Apply lip balm: Dot your lip with lip balm to smooth them and reduce crevices.
Use a lip liner: Choose a color that matches your lips, not your lipstick.
Apply lipstick: Pick up the lipstick and apply the color, starting at the center of the upper lip and moving outward toward one corner.
Blot your lips: Use liner on your lips as a base. Lipstick will last longer if you fill in your lips with the liner first. If you're using light lipstick, try a nude liner. Then slick your lipstick on top.You can line before or after you apply lipstick or gloss. Some women prefer to apply liner first. Never use a dark liner with light lipstick. Make sure the liner matches the lipstick or gloss.
Fill in lips first with the liner, the gloss has something to stick to.
