Lip liner charts: four lining steps, three looks, four lip shapes

A lip liner chart shows where the line goes for a natural, fuller or ombre look. One picture marks four steps on a large lip: an X at the cupid's bow, the top line, the bottom line, and the corners joined. Another compares three looks: Natural, Overlined and Ombre. A third shows four lip shapes, Thin, Full, Top-heavy and Bottom-heavy, each with the liner that balances it. Type a look, such as brown liner, and the chart follows.

• learning to line your lips
• choosing a liner for a lip shape
• a makeup class handout
• matching a liner to a lipstick

Frequently asked questions

What does overlining mean?

Overlining is lining just outside your own lip edge. The second picture shows it against a dashed line that marks the lip's edge.

How do I line the top lip?

Follow the steps: mark the cupid's bow with an X, draw the line along the top lip, then the bottom, and join the corners.

Can I type a different color?

Yes. Type the color or look you want, such as red lip, and the chart is drawn for it in place of the one shown.

What do the three styles look like?

The line diagram uses bold solid lines on thin outlines, the soft tint version lays the liner in deep rose and the lip in soft pink, and the pencil study shades the fullness of the lips.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.