Classic Red Lip Makeup Tutorial
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you my favorite classic red lip makeup. It’s super simple and only took me 30 minutes to apply. Let’s jump right into it!
Tools and materials:
- Primer
- Eyebrow pencil
- Spoolie
- Concealer
- Makeup sponge
- Makeup brushes
- Eyebrow gel
- Lip plumper (or oil, chapstick, moisturizer)
- Bronzer
- Highlighter
- Mascara
- Lash curler
- False lashes
- Blush
- Setting spray
- Lip liner
- Lipstick
1. Prep your skin with a primer
Start with clean, moisturized skin, and apply a primer all over your face.
2. Fill in your brows
Trace the bottom of your eyebrow with an eyebrow pencil and then fill in the sparse areas.
Use a spoolie to brush the hairs up and diffuse the pencil.
3. Apply concealer
If you’re in between shades like me, mix two similar shades of concealer.
Apply it to your under eyes, eyelids, and anywhere you have redness or spots. Tap it in with your fingers.
4. Apply foundation
Use a damp sponge to apply foundation all over your face. Don’t forget to blend it down your neck.
5. Set your face makeup
Use a translucent setting powder and a big, flat brush to set your eyes and t-zone well.
Use a big, fluffy brush to set the rest of your face and neck.
6. Set your brows
Use eyebrow gel to brush the hairs up and set them into place.
7. Prep your lips
I applied lip plumper to prep my lips, but you can use lip oil, chapstick, or a good moisturizer.
8. Apply bronzer to eyes
Use a small, fluffy brush to apply bronzer from the outer corner of your eye. Sweep it up towards your eyebrow.
Then apply it back across the lid slightly above the crease. Leave the center of the lid bare.
Add a little bit of bronzer under your lower lash line.
9. Apply highlighter to eyes
Use your finger to apply highlighter to the inner corner of your eyes and just under the tail of your eyebrows.
10. Line your upper lash line
Line your upper lash line with a soft black eyeliner pencil.
I also added a thin wing on the outer corner by following my lower lash line, but this is totally optional.
11. Apply mascara to curled lashes
Curl your lashes with a lash curler, then apply mascara to your top and bottom lashes.
12. Contour your face
Use your bronzer with a tapered fluffy brush to contour just under your cheekbones, the sides of your forehead, and then under your chin and jawline.
13. Contour your nose
Another optional step is to nose contour with a small dense brush. I do mine on the tip by adding bronzer to the sides and under the tip.
Then apply it to the bridge with two parallel vertical lines down either side.
14. Apply blush
Grab some light pink blush and a fluffy brush and apply it in a c-shape from your brow bone to the apples of your cheeks just above the bronzer.
Also apply a little bit on your chin, under the tip of your nose, and on the bridge.
15. Apply highlight to your face
Apply highlight with a small, fluffy brush to the tops of your cheekbones.
Use your finger to apply it to the tip and bridge of your nose, and above your upper lip.
16. Set
Apply setting spray all over your face.
17. Apply lashes
I’m using magnetic lashes, so I’m going to apply magnetic eyeliner and then the lashes afterward.
18. Clean your lips
Wipe away whatever prep you added to your lips in step 7 with a tissue.
19. Apply lip liner
Apply red lip liner. Overdraw your top lip in the center and round out your cupid’s bow.
Make sure to get the corners of your mouth.
20. Apply liquid lipstick
I used two because I found the first to be a bit too cool-toned for me, so I layered over it with an orange-red to warm it up.
Classic red lip makeup
Here’s the finished makeup with red lip! Let me know how you like to dress up red lip makeup in the comments below.
Next, check out my Easy Eyebrow Tutorial for Beginners.
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