You don't need to endure painful injections to achieve a nice, full lip. You don't necessarily need a lip plumping product, either. Makeup artists rely on tried and true tips to help their clients pump up the volume, and I've got a few of them to share.
Applier beware. Plump lips are one of those mysterious subconscious biological signs of youthfulness and fertility.
Beginner
- Avoid dark lipsticks or glosses. They can make your lips look smaller. Instead, choose a lighter shade to give the illusion of fullness. Also, pick lipsticks with shinier finishes. Shiny reflects light, making lips look even bigger.
- Brush lips with a baby toothbrush and some lip balm. It's a gentle way to exfoliate and it promotes circulation in the lips, causing a temporary plump.
- Sweep a tiny dab of light colored gloss only in the middle of your lips, both top and bottom. You can also use a lighter glittery gloss or a whitish shimmery powder to achieve the same effect.
Intermediate - Apply a luminizer, white pencil, or a line of concealer a shade or two lighter than your skin tone to your cupid's bow only (the "m" shape right above your upper lip). Blend lightly.
- Use just the slightest amount of soft brown eyeliner (yeah — weird, I
know) right underneath your lower lip line. Just about 1/8th of an
inch should do. This creates the illusion that your full lips are
actually creating a "shadow." Advanced
- Apply concealer to lip area to create a blank palette. Using a lip
liner in a shade similar to your own lips (or 1-2 shades darker), line
your entire lips, from just slightly outside your natural line, moving
inward. Smudge any rough edges (no clowny looks, here) and apply
lipstick or gloss or both.
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