Beauty Editor Donna Hay, advises one how to get the perfect non smudgeable red lip! Ooo la la!!!
Let’s s face it – who wants their lipstick all over their champagne flute on a great night out? Or even all over your cappuccino mug during a business luncheon with your CEO??? The perfect red pout can easily be achieved and worn with pride with these simple, and easy to apply tit-bits of advice!
1. As you can see from the face chart – it’s important to keep the rest of your makeup simple. There is nothing worse than having thick foundation, heavy eye makeup AND then bright red lips as well! Too OTT dahling!!
2. A simple black liquid liner looks fabu-liscious with a smoking bright red lip! One can also apply a light bone or cream coloured eye shadow on the upper lid. Highlight with some light coloured shimmery eye shadow just under the brow bone too for some added bling!
3. Keep foundation neat and smooth – bronzer can replace blusher if you want to avoid any heavy coloured cheeks. Remember to apply your bronzer in the shape of a ‘3’ getting some on the forehead, then sweeping it onto your upper cheeks and following through onto your chin line. As if you where drawing the number ‘3’on your face in one easy slow motion.
4. Brunettes can wear black liner and mascara – and blondes can opt for dark brown mascara for a less severe day-look.
5. Always line your lips before applying red lipstick to hold the colour and to prevent bleeding of the lipstick. One can use a neutral lip liner and colour your whole lip in before applying your red lipstick. Alternatively – one can line your lips neatly with a red lip liner if you have one in the same colour and I would suggest still colouring the whole lip in with the liner. It helps the lipstick to stay on.
6. Now – most importantly – Staying Power! Your lipstick should firstly be applied with a lip brush. This way you are working the colour into your lips and it will stay on longer. Be careful to fill in all the corners for a full, red pout! Then take a tissue and divide it into 1ply. Then blot your lips with it. Re – apply lipstick with your brush, then blot again and apply lipstick one more time. This takes out some of the moisture from the lipstick and helps to stain the colour onto your lips.
7. Matte lipsticks will last longer on your lips than your more glossy variety. So if you have trouble with the blotting technique mentioned above, try one of the more matte lipsticks on the market.
8. Very thin lips should steer clear of very dark or bright colours– one can rather emphasize your pretty eyes or great skin. If you must wear a dark lip or a bright red lip, try putting a small amount of shimmery gloss just in the centre of your bottom lip. The shimmer will reflect light and give the illusion of your lips being bigger than they actually are.
9. Pale skins should opt for reds with a more pinky/blue undertone to show off their milky complexions.
10. For our olive skinned counterparts, they can try warmer reds with more orange in them.
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Article by: Donna Hay www.thebeautybulletin.com