Ombre lips: the trend that is STILL taking over the beauty world

Nowadays we pretty much have a make up trick in the book to fool everyone. From contouring to strobing, concealing and filling in, we know how to do it all.  

But this year the whole world went crazy for big lips (cheers, Kylie!) and now there's a new trend in town that will achieve the plump lip look without any fillers or injections. #score

What's more is that you will not only look like you have a fuller pout, you will have two gorgeous colours gracing your lips and that is bound to make you look fabulous, no matter what other make up you have on.

All the trick comes down to is SHADING. It's like contouring on your lips (because we can contour everything now) and the use of two colours, one darker that the other, creates depth and fullness. 

The Make Up Store's creative director, Maria Gabriel, commented on the new trend saying: "The technique has changed from the ombré shifting from top-to-bottom on the lip, to instead start at the corners of the mouth and fading into the centre". 

Here is a little lesson on how to ace the trend. Believe us, you will be racing to your lipsticks to try and achieve this.

 

1. To start off you need to prep and prime the whole lip. Make sure your lips are fully covered in primer as it is an essential part of the process. Then line the outside with a natural lip colour to keep the lipstick from bleeding.

2. Next, choose a neutral lip liner and completely fill your lips with it. This is to make sure the colour is consistent throughout .

3. Clean or cover up any lip liner that's slipped with concealer so you have the perfect outline and get them looking precise and perfect.

4. You now have to get your dark lip shade and feather the outer corners of your lips, then blend the colour in using a lip brush. 

5. To finish, get your lighter lip shade and fill in the centre of your lips to give you that pop of colour!

 

And there you go! The secret to the perfect pout.