If you think regular matte lipstick is already drying, wait till you see what liquid lipstick can do to dry lips. Spoiler alert: it’s not pretty at all. 

As beauty YouTuber Stephanie Voltaire will tell you below, liquid lipstick can often highlight the cracks and dryness of your lips, making it look really crusty. 

So before you proceed with the lipstick of your choosing, make sure to buff your lips with a lip scrub or use your toothbrush. 

Just like nail polish, you’re going to want to wait for your first coat of polish to dry before applying the second. 

Not waiting can sometimes lead to really patchy and uneven looking lipstick that doesn’t look good at all. 

It’ll help to prevent your lips from drying out and you lipstick will glide through easily! 

Unlike a regular tube of lipstick, liquid lipstick dries and harden, making it difficult to blend lip liners with. So instead of applying your lip liners after applying lipstick, apply it beforehand. 

Want to avoid patchy lips? Here’s a pro tip from makeup artists: apply a thin layer of foundation over lips so you get an even base. 

Afterwards, apply your lipstick as per usual. 

Here’s the thing about liquid lipsticks, they’re meant to be bold and are highly pigmented so you can show off your beautiful lips. 

While we love the Korean gradient lips as much as the next person, liquid lipstick just doesn’t dry the same way. However, that’s not to liquid lipstick cannot create amazing looks. Here’s a tutorial we love: