Hey Everyone!
I always wondered why people change their face and get painful and costly surgeries just for bigger lips? Work with what you have. Makeup is an amazing way you can camouflage or enhance what you want, so here’s a simple way you can manipulate the look of full plump looking lips without any sort surgeries or “lip plumping” glosses.
Step One:
Start off with your plain lips. The first step you want to do is exfoliate your lips once or twice a week. Exfoliating is a key step when taking care of your lips. Like exfoliating the face, exfoliating your lips will take off any excess dry or dead skin . Something to keep in mind is that your lips are delicate so never over exfoliating. Exfoliating can also temporary actually make your lips larger and redder, making them look plump.
I use the Sensational Kiss Lips So Soft Exfoliating Balm by Lise Watier. I just apply a little to my plain lips and gently rub it in. Something I don’t like about this exfoliator is that you’re supposed to leave it on so I usually just take a towel with a little warm water and wipe it off so I can remove the exfoliated parts off. This lip exfoliator is about $30 CAD so a cheaper alternative is to just make your own. You can use a combination of equal parts sugar and honey or Vaseline and it will work just fine!
*Do not exfoliate when your lips are chapped! Exfoliating done right will leave your lips instantly smooth to the touch.
*Always moisturise your lips after exfoliating.
Step Two:
The second thing I do is apply a lip balm. I'm currently using a Burts Bees lip balm (about $5 CAD). I like this lip balm because I'm a sucker for labels and it says it’s made with all natural ingredients including beeswax, coconut and sunflower oils as well as vitamins and essential fatty acids to nourish, condition and soften lips. Using lip balm regularly is a great way to maintain healthier and stronger lips. Applying a lip balm will also give you a smooth surface for when you apply lipsticks or lipglosses.
*Let your lip balm set into your lips for about five minutes before the next step
Step Three:
The next thing I do is take a foundation or concealer and dab on a very light layer over my lips. This will erase your natural lip colour and make them a blank surface. I always just use any foundation that I'm using for my face.
Step Four (optional):
This step is optional but next you can take a lip liner and line your lips. Some people like to go SLIGHTLY above their natural lip line to get even larger looking lips. Lining your lips will also make your lipstick or lipgloss last longer.
*For longer wear of your lipstick or lip gloss you can also take your lip liner and fill in the inner corners of your lips because lip products usually tend fade in the outer corners the most (for a more natural affect, you can blend the lip liner towards the center of your lips).
Step Five:
For the next step you will need two lip sticks that coordinate with your lip liner (one should be slightly darker than the other). Apply the lighter lipstick to the center of your lips and the slightly darker one in the corners of your lip. Blend the parts where the two colours meet. It should be a VERY unobvious gradient affect.
The combination I’m using is “Toasted Almond 843” (darker colour) and the ever so famous “Fairest Nude 800” (lighter colour) by L'Oréal. These L'Oréal lipsticks retail for about $11 CAD each.
Step Six:
Next take a clear lipgloss or a barely tinted lipgloss in the same colour range as the lipsticks you used and apply it to the center of the bottom lip. This will really give you that sexy pout bigger lips tend to have.
I'm using MAC’s dazzleglass in “Pleasure Principle” ($23 CAD).
Step Seven:
The last and final step is to take a highlighter and apply it to the cupids bow. You can use any kind of highlighter that works best for your skin tone or even a shimmer neutral (white/beige/tan/brown) eyeshadow. This will really balance out your pout and give some definition to the upper lip as well. A highlight may seem obvious at first but honesty you’re the only one who will notice it because you applied it. Other people will just notice the definition of your cupids bow.
*DO NOT overdue the highlight. It will defeat the purpose of a subtle shine and just make you look awkward.
I’m using a NARS illuminator in the shade “Orgasm”. It retails for about $36 CAD, which is a bit pricey but it really is a great product that you can use on different parts of your face as a highlight.
This technique works with all colours ranges but I find that overall nude lips do make your lips look the biggest.
Enjoy your new larger than life lips and stay fabulous!
xoxo
naheeda ♥
I always wondered why people change their face and get painful and costly surgeries just for bigger lips? Work with what you have. Makeup is an amazing way you can camouflage or enhance what you want, so here’s a simple way you can manipulate the look of full plump looking lips without any sort surgeries or “lip plumping” glosses.
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| plain lips |
Start off with your plain lips. The first step you want to do is exfoliate your lips once or twice a week. Exfoliating is a key step when taking care of your lips. Like exfoliating the face, exfoliating your lips will take off any excess dry or dead skin . Something to keep in mind is that your lips are delicate so never over exfoliating. Exfoliating can also temporary actually make your lips larger and redder, making them look plump.
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| lips with exfoliating scrub on them |
*Do not exfoliate when your lips are chapped! Exfoliating done right will leave your lips instantly smooth to the touch.
*Always moisturise your lips after exfoliating.
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| lips with lip balm |
The second thing I do is apply a lip balm. I'm currently using a Burts Bees lip balm (about $5 CAD). I like this lip balm because I'm a sucker for labels and it says it’s made with all natural ingredients including beeswax, coconut and sunflower oils as well as vitamins and essential fatty acids to nourish, condition and soften lips. Using lip balm regularly is a great way to maintain healthier and stronger lips. Applying a lip balm will also give you a smooth surface for when you apply lipsticks or lipglosses.
*Let your lip balm set into your lips for about five minutes before the next step
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| lips with a layer of foundation (Fit Me Foundation in "230" by Maybelline -about $8 CAD-) |
The next thing I do is take a foundation or concealer and dab on a very light layer over my lips. This will erase your natural lip colour and make them a blank surface. I always just use any foundation that I'm using for my face.
This step is optional but next you can take a lip liner and line your lips. Some people like to go SLIGHTLY above their natural lip line to get even larger looking lips. Lining your lips will also make your lipstick or lipgloss last longer.
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| lips with lip liner (Exaggerate Lip Liner in "Natural" by Rimmel London -about $9 CAD-) |
*For longer wear of your lipstick or lip gloss you can also take your lip liner and fill in the inner corners of your lips because lip products usually tend fade in the outer corners the most (for a more natural affect, you can blend the lip liner towards the center of your lips).
For the next step you will need two lip sticks that coordinate with your lip liner (one should be slightly darker than the other). Apply the lighter lipstick to the center of your lips and the slightly darker one in the corners of your lip. Blend the parts where the two colours meet. It should be a VERY unobvious gradient affect.
 |
| lips with lipsticks |
The combination I’m using is “Toasted Almond 843” (darker colour) and the ever so famous “Fairest Nude 800” (lighter colour) by L'Oréal. These L'Oréal lipsticks retail for about $11 CAD each.
Step Six:
Next take a clear lipgloss or a barely tinted lipgloss in the same colour range as the lipsticks you used and apply it to the center of the bottom lip. This will really give you that sexy pout bigger lips tend to have.
I'm using MAC’s dazzleglass in “Pleasure Principle” ($23 CAD).
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| lips with lipgloss and highlight |
The last and final step is to take a highlighter and apply it to the cupids bow. You can use any kind of highlighter that works best for your skin tone or even a shimmer neutral (white/beige/tan/brown) eyeshadow. This will really balance out your pout and give some definition to the upper lip as well. A highlight may seem obvious at first but honesty you’re the only one who will notice it because you applied it. Other people will just notice the definition of your cupids bow.
*DO NOT overdue the highlight. It will defeat the purpose of a subtle shine and just make you look awkward.
I’m using a NARS illuminator in the shade “Orgasm”. It retails for about $36 CAD, which is a bit pricey but it really is a great product that you can use on different parts of your face as a highlight.
This technique works with all colours ranges but I find that overall nude lips do make your lips look the biggest.
Enjoy your new larger than life lips and stay fabulous!
xoxo
naheeda ♥
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