If your dream is to know how to have bigger lips , but with makeup and not surgery, you are in the right place. In fact, not everyone wants to change their face with interventions, albeit temporary, certainly more invasive than some product to apply and remove make-up in the evening. In this article we see some simple methods to obtain optically more voluminous lips and recreate the Overlined Lips effect , just like Jennifer Lopez .
Index
- Let’s start from the base: the lips must be well hydrated and exfoliated
- Lip plumper can help you get bigger lips
- Never forget the lip pencil to achieve a perfect Overlined Lips effect like Jennifer Lopez
- The choice of lipstick: which color and finish is best to use with this technique
Let’s start from the base: the lips must be well hydrated and exfoliated
First of all, it is good to prepare the lips so that the makeup is applied easily, without stains and lasts longer. Necessary, so moisturize them better and, why not, also exfoliate them. The most suitable scrubs are those that are delicate and with fine granules, preferably natural as small quantities could end up in the mouth. You can choose those in a jar or stick, already ready, or prepare your own DIY lip scrub recipe at home.
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After exfoliating your lips it is time to hydrate them, especially if they are very dry. In this regard, you can opt for lip masks, in the form of patches or cream, to be applied and kept on for at least 15-20 minutes. The cream ones are perfect to apply before makeup because they are applied locally, put on makeup and, after finishing the face base and eye makeup, they are removed and moved on to that of the lips. Alternatively, you can use a lip balm in the same way, always remembering to remove it with a tissue before moving on to lip makeup. Lip plumper can help you get bigger lips
Another useful product when you want to enlarge your lips with makeupare the lip plumper. They are products that, thanks to the active ingredients contained within, ensure that the lips are sprayed with blood and are thus more swollen and turgid. They contain slightly irritating substances for the mucous membrane such as cinnamon, menthol and above all red pepper. There are more effective and milder ones, it is up to you to try them and understand if you can bear the effect of burning, tingling and redness they cause, precisely by virtue of the fact that they are really working. The effect is, of course, temporary and wears off after a few hours, returning your lips to their natural state. Never forget the lip pencil to achieve a perfect Overlined Lips effect like Jennifer Lopez
A product that cannot be missing for a plump and volumized lip effectand the lip pencil. Outlining the lips with the pencil is a step that is often skipped but which, instead, is essential for the Overlined Lips technique . It is thanks to the well-pointed pencil, in fact, that it is possible to redesign the contour of the lips going slightly beyond the natural edges, just by one or two millimeters. In doing so we will draw some guidelines that we will then need to apply the lipstick within certain limits. Not only that, the lip pencil, being wax-based, prevents the lipstick applied just outside the lips from moving and staying in place, without smudging. The choice of lipstick: which color and finish is best to use with this technique
The Overlined Lips technique is a favorite ofJennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian , who often apply lipstick slightly outside the edges to achieve the effect of volumized, full and plump lips. As for the choice of lipstick, as well as that of the pencil, it must be taken into account that, optically, light colors tend to enlarge and dark ones to shrink. Dark colors should therefore be avoided if you have thin lips but in any case if you really like to wear these colors, you will be able to get lips a few millimeters thicker even with this technique.
The ideal would be to use nude lipsticks, in neutral shades, which optically tend to “push out” and therefore make the lips appear more voluminous .. Obviously the technique can be done with any color, but you just need to choose two lipsticks with the same color and temperature, but different tone, one lighter and one darker.
Outline the lips with a pencil of your color or with a pencil of the same color as the darker lipstick you have chosen. Then apply the darker lipstick leaving the center of the lips free, where you will apply the lighter one. This will create a nuanced effect that will give the optical effect of larger and plumper lips. If you choose two shades that are very close to each other, the effect will be more natural and barely perceptible, if you want a more pronounced effect, just choose two shades that are more distant from each other. If you want to emphasize the effect even more, then apply a drop of lip gloss, but only in the center.
As for the finish, it is better to use opaque lipsticks or, for greater hold, opaque liquid lipsticks. You will notice how, using creamy or shinier lipsticks, you will notice a lot the gap between your lips and the area where you let the color come out. Jennifer Lopez also fell into this, let’s call it, mistake during the Venice Film Festival, choosing an unsuitable finish. Also because, the part of lipstick that you remove first is the one in the center and, with creamy lipsticks, it is not difficult to find yourself with the center of the lips removed and the darker edges.
