lip liner
lip liner — noun
1. make-up, often in pencil form, that you draw along the edge of your lips to shap
make-up, often in pencil form, that you draw along the edge of your lips to shape them or keep lipstick from spreading, or the pencil used for this.
Tara traced her lips with nude lip liner before adding red lipstick.
pattern: trace the lips with lip liner
The make-up artist sharpened a brown lip liner beside the mirror backstage.
collocation: sharpen a lip liner
Liang forgot lip liner, and the glossy colour spread past his lip line.
A waterproof lip liner stayed neat through Omar's long wedding dinner.
Elise wore rose lip liner alone for a soft matte look at brunch.
- lip pencil
common name when the product comes in pencil form and often used for the same item
- liner
short informal form when the lip-make-up context is already clear
- lip crayon
usually thicker and more often used to fill in the lips, not only outline them
文法句型
wear lip liner
put on lip liner
a nude lip liner
trace the lips with lip liner
用法筆記
Common before lipstick or gloss, especially when the speaker wants a clearer lip shape or wants colour to stay inside the lip line. Usually uncountable for the make-up in general, but countable for a particular pencil, shade, or product type.