Reverse lip lining is a simple step that takes very little time and has very good results. We're all very familiar with the benefits of lining our lips. Lining your lips prevents feathering of your lip color and also makes your lipstick stay on longer and show up more true to color. Reverse lining is a quick way to make your lips look fuller and to cancel out the natural discoloration that women have around there mouths (chalk that up to those lovely hormones!). It literally takes less than a minute and you probably already have the things you need to do it!
To reverse line you can use either a flesh-toned pencil (I use
Natural Born Cosmetics Lip & Eye Crayon) or your concealer. I like the crayon from Natural Born Cosmetics because it's very multi-purpose. You can use it to reverse line your lips or use as you would a regular lip pencil to create a nude lip and you can use it to highlight below your brows, the inner corners of your eyes and also as a face highlighter on the bridge of your nose as well as the cheeks. And it only costs $5! However, the concealer you already own will work great too. Just make sure that the color matches your skin tone or is just a touch lighter. Either way use the crayon or concealer to line outside of your natural lip line. You can use a small flat brush or just the tip of your ring finger if using a concealer. Then gently blend it out until any harsh lines disappear...but don't blend it out too much, if you do, you'll lose the effect of fullness. Now apply your lip liner as usual, following your lip line (or reshape if you like). Top with lip color or gloss and/or then you're done! You're lips will look fuller and more defined and your lip color will also have another barrier to protect it from feathering.
To reverse line you can use either a flesh-toned pencil (I use Natural Born Cosmetics Lip & Eye Crayon) or your concealer. I like the crayon from Natural Born Cosmetics because it's very multi-purpose. You can use it to reverse line your lips or use as you would a regular lip pencil to create a nude lip and you can use it to highlight below your brows, the inner corners of your eyes and also as a face highlighter on the bridge of your nose as well as the cheeks. And it only costs $5! However, the concealer you already own will work great too. Just make sure that the color matches your skin tone or is just a touch lighter. Either way use the crayon or concealer to line outside of your natural lip line. You can use a small flat brush or just the tip of your ring finger if using a concealer. Then gently blend it out until any harsh lines disappear...but don't blend it out too much, if you do, you'll lose the effect of fullness. Now apply your lip liner as usual, following your lip line (or reshape if you like). Top with lip color or gloss and/or then you're done! You're lips will look fuller and more defined and your lip color will also have another barrier to protect it from feathering.
