It’s the last day of the week and I’m sure you have events to attend and places to turn up at so I thought to hook you up with a mini-video tutorial on how to achieve the perfect burgundy-red lip to make you the star of the show every time.
Depending on how you play the red lipstick card, you can wear it to wherever; be it work, soirees etc. I’m darkskinned, and the Matte Wine/Burgundy-Red lip is THE lip colour for me. To achieve the perfect lip, you should:
• Exfoilate your lips properly
• If you have dark lips, make sure you apply a little amount of concealer on your lips to neutralize your lip colour (so it doesn’t interfere with your lip products)
• Fully fill-in your lips, top-to-bottom with your desired lip liner; for the Burgundy lip, you should use a wine or brown lip liner. I used Jordana lipliner in Cabaret.
•Blend out your lips properly with a lip-brush or a precision brush. I used Real Techniques’ Precision Brush. The importance of blending your lined lip out is to make sure there’s a smooth transition of colour and no lip-crack is left out.
• Apply any desired red lipstick. I used Avon Cosmetics lipstick in Fiery Red.
• Blend out again with lip-brush or precision brush
• Clean out the edges of your lip with a Concealer or Foundation in your exact shade (DO NOT use a concealer lighter than your shade, least you end up with a halo around your lip…which is definitely NOT sexy) and set it in with loose powder.
• For a longer stay, blot your lips with tissue paper (re-apply lipstick if need be)
• Accentuate your Cupid’s Bow with a luminizer or highlighting or Mineral powder (be careful on this one….don’t apply too much…you don’t want to look ridiculous)
• Apply final powder & setting spray and….go slay!
PS:
Eyes:
Sleek Cosmetics Au Naturel Eyeshadow Palette
Oriflame Sweden Double Trouble Pencil Liner in Black.
Have a fabulous weekend ma cheries!
About the Writer: Zuka Williams is an Economist, a make-up artist and a beauty blogger. She blogs at www.maketopiaofficiel.com and tweets @ZuWilliams_ –
