Lip tricks

Lip Trips

      The Lip Trip I decided to try out was using lip liner to make the top lip look plumper and larger.  I knew you could do this trick, I just wasn’t sure how to do it without making the client look too over the top.  Therefore I was excited to learn this technique properly so I can use it in the future.

      I took a dark brown lip liner and sharpened it into a point.  I then slowly started drawing on the natural lip line on the top lip and not taking the pencil off the skin.  When I got to the cupids bow, I went over the lip ever so slightly to give it some height, I then repeated this to the other side of the lip.

      When I got to the middle, I had to join the cupids bow so it looked even, to do this, I turned my model towards me so we were facing each other.  By stepping away you can see where you have gone wrong or where you would like to retouch.  I then filled in the whole lip using a similar colour and blended it in to the lip liner.

      Below is my creation of a lip trick.  I am very happy with the outcome and it is a technique I will definitely be using in the future.