Lip Care Tips

LIP CARE TIPS:

Whether they want to admit it or not, most women look better when they wear lipstick. That single pop of color, done in the right shade, does more to accent a woman’s facial features than any other makeup product. Yet many women decline to wear lipstick; not because they don’t want to, but because they simply don’t know how to find the right color or the type that will work best for them.

On today’s market there are lipsticks, lip glosses, lip balms, lip butters, lip stains, lip creams, and lip gels - no wonder women are confused about which product to choose. On top of the huge variety of lip products available, there are a seemingly endless number of colors. There are hundreds of shades of pink, coral, red, brown, and much more

So finding the perfect color may turn into a lifelong process; especially given the fact that as soon as you find it, the cosmetic company will probably move on to the next big shade.Forget everything you have heard about lip color. Any woman can wear pink if they find just the right shade and, yes, even redheads can even wear red lip color, if the tone is just perfect.

Any woman can wear at least one shade from any color grouping, be it pink, mauve, red, brown, coral, or berry. The trick is in finding the proper shade to go with a woman’s skin tone and natural coloring. While that may still seem a daunting task, let me see if I can offer a few tips that might help.

The basics – your skin undertone:

There are basic points to keep in mind in choosing a lip color. Women must be mindful of their skin’s natural undertones. Skin with a pink undertone does better with lip colors that carry a decided bluish tint. Skin that skews yellow should consider warmer lip colors with an orange tint.

Most women can find their proper hue in at least one berry and one red shade, which is ideal since neither of those seems to ever go totally out of style. Pale pink shades really don’t work well for olive skin tones, or women with deeper skin colors, because of their natural yellow skin undertones. Instead, women in that category should look for darker pink shades. Perfect deep corals, on the other hand, are almost impossible to find for women whose skin is decidedly pink in nature. Instead, they need to stick to a more pinky coral shade.

Nude lips:

Today, with nude lips all the rage, women are beating down the doors of cosmetic companies searching for the perfect nude shade. Many are simply missing the point altogether. Nude lips are about the sheen and shine that says “take me, I’m yours.” They aren’t about finding a pasty brown color that mimics the natural color of the lips.

If that were the case, why would a woman need lipstick at all?Just as you would do with any other color, in choosing a nude lipstick, a woman must keep the skin tone in mind. Fair women should look for a taupe with a slight kiss of rose color. Olive toned women should look for those that are more of a taupey coral shade. Everyone should stay away from matte bronze colors that do nothing for any woman’s lips.

While its okay to seek a killer summer tan on the body, that look doesn’t belong on the lips. Instead women should go for something a bit lighter to make the lips stand apart from the rest of the tan