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The final part of your makeup is those lips. This is the bit I always enjoy myself. There's something so very sensual about applying lipstick. Lipsticks come in the conventional sticks plus liquid paints - some people find the paints easier to cope with but I have never had any trouble with a stick. You can also use Rimmel glimmerstick either as a lip definer (more on that later) or as a lipstick in their own right. Lip definers usually come as a very thin lipstick (see the pic below) or as a soft pencil like a 'Kohl' eye pencil. |
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| APPLICATION If you are using a lip definer this should be a slightly darker shade than your lipstick. Apply it to the edges of the lips and use it to trace a line where the lipstick will be used to fill in. I seldom use a lip definer but some people find them useful to set the lipstick line with. Now - and you MUST have seen a girl do lipstick - open your mouth and cover your teeth slightly with your lips and simply roll the lipstick on. The top lip should be done in two strokes to get the indentation in the top lip right. I paint on a type of cupids bow style by simply drawing two curving line from the centre going left and then right - where the line overlap is the indentation in the top lip. This provides a perfect cupids bow shape. Lipstick should go right to the edge of the mouth on most people but it depends on your lip shape to some extent. Finally for the final piece of appeal use a small sponge applicator and apply a small amount of your eye-highlighter to the centre of your bottom lip. Now press those lips together - mmmmmmmm - and wriggle them a little. You should now have a lighter spot in the centre of both top and bottom lips that give you a sexy pouting look. |
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Keeping it Clean I use a basic cleansing milk and cotton cleansing pads to remove my makeup although a hot shower will do as well. All of your brushes and applicators should be cleaned regularly and left to dry before packing away. For cleaning applicators and brushes I use baby shampoo and hot water - basic soap will do as a good job also. Finally NEVER share your eye make-up with friends - its a potential source of infection from certain diseases that can survive being in the fluids in the makeups. FINALLY Remember above all this is fun - don't stress out when things go wrong - sometimes you can learn a lot from the mistakes - when I am making up and things go badly wrong I use the opportunity to practice other stuff and styles. To get your makeup right can take a long time and a lot of practice so don't get depressed in the early stages - its amazing how just doing it maybe half a dozen times will improve your ability. |
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