Beauty Tips for Women Avoid Lip Liner Horror over 40

It’s really shocking but we’re still seeing this – women who line their lips too darkly and end up looking like drag queens. We’re always taken aback when we meet these gals. Don’t they realize their lips look harsh and scary?

Now we understand the reason behind it. As we age lipstick starts to bleed, so it’s natural to want to use a nice liner to contain the lipstick, or even to use the liner to draw over the lip a tad and make it seem slighter larger ( It beats injections and getting trout pout) The problem occurs when you can’t see that your lip liner color is so dark and heavy that it sticks out like a sore thumb. Many women who do this wear a darkish brown or pinky brown liner  and they’ve filled their lips in with a much lighter color or even a  gloss.

It’s hard to talk to these gals face to face without staring at their wild crazy lips.

Maybe these women just need glasses?? We’ll admit that as the eyes start to go applying the right amount of make-up gets more challenging. Or maybe it’s just that these women don’t know any better.

Here are some lip liner tips for you, so you never fall into this strange middle age no-no.

1. Choose a lip liner that is as close to your natural lip color as possible. Just bought Bobbi Brown – ballet pink – and it’s a great shade! See if it works for you.

2. Apply your lipstick first and then your lip liner. This way you don’t have to fiddle around trying to keep the lipstick within the liner border.

3. If you like you can  line your lips, then fill them in entirely with lip liner. Next, apply a lip gloss. That’s what we do. Why? We find gloss gives a more natural look than heavy lipstick and filling in the lips with liner makes your  gloss stay on much longer.

4. Last tip is, if you do go with a lipstick + liner- make sure lipstick is not too light compared to the liner or too Betty Davis – Baby Jane dark. Too dark  a lipstick against pale, aging skin is harsh and haunting. Choose a natural liner and a nice peach or pink lipstick instead of dark red, or heaven forbid,  brown or mauvey brown lipstick which looks like you are ready for the funeral parlor.

Do you line your lips? Tell us your tips and tricks