How to Apply Lipstick
Here are 16 tips on how to apply lipstick.

Dont play up the eyes and the mouth Women who wear heavy eye makeup and dark lipstick can look clownish. If you want to wear red lipstick keep the rest of your makeup light. If you are playing up the eyes keep your mouth light with a gloss or light lip color that doesnt stand out.

For plump lips apply liner just outside your natural lip line. Dab a bit of gloss in the middle of your bottom lip.

How to apply lipstick. I dot believe in rules to applying lipstick. Some women use special lipstick brushes. I own one and never ever use it. Others use their middle finger. Most women apply right from the tube. Choose whats right for you as long as the color gets on the lips youre good.

Use liner on your lips as a base. Lipstick will last longer if you fill in your lips with the liner first. If youre using light lipstick try a nude liner. Then slick your lipstick on top. Lip gloss is infamous for wearing off fast but if you fill in lips first with the liner the gloss has something to stick to.

You can line before or after you apply lipstick or gloss. Some women prefer to apply liner first arguing that you wont be able to see the natural line of your lips if you apply lipstick first. But I find lips look more natural when I line lips after I apply lipstick.

Never use a dark liner with light lipstick. Defined lips are great but make sure the liner matches the lipstick or gloss. Dark liner and light lips is tacky.

Never use a test lipstick on your lips. Its just plain unhygienic. Instead test lipstick on your fingertips. Its a closer fit to your lips than the back of your hand.

Dont throw out a bad color lipstick. Beauty editors know you can create a great lipcolor by blending lipsticks you dont like. You can also color in lips with a darker liner before applying a lipstick thats too bright.

Keep lipstick off glass. Discreetly lick your lips before taking a sip from a glass. It works

Keep lipstick off your teeth with this trick. After applying lipstick take your index finger and pop it in your mouth then pull it out. The excess lipstick will come off on your finger rather than your teeth.

Lipstick can act as a blush. But never use blush as a lipstick.

The older you are the creamier your lips should look. If your lips are thinned out and wrinkled avoid matte or a gloss and stick with a creamy lipstick.

Not all lipstick shades look good on everyone.Your skin color will determine what shades are right on you. You may like a lipstick on your friend but it may not look good on you. Orange or brown shades including corals look good on few people. These shades tend to make teeth appear yellow.

Camouflage yellowed teeth.To downplay a yellow cast to teeth try lipsticks with a bluish undertone. Shades that work include plums pinks wines and violets according to Lazarus a NYC makeup artist in the June2007 issue of O magazine.

Heal dont throw out a broken lipstick. If your lipstick breaks off simply take off the broken portion with a tissue then slowly wave a lit match under the broken piece of lipstick. When its melted a bit put it back on the base swivel it down and put it in the fridge uncovered for 30 minutes.

Lipstick done. You might notice theres still a bit of lipstick down in the tube. Scrape out the last bits with a cotton swap or orange stick and mix it with Vaseline or lip gloss in a lipstick palette. Use a lip brush to apply.