go to a beauty counter and find a lip pencil that comes close to the shade of your favorite lip color? A time consuming, if not impossible task.


My favorite of the five coordinating shades offered by Smashbox is Smashing Cafe Latte, as it goes well with pinks, roses, and corals.

One trick that really works for me is to first apply lipstick, and then outline with pencil. I know, I know, it sounds backward. But, it serves to give a neat lipline, prevent feathering, and avoid a telltale penciled outline of the lips.

Works for me, and hope it works for you!

- Gail Cooke

by Gail2 on Jul 25th 2004