Do you love the matte trend, but have wondered many times how to keep your lips moisturized with matte lipstick? I’ve been there.
As I prepared for my wedding, I kept trying different lipsticks. All of them are matte, most of them are liquid lipsticks. They looked awesome and I loved how long lasting they were. But they seriously dried out my lips!
And applying matte lipstick to already dry lips – well, I am sure you know what that looks like. So I invented a little program to make sure my lipstick can look as good as possible.
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Step 1 on How to keep your lips moisturized with matte lipstick: Gentle exfoliation
As a first step, I prepare a little DIY lip scrub to exfoliate my lips and make sure that all excess skin is removed.
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As we all know, lips are very sensitive. So not only do we want to peel, we also want to soften and nourish them at the same time. To achieve all of those goals, I use the following ingredients in my little lip scrub:
- Sea salt (for the peeling effect)
- Olive oil (for smoothing and nourishing the skin)
- Honey (for it’s moisturizing and healing properties)
You really need only a tiny little amount of everything. Just so you can imagine how little: I usually mix the ingredients together in a spoon.
Afterward, just take little by little off the spoon and start rubbing it
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Once you’ve had enough, you can simply wash everything off with some lukewarm water.
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Step 2 on How to keep lips moisturized with matte lipstick: Creaming it Up
Now that the scrub is washed off, you can gently pat your lips dry and take the next step to prepare for you beloved matte lipstick.
In order to keep the softness we just created and to get a “sleek surface” for the lipstick to go on, it’s time to put on some lip balm or cream. That can be really any lip balm you have around.
In my case, it most often a very simple solution: pure Shea butter (you can get some here*)! As you can see in the picture, I really slather it on.
Don’t worry, it will not make the lipstick bleed. We will take care of that in the next step. For now, really give your lips some lovin’!
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Step 3 on How to keep lips moisturized with matte lipstick: Less is more
Okay, if you followed the steps so far, your lips should be kinda greasy by now. This means it’s time to find a balance between two things.
Goal number one is to “oil up” our lips to protect them from drying out and creating a sleek base for our lipstick.
And goal number two is to still be able to put on our matte lipstick without it bleeding. So grab that cotton pad and dab off all that excess lip cream or lip balm that has not been absorbed by your skin by now.
(Some people have asked what “lipstick bleeding” means: You refer to applied lipstick as bleeding when it runs or smudges outside of your lip lines.
You can prevent this by using a lip liner and also by applying lipstick in several thin layers, rather than one thick layer. Also, as written above, make sure your lips aren’t too oily.)
Afterward, your lips should still be very soft, well moisturized and slightly shiny, but definitely not feel greasy anymore. And now you can get started! Whip out that lip liner and your favorite matte lipstick and enjoy the perfect lip look – no more dryness!
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I hope you enjoy trying out my little program. Do you have other tips on how to prepare your lips for matte lipstick? Let me know in the comments!
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Very awesome will definitely use for my wedding….which matte lip and lipliner are you using? Still looking for a good one for the wedding day!
At the moment my favorite is the Manhattan Stay Matte Liquid Lip Color in 310 Central Pink. I use it together with some no-name lipliner I had around and it fits the matte color perfectly.
Giiirrl! Thank you! my lips are chapped like 70% of the time so I rarely wear lipstick. Didn’t know exfoliating could make such a big difference!
Indont wear lipstick at all but this is a process! ?
Yes! All of this! I remember when I accidentally put my lipstick over my chapstick and realized how much better it stayed! 🙂
Not a lipstick person, but after reading this I will definitely give it a try.
I need all the tips I can get when it comes to makeup this is awesome!
I usually don’t wear a ton of lipstick, one of the reason’s being I find it dries my lips out and it looks terrible when my lips are all rough. These are great tips, I will be trying them for sure and maybe I might be sporting my lipstick more often.
I’m going to have to give this a go. I love the look of matte lip products, but cannot abide that dry feeling!
Lip scrubs are a must but I never thought about making my own! Thanks for sharing your recipe, it’s so simple.
Hope you enjoy! <3
Yay, thanks for sharing! Will def try. I’ve always had a problem with matte lipsticks. Looks so nice on, but really dry out the lips big time.