How To Make Thin Lips Look '2x Bigger' Using Just One Lip Liner, According To A Beauty Expert

Additional Tips For A Flattering Fall Pout From A Celebrity MUA

1. Define Your Lips With Highlighter & Foundation

We caught up with celebrity MUA Kerrin Jackson for more lip lining tips, and her first suggestion is to always define your mouth with highlighter and foundation before even applying lip liner at all.

On a clean face, Jackson says to "begin to define your lips by using a concealer brush with your highlight and foundation color to create your desired lip shape around the outside of your mouth." The flat side of the brush, she adds, should be "against your skin to blend out the foundation as you apply it."

2. Blend Foundation Out & Away From Your Pout

With a clean brush, she then recommends "blending the foundation you have placed around your lips out and away from your lips."

This will soften the product used, Jackson notes, "yet still leave enough there to create the illusion of not only definition but also a soft highlight." This is the illusion that "helps make your lips appear larger," and also detracts from fine lines.

3. Add Powder Puff & Translucent Powder To Your Lips

Once you are happy with the "shape and the level of subtlety of your highlighted lip shape," Jackson says to then use a powder puff and some translucent powder and "lightly dust it over your closed mouth." This will "set the foundation highlight and also help your lipstick apply well," she explains.

4. Define Your Lines & Fill In Shape With Lip Liner

Next, Jackson suggests "using your favorite lip pencil" and defining your lip line " just inside the shape you created with your highlight color in steps 1 -3."

5. Fill In Your Lips With A Nude Shade

Lastly, Jackson advises to "fill in your lips with your favorite nude lipstick, and to stay away from any shade too dark or cool in tone." These will instantly make your lips "appear thinner," she warns, and " undo your beautiful makeup illusions created already." Jackson also suggests pairing these steps "with some lip balm or even a pretty tinted gloss for a day look too." (Sounds worth a try to us!)