Few issues will make me hit “buy” primarily based on phrase of mouth (or ought to I say, sight of mouth) save for a mesmerizing lip. The new It bag that celebrities maintain sporting is one, the most popular new latte order in New York is one other, however the final supply of my magnificence persuasion comes from one look at a very good lip combo—and I’m not alone. The phrase “lip combos” generates movies with thousands and thousands of views on TikTok, and the Reddit query, “What’s everybody’s fav lip combos?” is the second search outcome once you Google stated phrase. Bascially, that is the collective burning query among the many magnificence neighborhood.
Seeking the lip-enhancing equation to beat all, I requested 13 celeb make-up artists and fellow editors with professional style what their no-fail lip combos have been, and within the spirit of not gatekeeping, I’m letting you in on the precise merchandise (and methods!) that get these tastemakers stopped on the street.
What Is a Lip Combo?
Jangling on the backside of each cool particular person’s bag are a number of lip merchandise that sculpt and form the proper lips for his or her options and tastes. These would possibly embody a steadfast lip liner (or two, in case you’re something like me), a supple lipstick, and a lip stain, oil, or gloss, to call a number of. Whereas this would possibly sound like plenty of cargo, you’ll perceive why we don’t go wherever with out these important constructing blocks within the lip-shaping course of—and also you would possibly simply discover some inspiration on your new signature look, too.
From simple two-step strategies to intricate functions, every professional particulars their go-to’s—with some methods and tips to make them final all day from celeb make-up artists Mario Dedivanovic, the CEO and founding father of Make-up By Mario, and Kelli Anne Sewell, the glam purveyor of most likely each It woman you’ve seen on TikTok (Kelsea Ballerini, Olivia Culpo, Alix Earle—you identify it).
Celeb Make-up Artists’ Lip Combos
Mario Dedivanovic
(Picture credit score: Make-up by Mario)
“Just lately, I’ve been loving my Make-up By Mario UltraSuede Sculpting Lip Pencil in Smokey Pink paired with my new gloss method. I exploit the lip pencil to form and sculpt the lips after which add a good looking glass-like end with the SuperShine Lip Gloss in Rose Crush.” — Dedivanovic
MAKEUP BY MARIO
Extremely Suede® Sculpting Lip Pencil
Make-up by Mario
SuperShine Lip Gloss in Rose Crush
Kelli Anne Sewell’s “Put on Anyplace” Glaze
(Picture credit score: Kelli Anne Sewell, Make Up For Ever, Make-up by Mario, Patrick Ta, Fenty Magnificence, MAC Cosmetics)
“This combo legit excites me. It feels elevated and funky… accomplished up however not overdone. I really like the shade of almond liner as a result of it’s barely deeper and cooler toned than my lip, however not too drastic. Infinite Cacao provides one of the best gray cool tone shadow, which is nice for lip contouring, and that is the place I shade my lips right into a extra full plump look. MAC Lip Glass will without end be my favourite gloss as a result of it makes your lips so shiny and lasts without end. I simply really feel like my greatest self on this combo! Plus, it really works with so many alternative make-up seems… full glam, lazy woman glam (on my app) or recent summer time make-up. It all the time works.” — Sewell
Make-up by Mario
Extremely Suede Sculpting Lip Pencil in Almond
Make Up For Ever
Artist Colour Pencil Longwear Lip Liner in Infinite Cacao
Fenty Magnificence
Invisimatte Instantaneous Setting + Blotting Powder
Patrick Ta
Main Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo
MAC
Clear Lipglass Lip Gloss
Editor Lip Combos
Erin’s Mod ’90s Brown
(Picture credit score: Erin Jahns, Kosas Cosmetics, Hourglass Cosmetics)
“If I may solely use one lip product for the remainder of my life, I might select Hourglass’s Phantom Volumizing Shiny Balms with no second’s hesitation. To me, it is the proper lip product, depositing the perfect proportion of shine, pigment, hydration, and plumping magic in a single swipe. These days, I maintain coming again to the shade Invite, a flattering rosy brown hue with a splash of gold pearl. (Significantly, I do not know if I’ve ever worn one other lip product that appears as fairly in images!) I really feel bare with out lip liner, so I have been pairing invite with Kosas’s Hotliner in Supreme, a wealthy netural brown, for an additional hit of oomph and definition.” — Erin Jahns, magnificence director
Kosas
Hotliner Contouring Lip Liner in Supreme
Hourglass
Phantom Volumizing Shiny Lip Balm in Invite
Jamie’s Mushy-Smudged Mauve
(Picture credit score: Jamie Schneider, Rhode, Sisley Paris, Versed, Cocokind)
“Sure, Rhode’s Lip Form is well worth the hype. The shade Lunge is *the* good beige-mauve that matches my pure shade to a T and makes my lips look double their measurement. I will often comply with up with a swipe of Cocokind’s new Lip Blur Balm in the same mauve shade or Versed’s Tinted Lip Serum in Praise (which lives as much as its namesake; at the very least one particular person will ask me what I am sporting when I’ve it on!). If I am gunning for a blurred, soft-focus finish—very romantic for an evening out—I will use the Rhode liner then faucet on Sisley Paris’s Phyto-Rouge Velvet Lipstick in Beige Crush. It is the prettiest raisin hue I’ve ever laid eyes on and effortlessly diffuses with my fingertips for that just-been-kissed impact.” — Jamie Schneider, senior magnificence editor
Rhode
Peptide Lip Form in Lunge
Sisley Paris
Phyto-Rouge Velvet Lipstick in Beige Crush
Cocokind
Ceramide Lip Blur Balm
Versed
Versed Mushy Gloss Tinted Lip Serum – Praise – 0.06oz
Kaitlyn’s Lips, However Higher
(Picture credit score: Kaitlyn McLintock, Rhode, Saie)
“I’ve all the time had skinny lips, however after test-driving this lip combo a number of weeks in the past, I had three (depend ’em, three!) individuals both A) inform me my lips regarded wonderful or B) ask me for my lip combo. I really like how Rhode’s Lip Shapes do not strictly outline the lips…as a substitute, they seem to contour and plump them. Add Saie’s non-sticky lip gloss oil over prime, and it provides a volumized, but natural-looking impact.” — Kaitlyn McLintock, magnificence editor
Saie
GlossyBounce Hydrating Lip Gloss Oil in Kiss
Alyssa’s New-Age Celebration Pout
(Picture credit score: Alyssa Brascia, MAC Cosmetics, Maybelline, Make-up by Mario, Armani Magnificence)
“As a lip liner hoarder, my on a regular basis combo modifications just like the wind—however this early aughts-inspired, cool-toned lip has been right here to remain this season. I’ve been utilizing Maybelline’s Colour Sensational Lip Liner in Gone Greige since I first found it in faculty, and I’ll usually use its cool, mauve-y shade to contour my lips after utilizing one other lip liner (most just lately MAC’s Cool Spice lip liner, which has rapidly grow to be a each day staple). I’ll usually depart the middle of my lips naked to let my pure pink shine by way of and prime it off with a swathe of Armani Magnificence’s luscious lip gloss, but when I wish to impart a fuller look, I’ll dab on a little bit of Make-up by Mario’s SuperSatin Lipstick within the shade Midtown earlier than sealing it with a gloss. This look looks like the fashionable model of Paris Hilton’s 2000s concealer lips, and I could not find it irresistible extra.” — Alyssa Brascia, affiliate magnificence editor
Maybelline
Colour Sensational Lip Liner in Gone Greige
MAC Cosmetics
Lip Liner in Cool Spice
Make-up by Mario
SuperSatin Lipstick in Midtown
Armani Magnificence
Prisma Glass Hydrating Lip Gloss in Nude Glow
Maya’s Dimensional Deep Rose
(Picture credit score: Maya Thomas, Charlotte Tilbury, Advantage)
“I found this lip mixture unintentionally whereas attempting to land on a shade that evened out the hyperpigmentation of my pure lips. I am satisfied this this the proper heat pink tone (with a touch of brown) for deep pores and skin tones that may be performed up or performed down relying on the place you are off to in your day. I all the time have it tucked away safely in my bag, and get limitless compliments. I am obsessed!” — Maya Thomas, affiliate magnificence editor
Advantage
Signature Lip Light-weight Satin Lipstick in Ginger
Charlotte Tilbury
Lip Cheat Lip Liner
Aniyah’s Umber Shimmer Slick
(Picture credit score: Aniyah Morinia, Make Up For Ever, Maybelline, Saie)
“The darkish liner and pink gloss combo has had a maintain on me for the previous yr, and it isn’t loosening its grip any time quickly. My lips are dual-toned with a darker prime lip and a pinker backside lip, so it feels most pure to me to combine these colours with some form of a nude end for my on a regular basis make-up look. The Make-up Endlessly pencils are so wealthy and creamy. I take into account this to be one of the best darkish brown for deeper pores and skin tones. The Maybelline Lifter Gloss provides the proper flush of pink pigment. As a result of your lips can by no means be too shiny and I desire extra of a nude end, I layer Saie’s Lip Gloss Oil in Shake for that warmy shimmer. This lip combo by no means fails to depart me with coronary heart eyes DMs on-line or verbal “What gloss are you sporting?” compliments IRL.” — Aniyah Morinia, branded content material editor
Make-up Endlessly Artist
Colour Pencil in Dimensional Darkish Brown
Maybelline
Lifter Gloss Lip Gloss Make-up in Silk
Saie
Glossybounce Excessive-Shine Hydrating Lip Gloss Oil in Shake
Emma’s Carnation-Pink Combo
(Picture credit score: Emma Walsh, Kosas Cosmetics, Rhode, Marin)
“Each one among my lip combos begins with Make-up by Mario’s lip raise method. I have been loving the Kosas lip liner in Mega for this, it is the proper my-lips-but-better shade to barely overline my lips with. I’ll often additionally use the Rhode Peptide Lip Form so as to add some extra shade and dimension, but when I’m in a rush I’ll simply go straight to a hydrating tinted lip balm. I am without end dedicated to the Rhode Lip Tint in Ribbon, and I additionally love the Marin Tinted Lip Remedy if I need extra of a purple tint.” — Emma Walsh, branded content material magnificence editor
Kosas
Hotliner Contouring Lip Liner in Mega
Rhode
Peptide Lip Form in Press
Marin Skincare
Tinted Lip Remedy
Kaitlin’s Sheer-Organza Sheen
(Picture credit score: Kaitlin Clapinski, Advantage, Tower 28, Topicals, Summer time Fridays)
“I by no means stray too removed from my go-to mixture: A pinky brown or chocolate brown liner with a semi-sheer gloss or balm. My lip shade is fairly outstanding as it’s, so I desire sheerer glosses. For liner, I calmly overline my cupid’s bow and find yourself blurring it out with my finger. I really like Tower 28’s OneLiner in Colour Me Advantageous and Advantage’s latest Signature Lip Liner in Bespoke rapidly gained me over—I take it in every single place now. With both liner, I change between pairing them with Summer time Friday’s Birthday Cake and Topicals Slick Salve.” — Kaitlin Clapinski, branded content material affiliate trend editor
Tower 28
OneLiner Lip Liner in Colour Me Advantageous
MERIT Magnificence
Signature Lip Liner
Topicals
Slick Salve Shiny Lip Balm
Summer time Fridays
Lip Butter Balm in Birthday Cake
Others Our Editors Love
Anna LaPlaca
(Picture credit score: Anna LaPlaca, Naked Minerals, Advantages Cosmetics, Rhode)
BareMinerals
Mineralist Lasting Lip Liner in Charming Pink
Profit Cosmetics
Benetint Lip and Cheek Stain in Floratint
Sierra Mayhew
(Picture credit score: Sierra Mayhew, Tower 28, Nars)
Nars
Afterglow Lip Balm in Laguna
Tower 28
OneLiner Lip Liner in Work of Artwork
Nikki Chwatt
(Picture credit score: Nikki Chwatt, Rhode, Wonderskin, Charlotte Tilbury, Tower 28)
Wonderskin
Lip Stain in Whimsical
Rhode
Peptide Lip Shade in Press
Charlotte Tilbury
Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Discuss
Tower 28
ShineOn Lip Jelly in Coconut
Audry Hiaoui
(Picture credit score: Audry Hiaoui, Charlotte Tilbury, MAC Cosmetics, Glossier)
Charlotte Tilbury
Lip Cheat Lip Liner in Pillow Discuss in Medium
MAC
M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick in Whirl
Glossier
Balm Dotcom in Black Cherry
FAQ
What are one of the best lip combos?
Dedivanovic: “An excellent signature lip combo is one which makes you’re feeling assured, and I really like lip merchandise which might be hydrating and mild, particularly in case you’re planning to put on all of it day.”
How Do I Discover the Proper Shades for My Pores and skin Tone?
Dedivanovic: “There’s no incorrect shade relating to choosing your lip shade – if it makes you’re feeling good once you put on it, that’s what issues most. Sometimes, individuals are inclined to gravitate towards shades that complement the undertones of their complexion. In case you’re in search of a delicate, pure search for your on a regular basis lip combo, select a shade that enhances the pure shade of your lips. You’ll be able to go a shade darker or lighter relying on what look you’re going for.”
Sewell: “I believe discovering that good lip liner is about trial and error. The reality for all make-up actually. Everybody’s pores and skin tones are totally different so each pencil and lipstick will pull otherwise on everybody. Attempt a bunch and see what’s the most flattering for you!”
How Can I Make My Lip Combo Final?
Dedivanovic: “Typically the old fashioned tips are nonetheless one of the best. To make a lipstick last more, you possibly can apply a layer then blot with a tissue earlier than making use of one other layer. For additional longevity, apply slightly translucent powder between lipstick functions. And naturally, utilizing a lip liner helps to lock all the things in place.”
How To
Sewell says that the trick to long-lasting lip combos is, above all else, powder. “I realized this from Make-up by Mario [Dedivanovic] and it modified the longevity of lips for me,” she provides. Under, how one can protect your bespoke lip combo for all-day put on in Sewell’s personal phrases.
- Hydrate your lips earlier than with a masks.
- Wipe away earlier than lip utility.
- Powder lips—sort of powder issues.
- Line lips.
- Powder once more and repeat step 4.
Who’s Who
- Mario Dedivanovic is the CEO and founding father of Make-up By Mario, with a long-standing record of celeb clientele who embody Kim Kardashian, Normani, and Priyanka Chopra.
- Kelli Anne Sewell is a New York-based celeb make-up artist with a portfolio of shoppers together with Kelsea Ballerini, Olivia Culpo, and Alix Earle.
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