Beauty Boy: Sealed with a kiss

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As the day of love rolls around, make sure to top your look off with a lipstick that won't smudge and will hold throughout your romantic evening.

As Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, it’s time to make sure your lip game is strong. The last thing you want is your precious lipsticks, lip liners and lip glosses to transfer onto others.

This year make sure your lips are perfectly primed, lined and set for a completely kiss proof lip.

An essential step to have longwearing lipstick is to have primed lips.

Lise Watier has recently launched their Magnifix Lips Smoothing Long-Lasting Primer that just glides onto the lips without leaving any residue or unwanted colour. It will not only help make your lips look fuller, it will also help any lipstick have a longer wear. Other brands such as Lancôme and Guerlain make excellent lip primers as well.

After your lips are primed, it is important to use a waterproof lip liner. Once you have chosen a complimentary- coloured lip liner for your lipstick, you want to make sure you not only outline your lips but also completely fill them in as well. This will help give a bolder colour and will make your lips look more plump and will also give your lipstick a better hold.

Once your lips are primed and lined, it is now time to chose your favourite lip colour. When choosing a lipstick it is important to know that different textures will have different wearability.

If the lipstick is really creamy or has a glossy finish, it will most likely require many touch ups as it tends to move or smudge once applied to the lips, though primers and lip liners will help reduce this.

If you chose a matte lipstick, it should hold throughout your entire night especially if you used a primer and lip liner because it has less oil, so it doesn’t move as much on the lips.

If you don’t like using lipsticks, you can use a liquid lipstick that has a matte finish. Stila and Jeffree Star Cosmetics both make incredible liquid lipsticks that have a long wear.

For extra precaution, you can top everything off with a lip sealer. Anna Sui’s Lip Colour Top Coat is a lightweight, translucent gel that glides onto any type of lipstick giving it a waterproof hold without adding any weight to your lips. Since it is translucent, it doesn’t alter your lipstick’s colour.

Smashbox has also just launched their Insta-Matte Lipstick Transformer that is not only a top coat for your lipstick, it will also transform any creamy lipstick into a matte finish.

Gently tap the product on top of your lipstick until a matte look is achieved. This is the perfect solution to transform your favourite lip colour that may smudge easily, into one that has a long hold.

This Valentine’s Day make sure you are prepared with a perfect lip colour that is completely kiss proof. Prime, line and set with a topcoat to have a lip colour that won’t smudge and will require minimal touch ups throughout your romantic evening.