What is the purpose of lip liner? Lipliners are great for adding definition to your lips. They have a very slim tip which makes it easy to draw sharp lines on the outer perimeter of your lips. Besides that, due to their matte and heavy-duty formula, they prevent your lipstick from bleeding outside your lips.

1. Sharpen your pencil first. Otherwise, you won’t get the even, precise line you’re looking for.

2. Pick a color that matches your lipstick. Don’t just hastily choose any old shade Laramie warns that the undertones must be the same, so simply picking a red lip liner to go under a red lipstick isn’t enough. If you use a true blue red lipstick with an orange-y red lip liner, the results won’t be pretty.

3. Go easy on the corners. Using an extra small Q-tip, softly blend your lip liner at the outer corners of your lips to avoid it looking too harsh.