Quick tip: Line, Blot, Shadow!

(Yayy! I finally caught up on posting! So now I'll go back to once a day as long as I keep up with everyday! Sorry for the sporadic posting! I really wanted to get 31 posts in January!)

This is a 3 quick tips in one!! Holla!

Lipstick is one of the hardest things to get to last all day! I can make foundation last, I can make eye shadow last creaseless, I can make blush, eyeliner, eyebrows, all of it last all day easily!

But lips are another story!  Why is this??

Your lips deal with soo much all day!

Eating

Drinking

Talking

Kissing

Chapstick

Etc.

That's a lot for makeup to stand up against! So here are the tips::

1.) Apply a lip liner all over your lips! This will give the lipstick something to grab onto and help for when your lipstick inevitably begins to wear off, it will help it not be as obvious!

2.) Apply lipstick and let it sit for about 3-5 minutes (Do something like grab all your stuff to leave the house during this time! Or make the bed!), then blot! Blot until nothing shows up on the tissue! Now reapply the lipstick! Letting it set for the time makes it work more like a stain meaning that when the lipstick begins to wear off, the color will still look great!

3.) Skip the gloss and use an eyeshadow instead! Follow the rule cream then shadow! Use an eyeshadow that pairs well with the lipstick to lock in that color! (Great news: this doesn't dry out your lips at all!) I pair NYX Paris (lipstick) with Flamingo (eye shadow) and it is gorgeous together!

Pretty lips, Pretty hearts,

Samantha <3

When not to wear red lips

Red lips are timeless right?!

Well that's true! And it's always a great idea to wear a red lip if you want to look classic and glamorous!  But when shouldn't you wear red lips??

I thought this was appropriate since I posted about erasing acne scars recently!

For most of us, blemishes and discolorations tend to be kind of red... this means::

Don't wear red lips when you have blemishes on your face!

But you are thinking.. I put concealer over my blemishes and to get rid of them! But if you wear red lips, the red in your blemish can become more prominent, especially if it is on the lower half of your face! That's not what we want! We work hard to make them look like they aren't there and like we have flawless skin!

So what should you do?
Wear a nude lip! So simple!

Lips, reds, nudes, and love,
Samantha <3