How to properly make up your lips with red lipstick

Red is a symbol of femininity and sexuality. He goes to absolutely everyone, it is only important to choose the right shade. Having painted her lips with red lipstick for the first time, many ladies refuse such pleasure because the procedure was carried out incorrectly. If you follow all the recommendations and follow the instructions clearly, the girl will begin to attract numerous views to her image.

How to choose red lipstick

The number of shades is limitless, for this reason, many women are lost when they come to the cosmetics store. This is the main positive feature of red lipstick - it is universal, every lady will find a suitable option for herself.

1. Pay attention to the pigment that is prevalent in lipstick. The orange shade makes the red color warmer, the blue - cold.
2. Blue-eyed and gray-eyed girls with pale pink or pale skin should prefer cold tones. Brown-eyed and green-eyed ladies with dark and peach skin is better to choose warm shades of red. For all other representatives open a full range of colors.
3. It is important to take into account the fact that red lipstick emphasizes the yellowness of teeth, while other shades of red hide it and make the smile snow-white.
4. Before buying, do not hesitate to ask the consultant for a sampler. The label on the tube, as a rule, does not match the stated tone.
5. When choosing a lipstick, you should not put it on your hand, as many advise, cover the lips. On the wrist or on the outside of the hand, the hue of the skin is completely different from the color of the lips.
6. After you put on the lipstick, while in the cosmetics shop, wait 5-7 minutes and see if there is a violet or an earthy tint that gives the lips a painful look.
7. Lipstick glossy texture of a light shade visually increase lips, making them sexier and plumper. Matte and dark options, by contrast, reduce.
8. Makeup artists practiced the creation of a 3D effect, which would require three shades of red lipstick: dark, neutral and light. Experiment.
9. Give preference to professional cosmetics, it does not spread and lasts more than 7 hours. Refuse to buy lipstick in the markets and transitions.

How to make up lips with red lipstick

Required tools and materials:

• highlighter;
• lip pencil;
• cane sugar;
• lip balm;
• Red lipstick;
• compact or friable powder;
• lip brush;
• makeup brush (thin);
• paper napkins.

Step number 1. Preparation for the procedure
Almost all lipsticks dry the skin, so it is important to soften the lips with a moisturizing balm that eliminates peeling. Apply a rich layer of the product, then take 1 teaspoon of cane sugar and do a light peeling for 2 minutes. Such manipulations will relieve the skin from dead cells, resulting in lipstick will lie exactly.

Step number 2. Contour correction
To attract attention to the lips and shade the border between rich red lipstick and natural skin color will help highlighter. It reflects light, due to which the lips look plumper and more expressive. Take a thin makeup brush, apply the product on it and circle the lips along the border. Draw a contour line about 5 mm wide., Then blend a little.In this way, you will hide the fuzzy lip contour and other defects in this area, opening the door for further adjustment. Do not abuse the highlighter, a large number will be collected in folds and fine wrinkles.

Step number 3. Contour selection
At this stage, you need to outline the outline with a pencil, which should be the same color as the lipstick. If you buy a pencil darker, make-up will be coarse, lighter - smeared. Ladies with thin lips are recommended to use a red pencil, while outlining the contour above the natural to visually enlarge the lips. You can also change the shape, giving it a bulk. Girls whose contour is not satisfactory, should be preferred pencils in the color of the lips.

Step number 4. Lip shading
All the same pencil completely shade the surface, not forgetting about the middle area where the lips are in contact with each other. Miss this moment, when talking or opening your mouth, the contrast with a natural hue will be impressive. If you made a pencil abroad, take a cotton swab, wet it in a lotion for removing makeup and eliminate the mistake.Shading smooths the surface, due to which you create a kind of canvas for the future application of lipstick.

Step number 5. Applying lipstick
Lipstick is applied to the lips from the center to the corners. It is important to note that the outline pencil is also painted over, regardless of its color. Do not forget about the inside (the place of contact of the lips).

Begin to apply the first layer. You can make it a stick or use a brush, the second option is preferable. Cover the lips with an even thin layer, then blot with a paper napkin and powder. Reapply the lipstick, remove the excess with a napkin and use the powder to form a resistant coating.

The third layer is always applied with a brush, because it is final and sets the tone for the final result. Move carefully so as not to lubricate the contour, exactly repeat the lines of the previous layers. At the end of a slightly blot lips with a napkin. Three-step technique will allow lipstick to hold on for a long time, it will not be smeared or spread.

Step number 6. Final adjustment
There are cases when women use red lipstick for inexperience and then walk with the same teeth color.To avoid this, remove the excess with a napkin, putting it between your lips and opening and closing your mouth several times. You can use the second option: wash your hands thoroughly with soap, dry them, close your teeth and stick your finger in your mouth. Scroll through it a few times, collecting lipstick residue from your lips.

How to make up your lips with red lipstick on 3D technique

Ladies who decide to repeat the feat of make-up artists and do three-dimensional staining should take advantage of this recommendation. After you have drawn the contour of the lips, apply the lightest shade on the entire surface, blot with a napkin and powder. Cover the edges of the lips with a neutral color, use a tissue, but do not powder.

Now we need to take the darkest shade of red and cover the middle part of the lips with it, then carefully shade the borders of the colors. Take a napkin and several times blot the dark-to-neutral connection line. To complete the makeup you will help transparent gloss, which is applied point on the center of the lower lip.

Practical advice

1. For make-up with red lipstick, the focus is only on the lips.You can use mascara, foundation and not very saturated blush, but do not paint your eyes with bright shadows.
2. With red lipstick perfectly fit wardrobe items of exactly the same color. You can take a small clutch bag, put on a jacket of the appropriate shade, tie a scarf, wear trousers or shoes.
3. Since this is your first experiment with red lipstick, prepare for the release in advance. Make up, pick up clothes, shoes, accessories and spend a few hours at home in this way. You need to get used to significant changes so that you don’t have a desire to close your lips to others. Red is the color for daring ladies, no need to be shy of brightness and extravagance.
4. Pay attention to the color pigments "lip linens". These tools have recently appeared in the beauty industry, but have already gained great popularity. "Lip Staine" is a mixture of lipstick and gloss, the pigment is absorbed into the skin and lasts for more than 12 hours, without smearing.
5. When you are in public, try to check your lip makeup as often as possible to avoid embarrassing situations.Be sure to put in a handbag lipstick, brush, mirror, cotton or paper napkin, pencil.

Still do not know how to properly lip red lips? To begin with, choose a tint that suits your skin type and eye color, then proceed with the procedure. Observe the sequence, do not skip steps, always use an outline pencil.

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