How to Apply Lipstick Tutorial

Applying lipstick is an art form. You can make your lips look bigger and brighter and even transform their shape and color, all while ensuring the color stays put most of the day and night. In this guide, we’ll share tips and a tutorial on how to prep your lips with a sugar scrub for a smoother pout and achieve a flawless lipstick application.

Prepping your lips before applying lipstick

Before applying lipstick, prep your lips by exfoliating and applying a lip balm. Your final look will look best on smooth lips without the pigment clumping up in the crease of your lips. Keep your lips hydrated by drinking water, massaging your lips with a quality lip scrub or sugar scrub, and applying lip cream. Once you exfoliate, your natural lip color becomes more vibrant, and your lips will be softer and smoother.

After sloughing off dead skin cells or flaky skin from chapped lips, start prepping your pout by lining your lips with a color similar to the shades of lipstick you use. Some people over-line their lips to give the illusion of fuller, smoother lips.

If you want to appear as if you’re not wearing lip liner, choose a color that matches closely with your lipstick color and follow the natural outline of your lips, starting from the middle of the bottom of the lip up to the sides.

Applying lipstick or tinted lip treatments

For a precise lipstick application, you can use a lip brush or a synthetic fiber brush for a more accurate and controlled application. These tools allow you to define the edges of your lips and fill in color evenly. A lip brush also helps build up the color gradually, giving you the option for a subtle tint or a more bold finish. Using a brush ensures a smoother application and can help you blend shades to achieve the color you are striving to achieve.

Tip: If you want more staying power, apply the lip liner over the lips after you have finished lining the outer edges of the mouth. Applying a thin layer of translucent powder will help the lip liner and pigment stay on longer. 

Moisturizing

There are various moisturizing ingredients consumers can find in lip treatments, including shea butter, cocoa butter, and jojoba oil, which lock in moisture and soften the lips. When shopping around for lip color, consider looking for lip products with these ingredients to help maintain a picture-perfect pout. 

Cream lipsticks and tinted lip gloss will go on more smoothly than matte. You can easily touch up your lips with these products using your middle finger. 

More matte products and satin lipsticks are incorporating these moisturizing ingredients, including: 

• NARS Velvet Lip Pencil, enriched with Vitamin E
• NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream
• Fenty Beauty Plush Matte Lipstick

Matte lipsticks offer a bold, reflective look and burst of solid color without the shine. 

Interested in learning more about makeup artistry?

Evergreen Beauty College offers an esthetics and cosmetology program, instructing students on makeup application and skincare. In our cosmetology program, students will learn about haircare, basic skincare, and makeup application and better understand makeup products.

Our esthetics program focuses on skincare. Many aspiring makeup artists usually enroll in esthetics to develop an exceptional understanding of skincare, formulations, and products to add tools to the arsenal of skincare and makeup artistry.

Take our short survey to see if cosmetology is for you. We invite all of our prospective students to tour any of our campuses to see what life as an Evergreen Beauty College student is like.

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FAQ: How to apply lipstick tutorial

What is the correct way to apply lipstick?

Exfoliate and moisturize your lips first. Next, outline them with a lip liner that closely matches your lipstick shade. Fill in the lips with the lipstick using a brush for a precise application. 

How to make lipstick look smooth?

Using a lip scrub or sugar scrub will exfoliate your lips to remove dead skin, enhancing the natural color of the lips. Your lips will look smoother with a scrub coupled with a lip balm before applying lipstick. 

Staying hydrated will help replenish the moisture in your lips. Using products that will help lock in the moisture is ideal. 

Should I study esthetics or cosmetology to become a makeup artist?

Studying cosmetology is generally better for aspiring makeup artists, as it delves into a range of skills, including makeup application and skincare. Many people choose to enroll in an esthetics program, which specializes in training students in skin care, especially for skincare-makeup applications. 

Whether you study in a cosmetology or esthetics program, you will learn extensively about the beauty industry and get to work with real clients in an on-campus beauty salon.