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Makeup tutorial: How to get the perfect red lip

Our expert shares his three tips that will guarantee your dark and dramatic pout stays put.
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Makeup artist, David Allan Jones, shares his tricks for executing a dark lip and ensuring the colour stays put, in three easy steps:

Tip 1: Apply concealer to the lip it acts as the base.

Tip 2: Jones' favourite tool for applying lipstick - a finger!

Tip 3: Use a lip liner and pull the line up to the cupid's bow.

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