How to enlarge lips with makeup?

Angelina Jolie can be safely called the modern ideal of beauty, and plump lips are the main trend. Today, the introduction of Botox is almost the most popular service, but many girls are afraid to take such drastic measures. It remains a conservative, but quite effective option - to increase the lips with makeup.

If you are the owner of thin threads instead of a mouth - do not be discouraged. You cannot change the natural shape, but the abundance of decorative cosmetics in stores makes lip correction affordable and easy. All you need is knowledge of special makeup techniques, skillful hands and a few products from a trusted brand such as MAC, NYX or everyone's favorite. Maybelline.

On your cosmetic table must be:

• pomade perfect shade;
• highlighter, which will help to highlight the desired areas;
• concealer, to hide minor flaws;
• white pencil, which will help emphasize the upper lip;
• lipstick pencil for drawing the main contour;
• foundation cream or fluid, to smooth out the natural contours of the lips;
• setting powder finished makeup;
• brush for shading.

If you are going to start applying makeup, you should think about restoring the thin skin of the lips and preparing it for the effects of cosmetics. It is worth remembering some home care procedures.

Lip scrub. A rush of blood can provide a natural volume effect, which will intensify when applying makeup. If there is no special scrub or peeling at hand, an ordinary toothbrush can help out. Hard bristles provide micro-circulating massage and natural cleansing of delicate skin. A natural scrub will help remove dead cells:

• sugar scrub. Mix granulated sugar and olive oil in equal proportions, massage your lips with this mixture for about 2 minutes, then rinse with water.
• coffee scrub. Mix the grounds from brewed coffee with fat sour cream and massage your lips with a mass of 2 to 5 minutes. Rinse with water and apply moisturizer or lip balm.

Lips, like any other part of the body, need hydration, so do not forget to pamper them with nutrients at least once in a while. Masks help not only to care for the lips, but also to give them volume:

• mustard mask. Mix 1 teaspoon of dry mustard and 1 teaspoon of nourishing cream in a bowl. Heat the mixture in a water bath until the mustard powder is completely dissolved. Cool the resulting mass and apply it on the lips for 5-10 minutes, then rinse with cool water.
• Nourishing mask. To two teaspoons of fat sour cream, add half a teaspoon of cinnamon. Lubricate the lips with the mixture throughout the day.
• Good for delicate lips a honey mask will be quick and easy. Just apply honey with light patting movements when you feel discomfort on your lips.

When you have prepared your lips for exposure to a variety of lipsticks, pencils and other products, it's time for makeup. There is nothing complicated in the art of make-up if the main stages and basic rules of make-up artists are known. The main rule says - well-placed accents will help hide defects in appearance and harmoniously emphasize dignity. That is why you should not get carried away with makeup, it is important to act step by step:

• Foundation application. First you need to tone your face: even out the color, hide capillaries, wrinkles and other irregularities. For this, a foundation or fluid is used, depending on the type of skin and the time of year. In the spring and summer season, when the sun is gaining activity, it is better to use lighter textures, because a dense cream can clog pores and cause inflammatory elements. The selected shade of the cosmetic product must necessarily be in harmony with the natural complexion, otherwise the effect of a mask may turn out.

• Highlight. Using a highlighter and a white pencil, gently highlight the dimple above the upper lip: circle it along the contour and blend it towards the nose. Believe me, the upper lip will already seem more voluminous. Highlight the cheekbones in the same way. It is in focusing attention by highlighting that the principle of the “contouring” technique lies.
• Outline drawing. This is the main stage of visual lip augmentation. Using the pencil that you have previously chosen for the color of lipstick, carefully draw the outline of your lips. Important note: since you have toned the entire face, the contour can be drawn not along natural lines, but by creating new ones.This is the focus of giving volume to thin lips. Start contouring from the middle of the upper lip, then you need to move to the edges. At the end, the pencil line is carefully shaded.
• lipstick or gloss. Both cosmetics do an excellent job of giving volume, but each of them has its own characteristics. General application technique. Without going beyond the pencil line, apply lipstick or gloss. Then blot everything with a napkin - it will absorb excess color and pigment that has not been absorbed into the lips.

The color scheme of lipstick, which is used to increase the lips, should be chosen, focusing on:

• appearance color type;
• clothes;
• fashion trends.

However, it is worth immediately postponing until better times dark and rich shades: wine, burgundy, purple, black, red, cherry and others. They visually reduce the lips. But pastel and light colors will help to achieve the desired result. The so-called nude lipstick colors are rightly considered magnifying. Moreover, it is nude makeup that is the main fashion trend today.

It is much more difficult to choose a shade that not only enlarges the lips, but also suits your color type. It is determined by analyzing the undertone of the skin. The following color types are distinguished:

• Porcelain. Skin with pink undertones and freckles. Pale pink shades of lipsticks are suitable.
• Light coloured. Pale skin, but easily tanned. Any light shades - from beige to pink.
• Olive. This is when the olive shade of the face, and the body is darker. You can use lipsticks with orange or red pigment.
• Dark. Tanned skin with brown undertones. Beige lipsticks will do.

In order for makeup not only to make lips more voluminous, but also to harmonize with your appearance, it is important to pay attention to your outfit. Just as a prom dress is different from a business suit, daytime makeup is completely opposite to evening makeup.

Simple, but far from well-known tricks from leading makeup artists will help you get perfect lips with makeup:

• About to put on lipstick draw a vertical line in the middle of the upper lip with a white pencil or highlighter. This trick will help to give the lips additional relief.
• Pencil with which the main contours are drawn, should be carefully shaded, and all transitions between the contour and lipstick should be smoothed out.
• Shading should be done with a synthetic brush, because it does not absorb or smear makeup.
• If you don't have mother of pearl glitter, to achieve the desired effect will help lipstick and the most common gloss applied on top.
• When contouring lips, you can use two shades of pencil: in in the middle of the lips - a little lighter than the shade of lipstick, and closer to the edges - on the contrary, a little darker.

• Do not overdo it. Do not apply three layers of lipstick on the thin skin of the lips. Often this practice results in dry and cracked color rather than perfect makeup.
• Don't risk putting cheap cosmetics or fake. Such products can cause allergies.Use only proven brands that have managed to establish themselves in the market.
• Don't forget to exfoliate or scrubbing, as well as moisturizing and nourishing masks, and then the lipstick will go on just perfectly.
• Add a few drops to your lip gloss mint or menthol essential oil, then the lips will receive additional moisture.

For more information on how to use makeup to increase lips, see the video below.