How to prevent lipstick from bleeding and make your lipstick long- lasting?

How many of us ever experience that moment, when you have bright coloured lipstick on, and it goes all messy? Well, you are not alone! In this article, I will show you some tips on how you can prevent your lipstick from bleeding and make it last throughout the day. Bleeding lipstick is what happens when the lipstick got smudged around the lips area. This is very common especially if you have fine lines around the lips. The lipstick runs into the fine lines and makes it look a bit messy.

Eating or drinking will increase the chance of your lipstick to fade. So, if you knew you were going to have lots of mouth- activities, wear a long- lasting lipstick. The downside to this though, is the drying effect. Another thing you can do to make your lipstick stays longer is to apply lip primer. However, I won’t be covering lip – primer in today’s topic because I want to show you that you can still achieve the same result without it (save some bucks ladies!)

Here are the steps to a beautiful, no-mess lips:

You want to start off with a very moist lips. Moisturise your lips with lip balm overnight. If you have dry lips, exfoliate using tooth brush to take the dead skin away. This will smoothen the area we’re going to work on.

1)  Apply lip balm before applying lipstick. Grab a sheet of tissue and dab it on your lips. Doing this will take some of the moisture from the lip balm (Too much moisture will cause the lipstick to bleed).

2)  Apply foundation around the lips area (focusing on the side of the mouth where bleeding normally occur) and on the lips. I like using long- wearing foundation but if you have dry lips, stay away from this kind of foundation as it can be very drying. The foundation will act as a barrier and will make your lipstick long lasting as it has something to hold on to.

3)  Grab your lip-liner. The colour of the lip-liner will be the closest colour to your lipstick. Line your lips and apply it all over the lips. This act as a base for your lipstick. If your lipstick happens to fade, this will give a very beautiful stain. And of course, it will make your lipstick stay on longer.  Grab a sheet of tissue and repeat the step.

4)  Apply your lipstick. Grab your tissue again and dab it on your lips. Apply your lipstick again. I would recommend repeating this step 2-3 times as you will get great colour pay-off and of course, longer lasting lipstick.

5)  Take your concealer (cream concealer will do wonders). Apply it around the lips area focusing again, on the side of the mouth. The concealer will provide a barrier around your lips, so the lipstick won't move around. It also gives a crisper looking lip line.

6) Take your powder. Load it on the sponge. And apply it outside your lips area where you apply the concealer. The powder will absorb all the moisture you may have throughout the day. This is very great to prevent lipstick from bleeding.

7) This step is optional: Once you've done everything, you can set your lips with powder. So, peel off the layers on your tissue until you get the thinnest layer. Load the powder on your brush. Place the thin layer tissue on your lips and brush the powder on top of the tissue. This will seal the lipstick. However, it can be pretty drying.

Hope this tips helps. Step by step guide in the video. Until next time :)