- Try mixing different shades of lipstick because you might just discover a totally unqiue color that makes people stop and ask you for the name of that color! So even if you have bought the wrong shade, mixing it around can give the lipstick a new lease of life.
- Color your lips fully with a lip liner before applying lipstick so that you will not be caught with the “border-lined” look.
- Use a lip liner that is lighter or close to the lipstick color.
- To make lipstick stick longer to your lips, blot with a piece of tissue in between coats of lip lining and lipstick. Then cover your lips with tissue and brush a thin layer of loose powder. Remove tissue and press lips together to set powder.
- To make thin lips look fuller, line outer lips with a darker shade of lipstick or liner before filling it with a complementary color. Top it off with lip gloss.
- Matt lipstick tends to be cakey.
- Lipsticks can be used as eye shadows and blusher too!
- Create a signature shade by slicing or scraping off a portion of a lipstick onto a metal spoon. Hold the spoon over a candle flame until it starts to melt (do not let it boil) then add on another shade and let it mix. Leave it to cool when done and store in a clean small container.
Chapter: Makeup :: 23 April 2007
