Girls and women are divided into two types: some hastily painted with lipstick or gloss, others carefully draw the contour of the lips and apply lipstick with cautious brush strokes with a cosmetic brush.
The first option is not bad or familiar for girls who look after themselves poorly. But it is only suitable for light shades of lipsticks and gloss.
If you decide to focus on makeup with an emphasis on lips, lipstick or gloss will be very clearly visible, and errors in the contour or in the application of color may well spoil the impression of others about your image.
General rules for lip makeup
The basic rule of perfect makeup: highlight only lips or only eyes. Highlighting both is considered bad form.
At one time, psychologists from women's magazines claimed that girls who prefer to paint their eyes brighter than lips subconsciously want to hint to others a high level of their own intelligence, while women with bright lips emphasize their sexuality.
Most of the girls did not come to an understanding whether they agree with this statement or not. No wonder: sometimes we choose different types of makeup, depending on the mood, atmosphere, nature of the event, which we paint.
To perform perfect makeup with an emphasis on lips, makeup artists recommend following these rules:
- Moisturize your lips with balm and walk on them with a scrub. They should not peel off, because under the bright lipstick, and even more so if the choice fell on the matte, all the bumps will be visible.
- Draw a nice outline. The effect of "kissing" when the lipstick is applied fuzzily, slightly vaguely, of course, was in fashion, but neither then nor now did it fit all shades of lipsticks and shines.
- Emphasis on lips does not mean that eyes do not need to be painted at all. At a minimum, eyelashes must be made up exactly. Nude shadows are chosen for the eyelids, the classic arrow is also allowed with eyeliner or a dark pencil.
- After you have painted your lips, cover them with a dry paper towel, powder them with regular powder using a brush, remove the towel and apply the lipstick again. This will extend the makeup period.
- So you can cover the entire surface of the lips with a pencil before applying the lipstick - this will also make the lipstick more resistant.
Lipstick selection
To perform makeup with an emphasis on lips, it is important to choose the lipstick or gloss correctly. The basic rule is not the brightness of the color, but the relevance of the situation, and it is also important how this lipstick color suits the girl.
How to choose lipstick or shine:
- Red goes to absolutely everyone, but you need to find your own shade.
- If your teeth are not perfectly white, discard the violet and coral pink tones - so the teeth will appear even yellower. If you give preference to dark saturated colors - Bordeaux, wine shades - then the teeth will visually be whiter.
- If you can not decide between lipstick and gloss: the lipstick is more densely laid on the surface of the lips and after some time it is literally absorbed into them, and the gloss is felt harder and the hair constantly stick to it. But the gloss has a more glossy surface than lipstick.
- Choose the color of the cosmetic based on your color type. If your shades of skin, hair and eyes are mostly warm, then it is better to choose a warm shade of lipstick. Similarly with cool shades.
Emphasis on lips
To do makeup with an emphasis on lips, you can use a pencil to clearly distinguish the border of the lips, or you can create the very popular effect of "kissing." However, if you have an official business makeup, you will have to refrain from the latter. In addition, dark colors will look dirty if they are not clearly applied.
To make a clear picture:
- Take a well-sharpened cosmetic pencil. If it is too hard, try warming its neck under the flame of a match or candle.
- The color and shade of the pencil should be completely identical to the color and shade of the lipstick.
- Carefully circle exactly along the contour of the lip. Strong going beyond the circuit will make you look like a victim of plastic surgery.
- When drawing a contour near the corners, turn your head and look at yourself from the side to avoid the so-called “duck sponges”.
Lipstick
The final touch in makeup is a bright lipstick that needs to be applied gently and evenly. Makeup artists prefer not to paint lips with makeup directly from the bottle. They use a cosmetic brush, collect pigment from a bottle on it and thus cover their lips with color. So the lipstick lies smoother, fills all the corners.
If desired, you can apply a transparent shine on top to give even more shine.
If the lipstick is matte, keep in mind that it dries the skin, therefore, after the makeup is washed off, it makes sense to moisturize the lips with a special balm.
Conclusion
Makeup, in which a girl or woman highlights her lips brighter than her eyes, looks sexy and beautiful. The main thing is not to overdo it with the color of the lips: bright purple against the background of a pale face and almost unpainted eyes will look frightening, but not extravagant.