According to McCulloch, the ideal Cupid's bow shape looks like the top of a heart. So draw this when you begin your pink lip line and then fill in the sides. For the bottom lip, slide the pencil from corner to corner. Feather it slightly inward to make it last longer and look more natural.
But be careful not to make this mistake. "I would never do a pointy lip unless it was a very severe editorial," he warned. "I just find it severe and not that flattering."
He also is not a fan of the overdrawn lip liner look, favored by celebrities like Kyle Jenner. "We tend to do overdrawn for pictures, because it makes your lips look bigger in a photo, but sometimes in real life it looks too overdrawn," he explained. "My thing is just a curved full lip. Really round, full, and luscious — like the picturesque little emoji with the kiss."
