How to make big mouth look smaller with makeup?

Question

My friends and I are doing a photo shoot, and one of my friends has a big mouth. A bit too big for her face. How can we make it look smaller? She has kinda fair skin and light pink lips. What are some good makeup tips for a big mouth? Thank you so much!

Answer 1

For full lips that you want to play down here is my suggestion,

Cover lips with a light cover of foundation to blurr the lip edge, then using a neutral lipliner as close to the lipstick you are using, line just inside the edge of the lips and apply a neutral lipstick and blend it in well.

hope that helps,

Mel

Answer 2

ESPECIALLY b/c it's for a photo shoot, do very dramatic eyes (smudge black, or brown depending on hair color, etc.) and then a VERY pale lip. I like to put foundation (maybe a shade or two deeper than natural skin tone) on the lips and then a shimmery, slightly pink gloss over. As we all know, you NEVER do a dramatic eye with a dramatic lip. It works everytime...good luck and have fun!

Answer 3

smudge concealer around her lips.

Answer 4

^^what they said- play up the eyes to distract from the lips, and tone down everything else, put concealer around the edges of the mouth and very close to the lips use a shade a bit darker than her skin. if you have photoshop you could use that to make her lips look a bit smaller

Answer 5

Get lip liner to show the parts you want, and then out cover-up on the parts you don't want. Or you could also use a lip slimmer. Hope that helps!

Answer 6

( note: if i say 'your' in this reply I mean your friend or anyone else who is interested in knowing how to make their lips smaller)

To make the lips appear smaller first apply the foundation over the lips as well so it matches the colour of the skin. Apply a powder overtop so this stays put.

Next take a lip liner and apply it along the inside of the lip edge in a thick line. Basically you are creating your own lip edge. So if you want the lips to be way smaller the farther from the natural edge you will apply the liner. I do not recomend to far in or it will look very unnatural.

Apply a gloss over your lips using a lipstick brush. When you apply it it should smudge the liner a little bit to create a fading lip colour on the inside of your new lip line.

Practice this technique you have to create the lines evenly or it will look horrible. plus this will look a little bit weird up close and personal but will look fine if done right if some one is standing infront of you talking.

Depending on the shoot type you can also draw attention away from the lips with eye make up. So put more emphasis on the eyes and make them pop with masacara and eyeliner. The type of shoot will also determine what kind of lip colour you will have. So you can wear a bright red if they want or go very natural with a nice pink colour or nudish brown colour. Which ever you feel or have been told is right for the shoot.

So practice practice with this technique, It is harder than applying liner to make lips look bigger.

Good luck and I hope I have helped.