Lipstick (again, groan)

Feeling like a moan, surely there are only so many ways to apply lippy. No?
Thete’s 1) more or less approximating to your mouth and there’s 2) “did it in the dark with a hangover and late for the train” oh and talking of trains, there’s 3) “doing it while being jostled and bumped while the train/bus/tube is in motion”.
So which one is being advocated here I wonder?
The article is entitled “Perfecting the just-kissed look”.

May I quote “ simply dab your favourite shade of scarlet on the centre of your lips and buff outwards using a lip brush so that the edges smudge over the lip line creating a diffused effect.”
Really?
Or you could just try methods 2 or 3 above ? ?
Mwah, mwah darling!