Seductive voluminous lips remain a sign of beauty and he alth, regardless of changing fashion trends. If the situation is catastrophic (lips are asymmetrical due to malocclusion or anatomical features, so narrow that the face seems gloomy), then special cosmetic procedures will help. In other cases, you can add volume with the help of balms. Scrubs, matte lipsticks, glosses with a 3D effect or oily ones will come in handy for instant lip enlargement.
Lip care: scrub and balm
Exfoliate your lips just enough to make them smoother, brighter and more voluminous. The use of a scrub promotes the activation of microcirculation processes. The same effect is obtained if you bite your lips hard - they swell and become bright. So natural or store-bought scrubs are sometimes much better than lip balm for instant lip volume.
Sugar lip scrub LushBubble Gum is made with a special vegan flavor that is reminiscent of chewing gum in taste and aroma. The composition includes fine crystalline sugar and organic jojoba oil. The scrub is economical, there is quite a lot of product in the package, so it will last for a long time. The particles are soft so suitable for use on sensitive skin. The scrub does not moisturize, so after you need to apply a balm. Many customers are not enthusiastic about this product (too high a price and minimal effect), but there are lovers of sweet taste.
Clinique Sweet Scrub is suitable for all skin types and replaces numerous SOS products. The scrub will help to tidy up your lips in just a few minutes, so this is an indispensable thing for the cold season. Most Clinique products (like this lip scrub) are hypoallergenic, free of fragrances, preservatives and harmful dyes. The lip balm with the effect of enlargement does not dry out, cares well and lasts a long time. There are six shades, but they all look pretty much the same.
Filler effect creams
Filler-effect lip balms are usually found not in color cosmetics collections, but among restorative skin care products. The composition may contain various natural ingredients: apricot pulp, fashionable peptide complexes, silk extracts, Japanese yuzu lemon. Cosmetologists advise applying lip balm and massaging with fingertips. The kit often comes with an applicator with a met altip for light massage.
The most popular and high-quality fillers are produced under the brands Belle Contour Kiss, Belotero, Yvor, Teosial Kiss, Juvederm. In most cases, they are based on hyaluronic acid. Such drugs are injected under the skin by a cosmetologist. The effect lasts from six months to one and a half years. But it is important to remember that excess lip volume changes the profile of the face and can make the nasolabial folds more pronounced. Due to improper insertion, knots can form in the lips, which are very difficult to eliminate, so the procedure should only be done by an experienced cosmetologist.
Plumpers for lip plumping
Plumper is an instant volumizing lip balm that contains skin irritating ingredients. It can be cinnamon, ginger, menthol or substances contained in capsicum. Under the influence of such ingredients, the lips become brighter and more voluminous, blood rushes to them. Some plumpers stimulate the production of elastin and collagen in the deep layers of the skin. The products often contain useful amino acids or oligopeptides. Many cosmetologists advise using plumpers from time to time to prevent lip skin aging.
Dior Lip Maximizer Collagen Active High Volume Lip Plumper
Balm with light mother-of-pearl exudes a pleasant aroma of vanilla and mint. The composition includes collagen, which effectively moisturizes the skin of the lips and smoothes small wrinkles. Judging by the reviews, the lip balm is starting to workslowly. Lips visibly tingle and cool. Shine and effect last quite a long time for this type of product - about an hour. Such a tool costs 2100 rubles.
Eminence Organic Cinnamon Kiss Lip Plumper
Lip volumizing balm burns really hard. In addition to irritating substances, the composition includes jojoba, cinnamon and pomegranate oils. The plumper is colorless and oily, but almost invisible on the lips and does not weigh down. Feels like diluted oil. The effect is very long - a drop on the hand causes redness for 15 minutes. What can we say about the sensitive skin of the lips.
Jane Iredale Just Kissed Lip Plumper
Plumper is sold in a stick, there are several shades, but the color is almost invisible on the lips. The balm perfectly cares due to the presence of shea butter and peptides in the list of ingredients that stimulate the production of collagen. It smells like menthol, ginger and citrus. The lips feel cool after application, but the volumizing effect is weak.
La Biosthetique Belavance Lip Booster
Perfectly clear lip balm, very light, not sticky, but feels slightly oily. The aroma is very light, no mint, ginger or cinnamon, just sweetness. The composition includes vitamin E for lip skin care and moisturizing, avocado oil. Lipopeptide is responsible for the activation of collagen synthesis in the deep layers of the skin. The tool visually enlarges the lips, there is a noticeable chill.
Starlette Volume Activateur Collagene
Balm for increasing the volume of the lips without pronounced smell and taste. There is a very comfortable and long sponge brush, which ensures uniform and quick application. The texture of the product is sticky and thick, the effect of increasing the volume is provided by the presence of chili peppers in the composition. Also on the list of ingredients are extracts of echinacea and aloe, which care for the lips. There is only one shade on sale - pale pink, without shimmering particles and mother-of-pearl. Do not apply too thick a layer - the balm looks like an unhe althy white coating. By the way, this product is from the mass market - the cost of the balm is only 329 rubles.
Smashbox O-Plump Lip Plumper
An interesting lip volumizing balm that, when applied from a clear, becomes slightly pinkish, that is, it adjusts to the skin tone. It is noticeable on pale lips. No sparkles or mother-of-pearl, the composition includes a complex of goji berries, avocado oil, vitamin C, and blood flow is ensured by ginger. On the lips, the gloss is very sticky, but does not flow. The only drawback that is often noted in reviews is the packaging in the form of a tube, which does not always allow you to squeeze out the right amount of product.
Of course, none of the means does not increase the lips significantly, but most of the balms listed above are quite capable of another task - to give the effect of kissing and slight swelling. Lips become soft, moisturized and tender, and the contour is pronounced. This is especially noticeable if, after a gloss with an increasing effect, apply a regular lipstick and compare by photo.
3D lipsticks and glosses
Most glosses and lipsticks with 3D effect (especially from the mass market) do not work due to irritating components, but thanks to pearlescent and shining particles. The more such particles, the more voluminous the lips appear. There are products with peptides that are applied over regular lipstick to add volume. These include Inglot AMC lipstick paint. The product is enriched with vitamin E. There are twelve shades in the line, most of them are quite dark, but there is one hot pink and a couple of light ones, relatively neutral.
Other volumizers
Judging by the reviews, lip volumizing balm is not the only way to make lips appetizing. Approximately the same effect can be achieved through the use of matte lipstick or lip oil. Matte lipstick makes lips visually more voluminous, but in this case we are not talking about red or wine shades. Body and pastel colors cope with this task. Just make sure you exfoliate your lips well before applying the product.
Most recently, glosses or lipsticks with oil effect have become rapidly gaining popularity. Such funds were released by Maybelline New York and Yves Saint Laurent. Only such lipsticks do not differ in durability, so they have to be reapplied every two hours on average.
You can visually enlarge your lips with the help of some make-up techniques. The simplest technique is to outline the lips with a light or colorless inner eyeliner, going slightly beyond the contour. Then you need to apply lipstick, gloss or balm (to increase the volume of the lips or regular). Highlighter is desirable to make a check mark above the upper lip. A little means can be added to the center of the lips. The effect of increasing volume occurs precisely due to the reflection of light.
