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How To Make Your Lips Look Bigger

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One of the most enthralling parts of the face is the lips. Ugh. Imagine lips so plump, juicy, and cute. The level of attraction would be sky high!

Now, lips come in different shapes, sizes, and color tones, so everyone’s lips differ distinctively from one another. Some lips can be flat, plump, dark-toned, pink, double-toned, small, or even big, but they all have a particular feature in common; they can be tweaked to become anything.

For a while now, plump and juicy lips have become the rave of the fashion world, and people have gone through various extreme means to achieve the sleek plump, and pouty lip look.

Even though there is a craze for different lip sizes, you don’t need to use certain unnecessarily intense methods to achieve what you want. You have makeup!

Makeup gives you the chance to be and do whatever you would like to; it doesn’t matter your eye shape, if your cheekbones are high enough, if you have acne, if you have a scar, or even if your lips aren’t so big.

Makeup works effortlessly on anything and anyone.

Easy Ways To Tweak and Make Your Lips Look Bigger

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One of the best ways to make your lips look better is the use of methods that are not extreme or even permanent, this means that you can play around with makeup, trying different looks, but also learning to be yourself without any makeup on.

When trying to make your lips look bigger, you don’t just go all-in with your makeup products, you will need to prep your lips, girl.

To get your dreamy defined and plump lips, you will need to apply these tips:

1. Exfoliate your lips:

This step is one of the essential things you would need to do, exfoliating regularly helps to instantly refresh and smoothen your lips, creating a perfect base for the next steps.

2. Stay hydrated:

When the body is dehydrated, the lips begin to shrivel, becoming thinner. Drinking water and using a lip balm help the lips stay plump and full during the day. Water helps your lips stay hydrated from the inside, while lip balms help your lips stay hydrated from the outside.

3. Use lip masks occasionally:

Lip masks are vital as some contain collagen which helps to reduce fine lines, making the lips look much smoother. The lips are very delicate and deserve to be pampered regularly.

4. Over-line your lips:

In this step, the real work starts. After prepping your lips, you will need to go in with some concealer, then apply your lip liner, taking care to over-line your lips by outlining slightly beyond your lip line (not over the top, but just enough to make a clear difference). After doing this, go in with your shade of lipstick to fill your lips, it is usually best to use bright shades as they create the illusion of bigger lips.

5. Apply some lip gloss and highlighter:

Using lip gloss, you can try one that is clear or close to the shade of your lipstick. The best area to apply your gloss is at the center of your lips (top and bottom), this makes your pout appear fuller and lighter. Once this is done, dab some highlighter on your Cupid’s bow to make your lips appear lifted.

6. Use a lip plumping treatment:

A lip plumper is known to make the lips swell temporarily making them appear fuller, this happens because there is an increased blood flow to the lips. Some lip plumping treatment products also increase lip hydration which helps the lips stay plump and bigger.

7. Apply a light shade of lipstick:

The best shade to go with is a nude color. Apply one coat of the shade all over your lips, and gently go in with a noticeably lighter shade at the center of your lips. Doing this makes your lips look fuller and evenly toned.

8. Line your lips with concealer:

Again, you will need to apply concealer, note that this is done both before and after you use your lipstick. Using your concealer both times helps to create a perfect line for your lipstick and your lips will pop!

Things To Note When Trying To Make Your Lips Look Bigger

While wanting to make your lips look bigger is good, you would also need to make sure that you know the reasons why you would like to do so, and that they are the right reasons.

Using makeup to create big lips is great and all, but it would be all for nothing if you don’t have the right reasons in mind.

For example, a person who has thin lips may go all ecstatic over being able to use makeup to create big lips, but if they are not content or secure about their lips, it could cause certain body image problems.

Even though makeup is great and very meaningful in expressing creativity, the truth is you just need to be honest with yourself and know what exactly you’re looking for.

Makeup is an amazing tool to help accentuate your natural features, express your creativity, and make you more confident in yourself. Makeup becomes perverted when you begin to doubt or feel insecure about your natural look.

Apart from using makeup to make your lips look bigger, there are some home remedies and tips you can apply:

Facial exercises like whistling (if your mouth feels sore when doing this, it means you’re on the right track), and pouting regularly at least thrice daily.

Some home treatments such as the use of cayenne pepper paste (make sure your lips aren’t peeled or cracked), or the use of lip gloss made of peppermint oil (including 1/8th teaspoon of cayenne pepper).

The mirror is one of the most essential things owned by women, its power transcends just being recognized as a mere beauty tool. With it, women gain confidence, women appreciate but understand that they are worth more than their looks, and with it, you can learn to use makeup to accentuate your stunning features, including your lips.

By Flourish O.

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