Here is the step by step tutorial on how to apply your lipstick impeccably and without any smudges!
Making sure you know how to apply lipstick without smudging is the key to an impeccable result: a strategic application, in fact, allows you to dare with finishes and colors. In fact, if applied without having properly prepared the lips, not even a long-lasting lipstick can hope to survive the day. And, no, choosing a natural, nude shade won’t help you erase mistakes. This is why a well-studied routine is needed, which takes lip makeup to a new level of precision.
1 – Moisturize your lips
Having perfectly hydrated lips is essential for lipstick to have a truly long-lasting effect. Precisely for this reason, it is important to carefully take care of your lips every day, studying a routine that can always make the skin soft, avoiding chapping and hangnails. At least once a week, therefore, it is a good idea to use a delicate scrub, based on honey and sugar, to remove dead cells. Before applying lipstick, then, to avoid smudging, you need to use a nourishing balm. In this case, planning is everything: the lips, in fact, should be hydrated a few minutes before applying the lipstick, to allow the formulation to penetrate deeply without risking to ruin the final effect.
2 – Outline the lips with the pencil
The purpose of using the lip pencil is twofold: on one hand, in fact, it allows to enhance the shape, tracing a boundary to be respected to avoid lipstick smudges. On the other it is essential to play with color contrasts, but also to enlarge very thin lips. For a perfect application, the pencil should be used to outline the lip contour and should be blended towards the centre, starting from the outside and moving from bottom to top of the upper lip and from top to bottom of the lower one, paying particular attention to the cupid’s bow and the lip’s corners.
3 – Apply lipstick with a brush
Calmness is the key to applying lipstick without smudging. On the other hand, for absolute precision you can always rely on a special lip brush. Its ergonomic tip, in fact, is structured to hug the lips and apply the color without errors. In this way, it will be easy to follow the lip contour with ease, spreading the color evenly and without inaccuracies. The ideal would be to apply two light layers of lipstick, but only after waiting a few minutes between one and the other to allow the color to dry.
4 – Powder to set the make-up
To allow the lipstick to last all day, resisting all adversities, the secret is to use a veil of powder. To apply it, place a tissue in front of your lips and then use a brush to lightly dab the powder over the lipstick, ensuring colored lips and no smudging. Especially on the teeth.
