Styles & Trends
Aquarelle, ombre and gradient lips, the lip tint or 'baby blush', blurred lips versus a lip-liner tattoo, how lip blushing compares to 'Russian lips' filler, and choosing a colour.
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Aquarelle Lips
'Watercolour' lips: the brightest, sheerest, most diffuse style, with colour that looks painted on with a wet brush and no border at all. Popularised in Korea and eastern Europe, it suits people who want barely-there colour.
March 2, 2025 · 5 min read
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Ombré and Gradient Lips
Ombré lips carry a deliberate value gradient — deeper at the border, lighter toward the centre (or vice versa) — for a plumping, three-dimensional effect. It is the most 'structured' end of tasteful lip blushing.
February 27, 2025 · 5 min read
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The Lip Tint / 'Baby Blush'
The lightest possible intervention: one gentle session, minimal passes, a colour barely a shade up from natural, aimed at 'my lips but healthier'. A good entry point for nervous or first-time clients.
February 24, 2025 · 4 min read
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Blurred Lips vs a Lip-Liner Tattoo
A blurred lip has no line by design; a lip-liner tattoo is deliberately a defined perimeter, sometimes with a light inner shade. The liner look is higher-maintenance and ages less gracefully.
February 21, 2025 · 4 min read
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Lip Blushing vs 'Russian Lips'
They are unrelated procedures often confused because both promise a prettier mouth. 'Russian lips' is a filler injection technique for a lifted, heart-shaped volume; lip blushing is a colour tattoo. They address different complaints.
February 18, 2025 · 5 min read
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Choosing a Lip Colour
Start from the client's existing successful lipsticks, filter for undertone and fade, plan a step warmer than the target, and for anything tricky, test a patch and review it healed at four weeks.
February 15, 2025 · 5 min read