Why a lip liner

It is the primer for your foundation or the base coat for your nail polish: the lip liner. Forget the horror images from the ’90s, because a lip liner is the foundation of your perfectly painted lips. That I am a diehard MAC fan you all know by now. Normally, ‘Oh Honey’ has a special place in my bag. But because our friends at MAC came out with a Caitlyn Jenner line again this year, my beloved lip pencil is being dethroned and ‘Whirl’ is currently my absolute favorite. I combine it with the Velvet Teddy lipstick or just a basic lip balm. With this color, which is a shade darker than my own lips, I can fake my way to lips like Angelina Jolie in no time.

And these are the ten reasons why you should also use a lip liner.

1. They give you fuller lips.
2. But if you have too full lips (uhh, can that even be?), you can also use a lip liner to make your lips a bit narrower.
3. The line ensures that your lipstick or lip gloss doesn't bleed.
4. Do you have thin or uneven lips? With a light line, you can naturally create a fuller and more defined set of lips in no time.
5. The extra waxy layer that forms when you apply lip liner acts like a kind of tape, making your lipstick stick better and longer.
6. If you forget your lipstick, you can fill in your liner with the pencil: voilà matte lipstick.
7. You won't have to check your lipstick all evening, as it will stay put all night.
8. If, like me, you are allergic to the stickiness of lip gloss, the combination of lip liner/lip balm is a match made in heaven.
9. You can use a lip liner for a long time, which is also nice for your wallet.
10. If you combine your lip liner with a different color lipstick, you create a completely different color.