Beauty Face of the Day

fotd: big fat lips

September 3, 2014

I’m just going to put this out there: I have a really small mouth. It’s not a hang-up. I actually think it suits my heart-shaped face really well, but still there are days when I wish I had huge, bee-stung lips. I mean, who doesn’t right?

I suppose there are always lip fillers…but the procedure sounds terrifying to me. Thank goodness it’s so easy to fake fuller lips with just a bit of lip liner and nude lipstick. Over lined lips do require a bit of practice, but it’s such a good trick to have up your sleeve. And much less traumatic than injections, I’m sure.  

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Actually, if you look really closely here you can see where I’ve over lined, or drawn slightly outside the natural boundaries of my lips. There’s a fine line between over lining and clown mouth, so my advice for newbies is as follows: err on the conservative side and stick to mattes.

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I took my own advice about being conservative, so I know my lips *still* don’t look super huge, but trust me – if you saw me in real life with no lipstick on, you’d be impressed at the size difference!

singaporebeautyblog_biglips4>>Photos by Adam Stamenkovic, Bespoke Brides<<

I used:

Lips: Sephora Nano Lip Liner in Belle Beige / NYX Jumbo Lip Pencil in Soft Fuchsia / Bare Minerals Mineral Veil in Original (to set and mattify)

Skin: Bare Minerals Matte Foundation in Fair, with Warmth All-Over Face Colour as a contour.

Eyes: Limit (all over), Nooner + Darkside (in the crease) eyeshadows from the Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette / MAC Fuidline eyeliner in Blacktrack / NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (waterline)

Lashes: Sephora Outrageous Volume Mascara in Ultra Black / Sephora Collection False Eyelashes in Celebrity

Eyebrows: MAC eye shadow in Mystery