Blurred Lips are the New 'It' Lips

Wave goodbye to over-lined lips, because there's a new beauty trend in town. Blurred lips are set to be ​huge​ this Spring, so get ready to ditch your lip pencils, girls. (Sorry, Kylie Jenner!).

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To achieve this effortlessly chic lip look, start off by dabbing some concealer on the outer edges of your lips. Then apply a lipstick in the colour of your choice to the centre of your lips. We recommend using a bold colour, like a sexy hot pink or red.

Now, here's the important bit - to get the blurry, faded look, use your fingers or a lip brush to lightly pat some more lipstick on the rest of your lips. This will help to create a gradient effect where it looks like the lipstick fades into your skin.

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And to make life ​even​ easier for you, the beauty geeks over at Smashbox have created this handy Instavid that will show you how to achieve perfect blurred lips in the 3 easy steps that we've listed above. Yay!

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As well as being bang on trend, this 'undone' lip look is totes perfect for those hungover mornings where you just can't face full on lippy. Aka, every weekend.