Jennifer Lopez is aware of numerous issues the remainder of us do not know. Clearly. Her secrets and techniques to seemingly boundless power, relentless monetary success, and the power to look perpetually 30 have but to be revealed — no less than in any helpful or lifelike element — however from time to time, she drops accessible little suggestions that, whereas not essentially life-altering, can change the best way we do issues in enjoyable, optimistic methods. And currently, she’s been particularly beneficiant with makeup-technique secrets and techniques.

You could recall final month when Lopez shared her makeup-artist-taught secret to softly dimensional eye shadow as a part of a pumpkin spice latte look. Properly, it appears she’s understandably keen to maneuver on to a extra Christmassy look now that we’re effectively into December. And in a brand new Instagram Reel, the multi-hyphenate is sort sufficient to share how she achieves her preferrred vacation crimson lip.

“So one of many nice issues concerning the holidays is attending to put on a crimson lip,” says Lopez, who normally opts for shades of beige in relation to lip appears. “And the best way that I love to do it’s to make use of a impartial pencil, so I at all times begin with a impartial pencil,” she continues as she ever so barely overlines with what I am nearly optimistic is Make Up For Ever’s Infinite Cacao or Anyplace Caffeine shade of the Artist Coloration Pencil. (Although we additionally adore Attract Better of Magnificence Award-winning LYS Magnificence Communicate Love Easy Glide Lip Liner Pencil within the shade Lavish.) “Some individuals suppose it’s best to do a crimson lip liner. I do not love a crimson lip liner. I prefer it to be impartial. It makes the lips look fuller and plumper.”

That is not the one tip she reveals as she creates the look. “Then you definitely choose your favourite crimson, and I put it within the center, form of as shut as I can get,” she says as she applies the colour to the center of her lips instantly from the bullet. “After which I take a lip brush and I element the corners.”