Pop Pout Lips
Be Bold this Spring with a brilliantly-bright Pout
Bold, bright lips were the order of the day at Fendi, Marni, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Jil Sander SS/2011 ready-to-wear collections, and this is to name but a few. All were painted on to perfection in a thick, matt application. The palette overall ranged from daring cerise and fuchsia pinks to reddish corals and atomic tangerines, and what looked like variations of everything in between. Make the look pop by keeping all other make-up minimal. That means, nude eye-make-up with a lick of mascara and some barely-there foundation, the paler the better.
To pull this daring look off make sure your lips are in tip-top condition. Good lip care is essential. Lush is great for serving up delicious treats for head-to-toe skin care, and its lip care range is no different. Choose from a delectable range of lips scrubs to prime your lips for the perfect pout. The scrubs come in three tastes (that I know of anyway!), Mint Julips, Sweet Lips and Bubblegum. It is also crucial to keep a good lip conditioner close to hand. Mac’s ‘lip conditioner stick’ with SPF 15 is a good choice. The conditioner also comes in a squeezable tube, as a balm and as part of a lip stain but I find the stick the handiest, and niftiest thing to grab when in a rush. Failing all else, good old reliable, and versatile Vaseline never disappoints.
This seasons lips are neat and carefully defined, possessing an excellent lip-liner is a must. Try L’Oréal’s ‘infaillible lip liner’ in sheer fidelity. It is an invisible definer, so it won’t alter the colour of the lipstick when it is applied. Now, crucially, how to find the perfect colour palette? Mac, who else, always have a fantastic range of shades to chose from. Some of the best include, Lickable, an electric fuchsia and Lady Danger, an effervescent coral-red. For those of us with a little less cash to burn Barry M is a compromisingly cheap alternative for nabbing some vibrant and vivid lipsticks. Chose from sunset, vibrant pink, shocking pink and coral to find your pout perfect colour. An option for those who do not wish to flaunt the full effect of these electric lip colours would be to stain the lips with a touch of your chosen colour and apply a sheer gloss.
Mwah!
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