The Secret of Changing Your Natural Lip Line

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When changing the natural lip line to create the illusion of a smaller or larger mouth, it's important to keep it looking subtle and natural. I recommend a lip liner that is one or two shades darker than your natural lip line. Even for red shades I often use a neutral lip liner and go over it with my lip colour choice. When making lips appear smaller make sure to go over the natural lip line with a little concealer to hide the lip's natural shape. For lighter coloured lips, where lip colours can look bright, look for colours that are warmer (more brown). Darker lips tend to have more blue to them, so look for cooler colours (more pink).

To balance out the lips, the inner lip line was drawn slightly above the top lip line to create the illusion of a larger upper lip