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Lip lining is the act of accentuating the lines of lips with lip liners. The trend of lip lining surged higher in Nigeria when Tiktok stars started to create signature nude lip looks with an eye pencil and lip gloss sometimes with nude lipstick. Some of them used the black eye pencil to achieve this look. Most Gen Zs hopped on this trend without considering the factors involved.
Unless you are trying to create a gothic or an old-school look, a black eye pencil is not supposed to be used to line your lips for a nude look. Lining your lips with a black eye pencil can often create a makeup mishap. You might come off giving a spooky vibe instead of an alluring look. Makeup is not meant to make you look artificial but natural- you should use makeup to accentuate your beauty.
This makeup mishap is a concerning one. In this article, you will learn how to line your lips properly without looking spooky but ethereal and alluring.
Lip Lining Tip 1. Use a lip liner shade close to your lip and skin tone.
The reason the black lip liner might not fit most Nigerians is that their lip tone is not completely black. The black lip liner used is on another end of the shade of their skin color too. If a person fair in complexion minimally uses a black lip liner, it might do a little justice to their lips. Using a black lip liner takes expertise to look alluring and you might need to blend it with lipstick or another shade of lipliner.
Lip liners are made for lip lining but one can improvise with eye pencils or eyeliners. When using a lip liner or an eye pencil to line your lips, look for one whose shade is close to your skin color. In doing this, it gives your lips that natural look. As a Nigerian, you can opt for a brown lip liner for a nude look but find the shade close to your lip tone.
Lip Lining Tip 2. Add volume to your lip lining, do not draw thin strokes of lines because it is called lip lining
When you are lining your lips, add a little bit of volume to the strokes. Drawing thin strokes of lines to outline your lips does not look pleasant. Lip lining is not supposed to look traceable but rather gives this disappearing effect in your lip skin. Lining your lips accentuates the volume of your lips, those thin strokes would make your lips look ridiculous.
Photo Credit;- Hegai & Esther
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Lip Lining Tip 3. Girl, desist from overlining your lips. It is a slippery path.
Sometimes, people try to overline their lips giving them more mass than before. While some people might be able to do this successfully, it ends up as a disaster for others. Once your overlining is visible, it is a disaster. Full lips might look admirable but it is better to follow the natural outline of your lips for a more authentic look.
Lip Lining Tip 4. When applying lipstick with your lip liner, make sure to blend the lipstick into the lip liner section such that there is no partition between the two
This rule helps you to create a perfect lip look. You can use a lip liner brush to dab the lipliner into the lipstick such that one cannot tell where the lip line section ends and where the lipstick started. Doing this helps you to create an ethereal lip look.
Lip Lining Tip 5. When using the same color of lip liner and lipstick, let the shade of your lip liner be a little bit darker than your lipstick.
It happens that you want to create a surreal lip look with lipstick but you also want to line your lips with that same color of lipstick. Make sure your lip liner is a little bit darker than your lipstick. This helps create a contrast and gives more definition to your lip outline. But do not forget to blend the two shades in.
The art of makeup requires practice and trying out new products. Do not try to look unreal or create features for yourself with makeup products. Strive for perfection and try not to hop on trends immediately but see how to tailor them to suit your look.
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