S.an Valentine is back, today February 14 is there lovers day. And the lips, (almost) free from the mask, are ready to snap “24 thousand kisses and more”. However, kissing is good for your face and moodis a form of “facial gymnastics” and promotes the release of endorphins, an excellent antidepressant.
But how to have them perfect, even in winter? With the right lipcare routine: and even the most intense or matte, velvety lipstick will no longer be a problem.
Valentine’s Day is the right lipstick: the routine for lips to kiss
On Valentine’s Day, lipstick is an inevitable protagonist of make-up. But where to start to have lips ready for the most romantic day of the year? Certainly from peeling, then arriving at applying the right lipstick in the correct way. In five quick steps.
Makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury applying lipstick to Miranda Kerr. Credits / Instagram @mirandakerr
1.Peeling & Co, or how to get rid of cuticles
The scrub is essential not only for the skin but also for the lips. Available in many variations, it is applied with the fingers on the lips, massaging them gently. Its grainy texture eliminates all unsightly cuticles, so as to make them perfectly smooth but also soft, thanks to the oils contained within.
Alternatively, it can gently wipe the toothbrush or create your own scrub personal with brown sugar and a few drops of oil, for example that of rose.
2. The specific treatment, anti-aging or nourishing?
The next step is the specific treatment. That is, before the classic pass of lip balm that keeps the lips soft, a specific anti-aging treatment can be applied, especially from 40 years upwards.
The reason? Fighting the dreaded “bar code” wrinkles, that is, those vertical marks that appear with age on the lip contour due to the natural decrease in collagen.
3. Face powder, the secret of make-up artists
To better fix the lipstick? A veil of foundation or face powder can be applied to the lipswhich can be applied before or after.
A light dusting applied with the blush brush, which is smaller, or with a sponge ensures that the effect of the lipstick lasts over time. The powder creates an absorbent layer that allows the color to adhere better in the mouth.
4. How to apply lipstick on Valentine’s Day: when to use the pencil
Now you can apply the lipstick. Be careful because they do not all apply in the same way, or rather, the result changes the more nuance is dark.
For these shades, in fact, more attention is needed for this reason drawing the lips with a pencil first can help so as not to get out of the contours. The latter can be of neutral colorso as to emphasize the corners of the mouth by highlighting its shape, same as lips or lipstick.
5. Lipstick brush, yes or no?
The choice of brush is very personal and depends on the skill of each one. Surely the lipstick brush, therefore specific, allows a very precise and homogeneous application of the color allowing you to better hide any imperfections.
Textures are also of great importance: the matte and opaque ones have a greater resistance to kisses, while the glosses or in any case very soft lipsticks tend to smudge and to get out of the edges more easily.
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