All of these are under $50. But beware, I have tried t .....

How to Get Stained Lips

25. The hot look of the moment is stained lips lips with barely there color. To get this look, apply a lip balm to moisturize lips then either put lipstick on your finger and dab on lips or apply lipstick to lips then blot most of it away with a tissue, leaving a stain. .....

Check your Lipsticks

26. Prolonged and excessive use of lipsticks and lip cosmetics, especially lower quality ones can also cause lip pigmentation.Use lipsticks sparingly (apply only when you need them the most) and always buy lip products from reputed brands.Ensure that you check for the expiry date and not use expired lipsticks or lip products.Look for one or more of these ingredients in your lipsticks Shea butter, clarified butter, vitamin E and jojoba oil. These mois .....

Scrub the Use a natural lip scrub

27. t least once every week to remove dead cells and dry skinfrom your lips, and improve blood circulation. You can mix 5 6 drops of olive oil and 1 tsp sugar and use this for exfoliating your lips. Once you rinse off, apply healing lip butter or your favorite lip moisturizer. .....

Hydrated at all time

28. Keep your lips moisturized and hydrated at all times.For retaining the natural color of lips, it is essential to maintain hydration levels by drinking plenty of water throughout the day.In winters when we often tend to drink less water and that is when dehydration is noticed. Make sure to avoid this by drinking a decent amount.Also, add high water content fruits to your diet such as cucumber, watermelon, orange, grapefruit and lemon.Lips are more .....

Dont suck your lips

29. Dermatologists advise us not to suck or lick the lips, so as to keep them wet. If not taken care, this will further dry them out, leading to darkening of the lips. Even the habit of biting lips should be avoided as there is the risk of damaging them. .....

Avoid Chlorinated water

30. Chlorinated water could also be responsible for pigmented lips. .....

Some Natural Tips to treat Dark or Black Lips

31. Apply almond oil on your lips before bedtime as this helps to lighten lips, thus reducing discoloration.You can also mix lemon/lime juice with almond oil and apply for the same purpose.Daily application of cucumber juice would also help lighten dark lipsAnother tried and tested remedy is regularly applying a mixture of lime juice, glycerin and honey and leaving it overnight. .....

Shimmery Lips

32. Beauty latest crush is with shimmery lip colors in golden shades and iced pastels. Keep your lips looking sweet with moisturizing lipsticks or glosses in pearly nude, candy pink, lilac, silver and gold. .....

Party Lips

33. Party season demands high profile lips! Treat him to flavor filled kisses with fruit flavored lip glosses. For that techno, ultra gloss look apply a dash of metallic lip gloss over lipstick in the center of your lips. .....

Puckering Lips

34. Pucker proof lips are a sure thing when you use a lip pencil to fill in your entire lip area (not just the edges) and then top with gloss in a slightly lighter color. .....

Glossy lips

35. Gloss is more fashionable than lipstick and you can get away with it at school. So think baby lips hints of pink and a natural shine. We love Poppy Shine, Blistex Lip Conditioner and Clinique Glosswear. .....

Kissable Lips

36. Chapped lips dont look pretty and arent nice to kiss, so make sure yours are always smooth and soft by applying lip balm every day. The best ones to soothe dry lips are Blistex, Bonne Bell, Body Shop and Carmex. .....

Luscious Lips

37. For smooth, lush lips, smear a little lip balm underneath your lipstick or a dab of thick gloss in the center of your lips. We love pinks and berries for March. .....

How to Have Beautiful Lips

38. Protect them. Invest in a good lip balm to protect your smile. Harsh weather wind and cold temperatures, will dry out your lips and can leave them looking and feeling sore but you can protect them very easily and inexpensively with a balm like .....

Use Lip Products with SPF

39. Exposure to the harsh sun rays can cause darkening of the lips. UV rays have the same damaging effect on your lips as it does on the skin. Always use lip products that contain SPF to protect your lips when you need to spend time outside during daytime. Many of the well known brands are selling lipsticks, glosses and lip balms (both tinted and non tinted) with sun protection. .....

Avoid wrinkling around lips

40. Wrinkling around lips happens due to sun exposure, age or smoking. If you smoke, then quit. Thats your only solution. But if the causes are either one of the remaining two, then you need to make sure that this area of your face is hydrated with a cream containing anti aging ingredients like retinol. .....

Get rid of cold sores

41. Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus type Wait dont be embarrassed! About 90% of the people in the world have this virus in the dormant form. And when exposed to sun too much or when stressed out and sick, it rears its ugly head.The best way is to prevent it.Use a broad spectrum screen at all times. But they still manage to rear their head, then use a lemon based ointment or cream. .....

Homemade beauty tips for lips

42. Soft pink lips are something that we all want. Here are a few tips you can implement that has no chemicals and can be easily done at home.Mix a little almond oil and honey apply, massage and leave on your lips overnight.For getting rid of dry and chapped lips, apply Vaseline mixed with olive oil 3 4 times daily.Lime juice + Glycerin mixture when used overnight on a regular basis helps to lighten the lips. .....