It’s always best to start with a clean smooth surface, especially if you’re going with bold colors. The attention will be on your lips so make them beautiful!

Start with a lip scrub to exfoliate flakes and smooth any cracks. We absolutely love Philosophy Kiss Me Exfoliating Lip Scrub. It’s enriched with natural butters and oils, and leaves lips silky smooth and renewed. Use gentle circular movements for a minute or so and then wipe off the product gently with a damp face cloth.

Follow the scrub with a fantastic lip balm. We love Murad Energizing Pomegranate Lip Therapy SPF 15. It’s one of our fav lip balms of all time. Let this lip balm sit on while you do the rest of your makeup, or for 5-10 minutes. The drier your lips are the longer you should leave it on. (Use this lip balm everyday to keep lips in great shape!)

When you’re ready to apply your lipstick gently wipe off your lips leaving a very thin coat of the lip balm and apply lip liner that is the same color as your lips to define the lips and prevent feathering or bleeding. Apply one coat of lipstick and gently blot. Repeat application. To make lipstick last really long, pull apart a Kleenex so you have a 1 ply tissue, put it over your lips and brush on some translucent powder.

Our Favorite lipstick is DuWop Realipstick available is huge array of shades. Find them at Skin Store