The 10 mistakes you're making with your lipstick
Lipstick has long been adopted as the quickest of ways to transform your look - but how you apply it has more of an effect than you might realize. The slapdash application could result in lack of longevity, a dull tinge to your complexion or even adding years to your face.
Make-up artist for Marc Jacobs Beauty, Diane Kendal explains the things you need to avoid for a perfect, youth-enhancing pout:
1. Overdrawing
"People often overdraw their lips and dark lip liner can be really aging. It can look very harsh, especially on older women when you naturally start getting lines. By wearing lots of lip liner you are actually drawing attention to these lines, as you can't help but look at someone's mouth when they have a really defined lip. Instead, focus a little more on creating a defined eye, and useless lip liner, and softer lipstick textures. You could still wear a bright red color, but the texture should be a lot less hard."
2. Using the wrong lip liner
"Individuals often use the wrong lip pencil colour for their skin and that's why I like to use really neutral coloured liners; it's harder to make mistakes when you are choosing between dark nudes, light nudes and peaches. Marc Jacobs does a fantastic range of nudes to suit lots of different skin tones - the (P)outliner Longwear Lip Pencils, £18. Gone are the days when you'd try a nude lip and need it to be injected with a bit of life. They've all got these wonderful undertones."
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