noun

• A cosmetic applied to the outline of the lips, mainly to prevent the unwanted spreading of lipstick or lipgloss.

  ‘In a fit of desperate inspiration Angela reached into the small white purse hanging from her shoulder and pulled out her shiny pink lipgloss and plum lipliner.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I always line my lips with a dark brownish lipliner and fill in the center with a pale pink lipstick.’
  • ‘Lipstick is painted thickly and then outlined with a lipliner for polished perfection.’
  • ‘Apply a matching lipliner first to avoid color bleeding.’
  • ‘Almost as bad as the time I cornered a possible future Prime Minister for an interview and delved into my bag for a pen and the only thing I could pull out was a lipliner.’

  Synonyms

  eyeliner, eye pencil, kohl pencil, kohl, eyeshadow, eyebrow pencil, lip liner