How to: Get The Best Out Of Your Lipstick! :)

How To:

Get the Best out of your Lipstick!

Hi There!

So on gloomy days I love to generally just love to practice perfecting my make-up techniques :) So I made the following, a little how to on how to get the best results out of your lipstick and the best steps to take to generally make it last longer and to get the best application and base. It should be just a basic run through of the stages you should take when using and applying lipstick :)

I'm going to use red lipstick as that's my usual colour of choice but the same basics can be applied to most colours. A list of the products I used and where to find them will be at the bottom of the blog post :) Thanks guys! 

So if your interested read on! 

Products Needed:

Cotton Pads/Tissues- I find the circular cotton pads work the best but tissues can be used also for blotting :)

Some form of lip scrub/alternative- Either a lip scrub product or alternatively use Vaseline and scrub it into your lips using a clean eyebrow spoolie and wipe of when the dead skin has been lifted (Be careful not to be too rough with either of these methods, you are just looking for a smooth effect).

Lip Balm- Any form of lip balm or moisturiser. 

Lip liner- Preferably in a shade as close as you can get to the lipstick you are going to use. 

Lipstick- Select your main colour you wish to use, if possible fine the best shade that will most compliment your skin tone and your undertones and has moisturising properties to avoid your lips drying out.

Lip Gloss- Either a clear lip gloss or one that similarly matches your lipstick. 

Step 1: Scrub Away!

Scrub those lips! Either during the prepping stage of your make-up application or after you have done all your other make-up, grab your lip scrub product/method and gently exfoliate your lips to remove dead and peeling skin until you get a smooth base on the top and bottom lips. I used Lush's Santa's Lip scrub.  

Step 2: Slather it on!

Moisturise! Grab your lip balm and buff it into the lips and then leave to "sink in". Remove any excess :)

Step 3: Get Lining!

Lip Liner! Take your lip liner out carefully fill in your lips all over. After this define a stronger line on the edges and around the bow of your lips. I used Maxfactor's Colour Elixir in Red Rush.

Step 4: Pat Away!

Blot! Take a cotton pad or tissue and place it between your top and bottom lips and then press your lips lightly together. Then release but keep the pad/tissue handy.

Step 4: Layer it up!

First layer! Take your lipstick (Mine being a Barry M lipstick, the shade had rubbed off sorry :( ) and using either a lip brush or the lipstick itself depending on the strength of application you are looking for, place a decent amount in the centre of the bottom lip. Afterwards rub your top and bottom lips together so that it is all over evenly. Clean up any uneven lines using a cotton bud/tissue. 

Blot again! Pretty self explanatory, just follow the blotting technique again! :)

Second Layer! Repeat the same step as the first layer.

Blot again again! Again the same as done before :)

...Continue these steps until you get the desired result, I just stuck with two layers :)

Step 5: Shine on!

Gloss it up! This step is optional depending on the look you want :) Grab your chosen lip gloss and like how you applied the lipstick, dot a small amount in the centre of the bottom lip and then pat it so it covers most of your lips! 

Step 6: Finishing up!

Correct! This step is optional :)Using a small amount of concealer (any method of applying will do) neaten the edges of your lips into the desired shape and/or and areas the lip stick may of run onto. 

Save your teeth! To make sure there are no embarrassing incidents with having lipstick on your teeth use this little trick :). Take a finger and place it in your mouth about half way down the finger, relax your lips around it and then pull your finger out, this should remove any excess :) 

And that's it your now ready to rock the lippy! :D

Thanks for reading, hope it was a little helpful. If you know any more tips or have any feedback I would love to hear them, just comment below!

I will love you and leave you with the products list :}

Byeee xxx

***Products list***

Cotton Pads...Any general drugstore, supermarket, or cosmetics store will stock them.

Lush's Santa Lip Scrub...This was a special christmas edition when I bought it so I am unsure if it is still available however they have other lip scrubs which are all amazing and super yummy! Check their website (uk only) here: https://www.lush.co.uk/category/230

Vaseline...Any general drugstore, supermarket, or cosmetics store will stock them.

Max Factor's Lip Elixer... Available in a lot of places but again mostly in places named in the above product.

Barry M Lipstick... Same as above.

No.7 Lipgloss...Again the same as the above

Dainty Doll concealer... I bought mine via amazon .co.uk its fairly reasonably priced (uk only)