Lips, lips, lips... the signature of vitality and youth... of fertility and abundance... an invitation for lust and a tool for love. Our lips tell all and all I will tell with my tried and true complete lip makeover.
Fact: I'm obsessed with full, plump, pouty lips.
Fact: I can not afford expensive lip injections (until Groupon throws a deal at us ; D).
Fact: There are a few awesome drugstore products that I have combined for a super effective, at home, lip plumping system (and trust me, I have tried everything).
Step 1: At night, alternate between two products- Vitamin E (you can use the oil straight from a gel vit. capsule or the rollar ball kind found at health food stores and drugstores) and Sally Hansen PM Lip Plumper. Vit. E has a fast acting rejuvenating effect and the plumper really works. Use on separate nights, not together.
Step 2: In the am, apply a generous amount of vaseline to lips and dampen a wash clothe with super warm water. Rub the warm clothe onto lips in a circular motion for approximately 30 seconds to 2 minutes depending on how long you have neglected your pout.
Step 3: For this step decide if you feel like flaunting some color or if you'd like to go for a more natural look. If it's a pop of color you desire, take the PM Lip Plumper and dab a small amount to lips. Rub in well with your finger. Now take a fat lip pencil in your desired shade and apply (full-circle including corners of mouth), leaving about 2 or 3 millimeters bare between lip color and lip line. Now you can rub lips together, pushing the color towards to edge of lips, allowing it to spill over natural lip line just slightly (1 or 2 millimeters). This technique allows for a gradual lightening of color towards the edge of the lip line, for a more natural look. Now, top with Infallible Never Fail Plumping Lip Gloss in a similiar shade (or whatever combination works for you). Don't forget your top lip! Use the perfectly shaped wand to apply the color from the center of the top lip all the way to the corners. Follow with the bottom lip. You may pierce lips together to set your color but I don't recommend rubbing them around because this disrupts the fabulous finish that Infallible creates.
If you are facing a more casual day you may want a more natural look. After the vaseline/exfoliation step, apply Sally Hansen Lip Inflation Plumping Treatment. Offered in about 4 natural shades, this products feel cool and tingly and noticably plumps lips instantly. For super thin lips you may want to prep your lips with a little nude liner along the "cupid's bow" and center of lower lip line.
Voila! It takes minutes and if you make it part of your daily routine, your lips will look fuller over time. After about a month or so of using this combo of products, I was actually getting comments about how my lips were looking fuller. My mom (who was unaware of my lip product obsession) actually said to me, and I quote, "Your lips look huge!".
I'm not going to lie, if I had an opportunity to get a lip filler injection, I would. I have read about Juvederm and it's suppossed to last a year! But at $500 a pop, such medi-spa procedures aren't realistic for many people. I swear by my system and for about 25 bucks, you can't go wrong! ~xoxo
Drugstore Products:
Sally Hansen PM Lip Plumper
Infallible Never Fail Plumping Lip Gloss
Sally Hansen Lip Inflation Plumping Treatment
Jason Natural Products Vitamin E oil 5000 IU#
Vaseline: Couple bucks just about anywhere.
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