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<\/picture><\/span><\/div>\nCourtesy of M.A.C<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n Courtesy of Launchmetrics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n Thanks to a resurgence in horny-romance media, showing up to any event like you\u2019ve just had a hot makeout session in the back of a cab (or a hockey locker room, or a gothic Yorkshire estate\u2026) is not only accepted, it\u2019s encouraged. What could be a better excuse to show up late?<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t get your smudgy lips the old-fashioned way, this is the kind of perfectly imperfect look that invites you to, literally, color outside the lines. \u201cIt\u2019s matte rather than glossy, with blurred edges rather than mechanical precision,\u201d says Sage, a New York City-based makeup artist.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll need a matte lipstick or lip stain\u2014think blushy pink for a Wuthering Heights<\/em> romantic effect or deep berry for a more Twilight<\/em> or Anne Rice vampiric affair. Ashley Rebecca, a New York City-based makeup artist, recommends Violette_FR Plume Lip for a diffused, whipped texture that creates a natural, kiss-worn look; and New York City-based artist Christian Briceno likes the cushiony stain of Dior Addict Lip Tint. \u201cPlace the color at the center of the lips and tap outward,\u201d he says. \u201cBlur the edge with a fingertip or dense brush.\u201d<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Courtesy of M.A.C Courtesy of Launchmetrics Thanks to a resurgence in horny-romance media, showing up to any event like you\u2019ve just had a hot makeout session in the back of a cab (or a hockey locker room, or a gothic Yorkshire estate\u2026) is not only accepted, it\u2019s encouraged. What could be a better excuse to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Closeup](\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/69a8a2e4e80d8116ba76a433\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/Courtesy%2520of%2520Launchmetrics-Diffused%2520Smudged%2520Lips.jpg\"\/)
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