Many women often overlook lips when it comes to their overall makeup routine, focusing solely on the eyes and cheeks. Lip liner, gloss, and lipstick however shouldn’t be skipped. The shape and color of lips has a significant amount of influence on your overall appearance – the look you’re projecting to the world.
Lips that are more vibrantly colored project youth and vitality whereas lips that are dull and chapped looking can project fatigue, aging, and even sickness. That’s why it’s important to make sure that you have a go-to lip makeup routine. If you go the every morning makeup application and reapplication route, you’ll need to use a shade of lip liner that matches your own lips closely as well as a lip gloss or lipstick in a beautiful shade every day. To avoid the hassle of applying lip makeup everyday and to look vibrant every day permanently, just choose the permanent lip color route.
Always remember that the shape of your lips is important too. The proper lip shape and size can really balance and a face and make it appear much more beautiful. Many women are born without a symmetrical pout and without large plump looking lips. Lining your lips will improve your lip shape. Using permanent cosmetics to get the perfectly shaped lips permanently is a great option. Permanent cosmetics are also the perfect solution for enlarging lips that have lost fullness due to aging.
Do you spend hours in the mirror trying to perfect your makeup? New software soon to be released aims to help with that. The new beauty technology, which was recently showcased at CeBIT – the world’s biggest high-tech fair, takes a 3D image of your face and measures your complexion, shadows, and lines.
The software uses the scan to compare your face to 60 pre-programmed models and advise you of how much makeup should be applied to particular parts of your face based on the professional make-overs conducted on your model match. The software is also designed to tell women which tried-and-tested makeup combinations will be right for their faces.
The professional makeover software concept was developed by Kristina Scherbaum at the prestigious Max Planck Institute, while the user interface was designed by Himangsho Saikia. Although the software is still in its research stages, the pair hopes to release the software sometime in the near future for both personal and commercial use.
Permanent makeup or cosmetic tattooing is another tried and true way to get the perfect makeup every day – no facial scans or self application required! Professional permanent makeup artist Melany Whitney uses her professional eye and years of experience to apply eye and lip makeup in just the right shade and amount – an added advantage…you won’t ever have to apply it daily.
What’s hot in lip makeup for Fall 2011? Colleen Egan of Allure Magazine recently reported on the 12 sexiest new Fall makeup trends. Defined lips are a big part of getting the season’s most updated look. Fall’s shorter and dimmer days make it the perfect season for brightening things up with bold lip color.
Wine red lips are hot for fall. Don’t be afraid of this fun trend. There is a shade of red that works well for everyone. Find your perfect shade, and you can pull it off and look great! Allure suggests that dark burgundy lips to make a deep impact. In order to get the look, keep the rest of makeup simple. This season, fashionistas will even be spicing up their lips with a touch of gloss. Just be careful not to over apply! A little dab will do over top of bold color!
Not feeling like you’ll be brave enough for bold lips this Fall? Another Fall 2011 makeup trend is one that is perfect for day time, the workplace and anytime. Allure reminds us that “basics don’t have to be boring.” Use a peach toned lipstick to get an understated neutral look that is still very Fall appropriate.
If your lips lack definition or are more defined than you would like, there is a solution for you, thanks to the innovations of permanent cosmetics. Consulting with artist Melany Whitney in New Jersey, New York, or Florida is easy and a great way to find your perfect lip color and shape.
As we age our lips can become fair and lose color for several reasons. Not only can lips become paler as a natural part of the aging process, but they can be the sign of other conditions such as dehydration, sun damage, or even anemia. Visit your doctor if you are concerned about one of these conditions, otherwise try livening up your lips with these few simple tips.
Firstly, drink copious amounts of water as often as possible. No matter what your age, you should be drinking about eight glasses of water per day. Many women fail to get the hydration they need throughout the day. Water hydrates your body from the inside out, and getting enough of it can add some color back into your complexion as well as your lips.
Always use a lip balm with SPF. Follow this tip for all seasons, not only in the summer. Chap Stick Ultra (35 SPF Plus) or Banana Boat in stick form both work great. Protecting your lips from sun damage will help keep lips looking youthful longer.
If you always protect your lips with sunscreen and drink your eight glasses of water daily but still suffer from pale lips, you may want to try permanent lip color. The Melany Whitney Center for Permanent Cosmetics can give color back to pale lips and even redefine irregular lip lines and enhance lip shape!
Today lip injections are a common way to get larger, more youthful looking lips, but it’s important to remember that any injections of a foreign substance carries a bit of risk. Going in for a simple lip injection could leave you with an infection, a bad allergic reaction, or even lips that look lopsided or over inflated.
Did you know that you can spare yourself the risk of collagen lip injection and still get the look of larger, younger looking lips simply by lining your lips correctly? Follow these tips to get the look of sultry, youthful, perfectly shaped, and larger looking lips.
First, remember to always choose a lipliner that matches your lipstick or a flesh tone shade if you are going for a softer, more natural look. Choosing a lip liner closest to your natural lip shade or closest to the lipstick color you are wearing will prevent a “fake” look and will also create the illusion of much more surface area of the lips, making them appear larger and more youthful.
Also remember, that you can get plumper looking lips without the injections, simply by smudging your lip liner just a bit so lips look fuller. You can also try one of the many lip plumping products that are available on the market today. Glossy or frosty lip gloss with “plumper” added will help you get your fullest possible look.
Remember, if you would like the look of younger fuller looking lips every day, even while you sleep and when you wake up, you can always get the look permanently by calling on an expert like Melany Witney to apply your lip make-up permanently and beautifully.
The desire to improve their appearance is what leads most women to choose permanent makeup. Imperfections, scarring, convenience and aging are the four primary reasons women choose to undergo permanent makeup procedures. Watch the video and hear two women tell their stories.
Imperfections. Nature is an imperfect creator. Most of us have a small facial flaw that eats away at our self-confidence. We may feel that our eyebrows are too sparse or our lips too thin. We may have been over-zealous tweezers and long for the full, beautifully-shaped brows of our youth. Permanent makeup can fill in and arch sparse brows. It can make thin lips appear fuller and make overly full lips more proportional. In the hands of a skilled permanent makeup artist, permanent cosmetics can perfect what nature created.
Scarring. Expertly matching cosmetic pigments to natural skin coloring, an expert permanent makeup artist can camouflage facial scars and make them disappear. Unlike makeup, permanent cosmetics will not wear off or wash off. Your scar will remain hidden.
Age. As we age, our skin becomes sallow and the youthful pink of our lips fades. Permanent makeup can restore youthful color to lips and cheeks and add definition to the eyes. And when arthritis or failing eyesight makes it difficult to apply makeup, permanent makeup is always perfectly applied.
Convenience. When you wear permanent makeup, you gain the time you spend putting on makeup, touching it up and taking it off. Cleanse, moisturize and you’re out the door, looking beautiful 24/7.
If you tuned in the Today show Monday morning, we’re sure you were as surprised as we were to hear Today beauty editor Bobbi Brown say that nothing can be done about thin lips. Obviously, Bobbi isn’t familiar with the transformative powers of permanent makeup! A specialized cosmetic tattooing technique, permanent makeup is regularly used to reshape, redefine and enhance the appearance of imperfect lips.
Through the artistic application of permanent makeup, an expert permanent cosmetics artist like Melany Whitney can make thin lips appear wider, fuller and more luscious. Unattractively full lips can be toned down. Embarrassing irregular lip lines can be subtly corrected and lips reshaped to give a completely-natural, more-pleasing appearance. Using permanent makeup, naturally pale lips or lips paled by age can be restored to healthy, youthful color. Additional benefits of permanently colored lips are the elimination of unsightly “bleeding” into the fine lines around the mouth and an end to embarrassing lipstick stains on glasses, napkins and the cheek of your embarrassed nephew. The proven success of permanent makeup to significantly improve lip appearance has made “permanent lips” a popular procedure with both women and men.
Most women don’t change their look as often as Lady Gaga. While it’s fun to see what the notorious pop star comes up with next, most of us shy away from Gaga’s outrageous stylings. That’s not to say that women don’t like to experiment with their look. Trying out a new lip stain color or changing your hairstyle can be a real self-esteem booster. No one wants to be same old, same old. A hint of outrageousness adds a bit of fun to life and keeps the opposite sex off balance.
When contemplating permanent makeup, some women are concerned about being stuck with the same look for the rest of their life. They mistakenly assume that permanent cosmetics bar them from experimenting with new makeup colors and styles and changing their look. They couldn’t be more wrong. Permanent makeup enhances a woman’s natural beauty and provides the perfect base for new makeup styles.
Ordinary cosmetics can be applied right over permanent makeup. If you have permanent lip color and can’t wait to try out the latest lip stain, go ahead. If you’re dying to use that hot new eye shadow, go for it. When you want to experiment with your makeup look, permanent makeup provides a flawless base coat that will enhance any makeup applied over it. One of the real advantages of permanent makeup is that when strip off all that makeup, your naked face will still look fresh and beautiful!
As we age, our skin texture changes. Fine lines and creases seem to multiply as we stare into the makeup mirror. Our skin looks drier, less “plumped,” less “dewy” than when we were younger. We may start to envy the youthful radiance of younger coworkers and friends. Yet, many women, particularly those who enjoy outdoor sports and activities, begin experiencing midlife skin changes in their mid-30s, quite a few years shy of middle age. The common solution is to throw more makeup at the problem, filling lines and creases with extra coats of concealer and foundation, hoping to hide lines from sight. Makeup artists say that’s the wrong thing to do. More makeup will actually make you look older and less attractive.
The professionals’ advice for women in midlife makeup crisis? Less is more. Makeup artists counsel their clients to embrace their natural beauty as they age. Rather than trying to hide themselves behind a wall of makeup, women should use lighter foundations which deemphasize lines and focus on highlighting individual features, particularly their eyes and lips. Permanent makeup can help minimize the visual effects of aging. Permanent lip color can bring the appearance of fullness and youthful color to pale, thinning lips. Eyebrows that have grown light and thin with age can be darkened and shaped with permanent eyebrows. Permanent makeup allows you to embrace life’s changes beautifully.
On NBC’s The Doctors yesterday, permanent makeup took center stage as the doctors discussed the benefits permanent makeup offers many women. As obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Lisa Masterson and plastic surgeon and reconstructive surgery expert Dr. Drew Ordon pointed out, permanent makeup offers time-saving advantages for busy women from soccer moms to corporate executives who want to look their best but don’t have time to spend on makeup. Permanent makeup also meets the beauty and grooming needs of women who are allergic to makeup; people who suffer small motor impairment caused by arthritis, disease or aging and find it difficult to apply makeup; and women with vision problems who cannot see well enough to apply makeup.
The audience observed permanent cosmetic procedures being performed on 35-year-old mom and pilot Trish. Extremely fair, Trish had very light eyebrows with some small gaps in the hair growth and nearly invisible eyelashes. With facial skin, lips and eye lids nearly the same tone, Trish’s face lacked color and definition, leaving her looking sallow and washed-out without makeup. Using permanent cosmetics, Trish’s eyebrows were darkened and the gaps filled with hair-like brush strokes. Permanent eyeliner was added to bring out Trish’s eyes and add definition to her lashes. Permanent lip color in a shade somewhat darker than her skin tone was applied to define her lips. The transformation was stunning. Trish went from mousy to vibrant right before the audience’s eyes!
Next time: Permanent makeup advice from The Doctors
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