ombrè lip tutorial

Apologies for not posting any make up tutorial in ages, I have not forgotten and I will try to keep up on it.

The ombrè lip has been around for a while now in fact I think we started the trend or brought the idea up as far back as the 90's , we all once lined with black pencil and filled in with lipgloss lol! but now these lip trend is modernised, better , less tacky and very beautiful when properly done. Every make up fanatic, artist or beginner needs to know how to achieve an ombre lip.

Whenever the name Ombrè is mentioned one thinks of colour combination, wavy transition from light to dark or dark to light. It describes the blending of one colour hue to another and involves the use of tints and shades transitions.

Ombrè can give full or smaller effect because of its transition and colour combination depending on what it is used on. I think for anything to be worthy an ombrè it has to have a transition not just sharp change in colour.

In this post I show a step by step on how to achieve an ombrè lip.More looks will come gradually in between posts but this is just a start.

Moisturise lips first or prep lip by using scrub (post here)

Put foundation or concealer as a canvas for every lip product that will go on it

Sweep some powder to mattify the lips a liitle
 

 

Line lips with a very sharp lip pencil starting from the outer corner. Note this is a dark pencil, the dark pencil is use to line or is the starting point of an ombrè lip

 Start lining your upper lip too by creating a vee on the cupids bow. That way it is easier to draw and define one's cupids bow

Don't leave the outer corners, most people neglect that part and it is very important in this look or any lip beautification

 Fill that part in too by opening your mouth , outlining and close back

 Create a vee on from the corner of your lips and fill it in stopping at one quarter of the lips leaving space for other lip products. The vee makes the transition very visible

 Begin to fill in the empty space with a brighter colour. I am using jordana pencil in red

 Fill both top and down half way too

 I decided to add some more red lipstick with a brush for an extra pop of colour but this is not necessary

 Now fill the rest of the lip with the lightest shade of lipstick/lip liner or lip stain.You can also use a white pencil for this

 Fill in the upper and lower lip.

 The key to the perfect ombre is proper blending. Blend softly with your finger tips towards the outer part of your lips but not fully till you see a transition forming, you can blend with a brush too or just smack. You can re apply a liitle liner to restore the vee at the corner of the lips to make it darker but it is optional

You can clean any rough edge with a concealer/foundation and brush, this makes the liner appear smoother and crisp.

It should look like this when you are done. You can add lip gloss for fuller lips or leave it matte, your choice. Use a brush or finger to dab some lipgloss as opposed to swiping hard so you do not ruin the lip colour combination.


Ombrè lips can be used to make the lips look fuller or smaller.

it is creative and interesting and believe it or not with practice it is very easy.

The trick is to use different blend of colors. Example; Berry for outer lip, red for inner and nude to finish off inner lip. Black, berry then nude, Purple, light purple, white etc. I love that you can play with colours. I will be posting darker looks, nude, how to use lipsticks, highlighters and eyeshadow to achieve an ombrè lip  in between posts so be on the look out for them.

NB: the cupids bow is the upper lip where a v is formed right underneath the nose

I hope you try this out!

Thank you for reading.

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