Practical: Lips

Lips

1. Apply a moisturising lip balm or primer to the lips before hand which will help when applying any lip colours and products and will also help to keep them in place and hydrated for longer, ask your model to apply this to there lips as they will be able to really work it in to the lips and corners of the mouth.

2. Carry on with applying makeup to all the other areas of the face to give this time to soak in or you can dab the lips with a tissue to remove any excess product that hasn't been absorbed. 

3. Using a lip pencil or small angled brush apply the lip colour to the back of your hand or if your using a pencil apply directly to the lips. Using the edge of the angle brush carefully and ask the client to lightly stretch there lips out so you can cover all areas apply the colour to the outer corner of the lips and work your way into the centre of the edge of the lip doing this on both sides of the lips and colour over the centre.

For the top and bow of the lips, start from the centre of the bow and working your way out to the outer edges, remember to keep checking n the mirror that both sides of the lip are equal and you are happy with the shape then fill the lips with colour 

Once you are happy with how the lips look and you have covered all area grab a piece of tissue and gently dab/blot the lips  then reapply the colour over again this will help to keep the colour in place longer and not begin to fade but also help to intensify the colour and give it a stronger look.