Gerhana Bulan: How to Prep and Prime your lips

How do you get gorgeous pouty lips?
Well before applying any lipstick or lip liner or anything else they first thing you want to do is Prep and Prime your lips. This will ensure that your lips are in great condition for your lipstick application.

3 Steps to Prepping your lips
1. Exfoliate - Get rid of dry chapped lips and ead skin cells. Use a toothbrush to gently scrub off dry skin from your lips. Or use a lip exfoliator like The Body Shop's Lip Scuff.

The Body Shop Lip Scuff

2. Condition - Hydrate and repair dry, damaged lips with a lip conditioner. They are full of nutrients that moisturize and soften lips.

Rosebud Salve

Kiehl's Lip Balm #1

The Body Shop Coconut Lip Butter

3. Water - Drink lots of water! This will hydrate your entire body, including your lips which help prevent them from cracking flaking.

Lip Primers

Lip primers are very similar to face & eye primers. They help maintain your lipstick to last longer. They also prevent feathering and they make your lips appear smoother. Most lip primer having nutrients that also codition and soften your lips. They are worn as a base underneath lipcolor.

1. Clear Lip Primer - Does all the above. Is usually semi-matte and has no color to it. Goes on clear.

Mac Prep + Prime lip

2. Colored Lip Primer - These primers have a pale, neutral color. This is great for really dark pigmented lips or if your lips tend to be very red. When applied onto your lips, it wipes out all the color from your lips and leaves your lips looking nude. It will help your lipstick or gloss show up at it's truest color.

Laura Geller Lip Spackle

Smashbox Lid & Lip Primer

3. Lip Primer & Plumper - Lip plumpers are all over the market so why not have a product that primes and plumps in one? Lip plumpers use ingredients that increase circulation in your lips to make them plump up. An all in one Lip primer & plumper will plump, condition, smoothe and prep for lasting lipstick hold.