| Full lips never seem to go out of style. Even | | | | techniques, you can achieve fuller lips for |
| in the eighties, when full lips were not | | | | little cost, and end up with something that |
| necessarily all the rage, we saw Hollywood | | | | looks natural, and fits your face much |
| beauties like Kim Basinger and Kelly LeBrock | | | | better. I've listed these techniques and tips |
| as the epitome of female beauty, and guess | | | | below. |
| what, they both had those enviable "pillow | | | | |
| lips" that women pay money to achieve in a | | | | 1.) First of all the great beauty secrets, a |
| doctor's office today. We can all probably | | | | great lip plumper is a must. I would not |
| think of a few Hollywood women today who have | | | | recommend those lip plumpers which contain |
| had these lip augmentation procedures done | | | | harsh, drying ingredients like cinnamon, as |
| and come out looking less than enviable. Not | | | | my experience with these has only been |
| only that, it's usually obvious when a person | | | | temporary fullness, with dryness that |
| has had lip injections or lip augmentation | | | | inevitably follows. Hydration is key to |
| surgery, and it tends to take away from the | | | | keeping plump lips, so drying them out only |
| natural symmetry and beauty of a woman's | | | | defeats the purpose. |
| face, rather than add to it, which is the | | | | |
| obvious goal. | | | | 2.) Drink lots of water to keep the skin and |
| | | | lips well hydrated. This keeps you internally |
| However, these types of lip filling | | | | hydrated. Ever notice how when you're |
| procedures really haven't been perfected yet, | | | | dehydrated (thirsty), your lips tend to |
| in my opinion, and many times what women come | | | | "shrivel"? |
| out with are what those in the beauty | | | | |
| industry like to call "fish lips". Basically, | | | | 3.) When applying your lip plumper, open your |
| too much collagen or too much of many other | | | | mouth as wide as you possibly can. This |
| fillers on the market today will make the | | | | allows the plumping agents to get deep in the |
| upper lip curve up, and look unnatural, | | | | crevices and cracks and helps to fill out the |
| created a look that's more like a clown, than | | | | lip tissue even more. |
| feminine and delicate as is it's intended | | | | |
| purpose. | | | | I especially like to use this technique at |
| | | | night when I apply a generous layers of lip |
| But what if you were not born with pouty, | | | | plumping conditioner, so that I wake up with |
| full lips, and you feel like you were given | | | | plumper lips. If you want, you can even use |
| the short end of the stick when it comes to | | | | your hands to "stretch" your lips out wider, |
| this particular beauty asset? Sure, you could | | | | so you can get deeper penetration. This |
| go to a plastic surgeon and have your lips | | | | should also reduce any need or desire to have |
| injected with any number of available fillers | | | | an injection of Botox. |
| like collagen, hyaluronic acid, restylene, | | | | |
| and even a newer filler that is derived from | | | | 4.) Lip pumps are available, but these are |
| cadaver tissue. There is also a newer option | | | | kind of an awkward device, although they do |
| of permanent lip augmentation, where a small | | | | produce dramatic lip plumping for up to a few |
| implant is put into the lips. This procedure | | | | hours after use. Word to the wise on lip |
| is even further from being perfected than lip | | | | pumps : Do not get overzealous with them, as |
| injectables, and often comes out looking very | | | | you will most assuredly end up with bruised |
| unnatural. Women complain the implants also | | | | lips or blood blisters. |
| do not feel "real", and there are also | | | | |
| complaints that the implants feel "hard", by | | | | Start out very slow with these if you choose |
| the patients, and by their partners. | | | | to use one. The way they work is they draw |
| | | | fluid into the lips by actually forcing it |
| So, what are your natural options to make | | | | into this localized area through a suction |
| your lips naturally fuller, without touching | | | | mechanism. Rumor has it, these nifty little |
| them with needles or scalpels? Well, thanks | | | | devices are used on some photoshoots on |
| to modern day lip plumping technology, as | | | | models to create an instantly plumper pout. |
| well a few good old fashioned (and free) | | | | |