PUCKER UP!  At nearly every wedding I do and when I do my own makeup, I almost always bust out this pencil.  One of my favorite little secrets is the Cargo Reverse Lip Liner.  I don’t know how I lived without it!!  It is a skin colored pencil that can be used to help those with smaller lips, those that just need help defining the lip, fixing mistakes or even brightening the eye! 

Here are some tips on how to use it:

DEFINE THE LIP

If you want to have a natural looking lip, maybe you are going to the beach and only want to wear a little bit of lipgloss, the reverse liner is perfect to create a clean lip line without using lipliner.  Instead of a lip liner where you apply color on the lip, you are using it as an eraser to clean up the lip from the outside in…genius!

TO CREATE THE ILLUSION  OF BIGGER LIPS

When applying colored lipliner, create a slightly thicker line at the outer part of the lips to draw them on thicker (not too much, just a little).  It’s easiest to start with the cupids bow first, then the bottom of the lip to create your starting point and work outwards.  Fill in the entire lip with the same lipliner.  Use the reverse lipliner at the top of the cupids bow and blend.  Apply lipstick.  Use a slighter lighter shade of lipstick in the middle of the lips and blend outwards.  It will give you just the amount of pout you need!

BRIGHTEN THE EYE

Now hopefully you have read my section on sanitation before you do this…make sure you spray your liner with alcohol and sharpen it if you are trying this on the eye area (and after you use it for that matter!).  This pencil is great to use on the inner corners of the eye lid to brighten up your eyes and give you a little bit of perkiness!  Just draw a little dot and blend a bit for the perfect eye opener.

FIX IT

If you make a mistake on your lipliner or if you color over the lines when putting on your lipstick – use this lip pencil as an eraser to fix your mistakes!