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Lip liner
Matching, overlining, liner with gloss and long-wear tricks.
Lip liner
How to make lip liner last all day
Lip liner lasts longest on an exfoliated, balm-free lip, filled in, blotted and given a second thin pass. The steps, the formulas that last, what to avoid.
How to match lip liner to lipstick or gloss
Match lip liner to your natural lip colour for an invisible edge, one shade deeper for definition, or contrast for a cola lip. Undertone rules and a table.
How to overline lips so that nobody can tell
Overline lips by 1 to 2 mm at the cupid's bow and centre of the bottom lip only, in a shade that matches your lips, blurred inward, gloss at the centre.
How to stop lipstick and gloss feathering
Lipstick bleeds when its oils run into fine lines around the mouth. A waxy lip liner, a dry base, a concealer edge and thin coats stop it. Step by step.
How to use lip liner, from the first stroke to the last blot
Lip liner draws the lip edge, stops colour feathering and gives gloss a base. How to choose the shade, line, overline, blend and set it so it lasts.
Lip liner as your only lip colour
Lip liner filled in over the whole lip gives a soft matte colour that lasts longer than lipstick. How to fill, blot and balm it, and which pencils work.
Lip liner with gloss: the two-step combo
The lip liner and gloss combo is liner filled in and blended, then gloss on the centre. Why gloss needs a liner to last, the steps and three combos.
Lip liner, lip pencil or lip crayon: what the names mean
Lip liner and lip pencil are the same thin product under two names. A lip crayon is a wider, softer stick worn as lip colour. Formats and uses compared.
Nude lip liners by skin tone, matched to your lips
A nude lip liner should match your natural lip colour, not your skin. Pink-nude, peach, caramel, mocha or plum-brown for fair, olive, tan and deep skin.
What lip liner does, and why gloss needs it
Lip liner draws the lip edge, fills the fine lines that make colour bleed and gives gloss a matte base. What it is, how it works, three ways to apply it.