Count the mornings when you get to work and realize that your coffee cup is wearing more lipstick than you are. With shades like orange heating up this season, you've got more reasons than ever to wear a bold lip—and keep it where you want it. As tempting as it to just swipe and go, a few extra steps will keep your pout looking perfect all day long.
Prep your lips.
Applying lipstick to dry or cracked lips means that not only will it shift off, but you'll also see the flakes through the color. Try a sugar scrub at least once a week to keep your lips feeling soft.
Keep your lips moisturized.
Make sure to apply plenty of lip balm when you don't have your color on. When you are applying in the morning, make sure to blot off all the lip balm before you start putting on lipstick. If your lips still feel slick, dust a little loose powder over them to give them a good gripping surface for the lipstick to adhere to.
Keep color off your teeth.
FACE MAKEUP 101
TO LOCK IN YOUR MAKEUP LOOK
Setting powder is an "invisible" step in your makeup routine that will literally set your face makeup onto your skin. "Setting" your makeup basically means keeping everything looking flawless for as long as possible. You may wonder how to use loose setting powder and specifically how to use powder after foundation. Well, we have all the answers you seek and more. Just read on…
A basic beauty rule of thumb, when you layer wet and dry products together, they bond, and makeup lasts longer. Traditional liquid foundation and concealer are "wet", whereas setting powder is "dry". It's also very fine, so you can layer over more wet products without fear of looking cakey or overdone.
Anywhere you want your makeup to last long and look flawless. Traditionally, it goes all over the face, but in this era of fresh, dewy skin, strategic powder placement looks more modern. Dot on the nose, or chin, anywhere that tends to gather grease, or where you need coverage to last longer.
Setting powder is one of the few beauty products that can't be applied with your fingers. It definitely needs a brush, and the Face Studio Powder Brush gives the best coverage. It's full and fluffy, to cover lots of ground with every sweep, yet curved and tapered to sweep into all the subtle contours of the face (under eyes, the corners of the nose, along the jaw, etc.)