Not every woman's face is in perfect shape, but she can be given a perfect touch through makeup. It is generally seen that women take the help of contouring to improve the shape of their cheeks to chin. It is generally believed that contouring occurs only on your hairline, nose, cheeks or chin, whereas in reality, it is not. It is a technique, which helps give perfect shape to different parts of your face.

For example, if your lips are very small or thin, you can make them appear fuller and more attractive through lip contouring. Most women resort to lip fillers or other beauty treatments to enhance the beauty of their lips. However, it can prove to be very expensive and painful. But if you want to give perfect shape to the lips in an easy way, then take the help of lip contouring. So, in this article, today, the founder of RVMUA Academy, celebrity makeup artist and skincare expert Riya Vashist is telling you about the benefits and steps of lip contouring-

What is lip contouring?

Before discussing the benefits of lip contouring, you should understand what exactly lip contouring is. Lip contouring helps to enhance the natural shape of your lips to make them appear bigger and fuller. You do not need to use a separate product for lip contouring. Simply you can make your lips more beautiful by using makeup products like lip liner, lipstick, lip gloss and highlighter.

Benefits of lip contouring

  • There are many benefits to you of doing lip contouring. Instance-
  • A better shape can be given to the lips through lip contouring. Whether your lips are very thin or very thick, you can easily give them a balanced look.
  • You do not need to spend any kind of pain or money to do lip contouring. Whereas lip fillers can prove to be quite painful.
  • If something goes wrong while contouring the lip, it can be cleaned and contoured again. But if there is a mess in the lip fillers, then not only the lips but also the entire shape of the face gets spoiled.

How to do lip contouring

You can follow these steps to do lip contouring.

  • First, exfoliate your lips and then apply lip balm to them. Keep in mind that contouring never looks good on flaky lips.
  • Now outline with the help of lip liner one or two shades darker than the colour of your lipstick. If your lips are very thin, then you can do the lining in a little outer way as well. So that in the end, your lips look bigger.
  • Now make an X starting from the top of the cupid bow of the lip. Next, in the centre of your lower lip, draw a vertical line. Lip liner fills in your lips and makes them long-lasting.
  • Now apply the lipstick of your choice and blend it with the help of a brush. Be sure to choose the colour closest to your lip liner. Once you have applied the first shade to your lips, go for a lighter shade of creamy lipstick.
  • Apply this light shade in the centre of your lips and now to make your lips look bigger and beautiful, use highlighter or lip gloss in the centre of the lips.

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