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A new wave of liners are replacing ultra-precise pencils.

Your eyes do not deceive you; when it comes to lip color, its all a blur.

Hailey Bieber applying Rhode lip liner

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The Trend

Consider, if you will, 2016 makeup.

That look couldnt last forever, and beauty fans eventually swapped their Kylie Lip Kits for glossy balms andstains.

Makeup artistKasey Spickardsays the blurred trend is all about a natural, soft-focus ombre effect on the lips.

Hailey Bieber blurred lips

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The blurred look also echoes back to the carefree attitude of thestrawberry girland tomato girl aesthetics of summers past.

But you dontneeda special pencil to DIY diffuse, either.

Your regular oldMAC Spiceor Make Up For Ever Anywhere Caffeine will do just fine in a pinch.

model wearing blurred lip liner

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This is one time its okay to color outside the lines, so to speak.

Rhode Peptide Lip Shape lip liner

Merit Sheer Lip Liner

Refy Lip Blur lip liner

Hard Candy lip blur