Finding a lip liner that lasts all day, especially when you have mature skin, can be mission impossible. Here are the ones recommended by a professional makeup artist.
Applying makeup to mature skin requires taking some precautions. As time passes, the epidermis becomes drier, less supple and small wrinkles and fine lines appear. It is therefore important to adapt your makeup to obtain a luminous result. Lips are no exception and require special attention. During the day, the muscle in the mouth is used: we eat, we drink, we talk…”In this area, the skin is much more fragile and will mark more quickly since it contains fewer sebaceous glands and therefore less sebum.“, explains Coralie Pucci, professional makeup artist. It then becomes imperative to choose your lip pencil carefully to ensure that it does not run into creases and to improve the hold of the lipstick. Follow the guide.
Rule number one? “You need something quite creamy, which glides, which is waterproof for long wear, but also to create a barrier and prevent the lipstick from migrating into the creases.“, continues the expert. We therefore focus on melting and comfortable textures which provide hydration along the way: products containing oils, vegetable butters or peptides. One thing is certain: we forget the matte. In her makeup artist kit, Coralie Pucci keeps two references which tick all these boxes: the Longwear Lip Pencil from Chanel Beauty and the Colorful Lip Liner from Sephora Collection.
Obviously, the way you apply the lip liner also plays a role in lasting it throughout the day. Here again, the professional agreed to share her makeup artist secrets! “Mature lips tend to lose pigmentation. So with a small flat brush, I put concealer on the contour, where there are fine lines. This will really unify“, she assures. She adds a touch of powder to prevent the material from spinning in the folds. “I then apply the lip pencil a millimeter above the natural base, which will give them a little more volume since they tend to become finer with age.“
Finally, she finishes with a lipstick that is closest to the shade of the pencil, “in a rather moisturizing material so that we have a nice result and a mouth that will catch the light and give a plumped effect in a natural way.“In terms of shades, we opt for rosewood for light to medium skin tones, and raspberry or burgundy for darker skin tones.
