How to apply a red lipstick?- Grazia

No red lipstick without preparation

Red lipstick is considered a real charm asset, even as a weapon of seduction!But he requires controlled fingering so as not to risk disaster.And you may not know it, but a well-posed lipstick, even more if its color is lively and sustained, calls for a preparation upstream.The lips are indeed a part of the body exposed to hot, cold, wind, but also saliva and kiss.They therefore tend to dry out.And it is impossible to apply a red lipstick on dry lips, under penalty of bringing out all the small dead skins.

So adopt, today, the right hydration reflexes.Each evening, before going to bed, coat your mouth with a good layer of suitable lip balm.Once a week, make a mild scrub using your exfoliating face with fine or better grain, a homemade recipe concocted with sugar and honey (or vegetable oil).Rub your lips very gently before rinsing with a glove soaked in hot water.Finish by covering your lips with lip balm and remove the excess with a paper handkerchief.Your lips are all soft, ready to receive your favorite red lipstick!

A perfect red lipstick

To apply your red lipstick to perfection, you will have to comply with three steps:

• Step n ° 1: Start by drawing the outline of your mouth with a lip pencil of the same color as your lipstick or, better still, transparent.It will prevent the material from flowing, drool or go to lodge in small fine lines and commissures of the mouth;

• Step n ° 2: Draw the outline of your lips once again with a pencil of the same shade as your red.Start through the center and then extend the line of the commissures in the inside of the mouth.Quickly penny the inside of your lips to give them a little color naturally;

• Step n ° 3: Finally apply your lipstick by forgetting any part of the mouth.To prevent the material from drooling, bite into a paper handkerchief briefly.For more shine, apply a little gloss in small touches.

What makeup with a red lipstick?

A golden rule is to focus on a single part of the face.Thus, your lively lips cannot answer very make -up eyes.If you have chosen to wear a red lipstick, make up lightly.A foundation to hide imperfections, a little transparent mattifying powder and a discreet blush and granted with your lips (no purple blush with a red lipstick for example).The nude colors dress the eyes that are enlarged by a mascara to give volume.Finally, a nice line of eyeliner can complete your makeup.