Classic Red lips tutorial

Here I show you how to transform yucky cracked lips into the hottest red pout. Funny thing about those before-after pics: they were taken with the same cam and the same flash. I guess the red color made my digicam turn up the intensity of the flash so my skin looks paler and my teeth whiter. But I promise I didn't photoshop anything! All you need are the following MAC Cosmetics items:

- Russian Red lipstick

- Cherry lipliner

- Cult of Cherry lipglass

of course you can use your own favorite shades of red instead...

Start with some clear lipbalm, bit not too much! Apply foundation to your face if necessary (I wear MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC30). Please ignore the yuckiness of my cracked lips... but this starting point shows you that make up can do a lot.

Get the Cherry l/l. It should be pointed so you can draw exact lines. Start in the middle of your lips to define the shape.

After lining your entire lip shape they should somewhat look like this. Make corrections with concealer if necessary.

Then get you Russian red lippie and fill in the rest of your lips. Since Cherry has a more bluish undertone try to draw over it with your lipstick, but be careful not to draw out of the line.

Now take out the Cult of Cherry lipglass and dab some gloss on lower and upper lip.

Press your lips together and spread the gloss carefully. The result is bright red lips.

Here is another shot of the combination.

The most difficult part is really lining the shape. If you get this right almost nothing can go wrong then. ALMOST lol