Lip Liner

Lip liner is a makeup product that is primarily used to neatly shape lips by laying down a precise border along the lip line. Lip liner can also act as a base for lipstick, improving color and wear time and preventing lipstick from feathering or bleeding outside the lip line.

Lip liner is popular because it helps accentuate natural lip shapes, makes lips look fuller and more symmetrical, and allows you to play with the boundaries of your natural lip line to create new shapes. You can try overlining your lips for a fuller-looking pout. Adding dimension to the lips using a contour technique. Or maybe you want to experiment with different lip combos to find your signature lip. Wearing lip liner is an easy way to elevate and add a professional touch to any look.

Lip liner was designed for those looking to add definition to lips that lack pigment along the lip line, help make lips look fuller, and prevent lip color, like lipstick, from fading or bleeding.

How you apply lip liner will depend on the look you’re going for and your natural lip shape. For general guidance on how to apply lip liner, follow these simple steps:

Step 1: Start with clean, moisturized lips so your lip liner glides on smoothly without tugging.

Step 2: Begin outlining at the cupid’s bow, following the natural contour of your lips. Use short, light strokes to avoid any obvious lines and help you achieve a more precise outline.

Step 3: Once the top lip line is complete, move to the bottom and repeat the process, carefully connecting the lines at the corners.

Step 4: Next, smudge the liner towards the center of the lips for a natural-looking gradient effect.

Step 5: Lastly, fill in lips with lip liner or apply lipstick or gloss on top to finish the look.

Yes, you can wear lip liner alone. Lip liners, like Lancôme’s Lip Idôle Lip Shapers come in a variety of shades which makes them versatile for solo use. When used by themselves, they provide high-pigment color and a creamy matte finish. Our Lip Shapers easily glide on the lips but offer impressive staying power too—the waterproof formula offers up to 8 hours of wear for a long-lasting look that requires minimal touch-ups throughout the day.

Lip liner and eyeliner may seem similar at first glance because they both come in pencil form; however, their functions and formulations can differ significantly. While both lip liner and eyeliner share the common goal of enhancing facial features, they are typically not interchangeable because eyeliner is formulated to be safe for use near the sensitive eye area and your lip liner may not be. Make sure to choose the appropriate product for each area to achieve the desired effect while ensuring safe application.