Wednesday 17 February 2016

Get The Look: How To Get Bigger Lips Without Botox

I'd first of all like to apologise for neglecting my blog for the past few weeks, hopefully this post will make up for it and I hope these tips are helpful!
Lipstick trends have excelled over the years, the matte lip look commenced in the 1930's, which of course was rather the life changer for all women and still to this day prevails most other lip looks. Of course we also have the 1950's to thank for creating the first long lasting lip stick (life saver). The most iconic of which was the deep red tones popularised by Marilyn Monroe, whose trends still live on to this day. The 1980's brought us the head turning electric bright purple and pink toned lipsticks emphasised on idols such as Madonna. The 1990's were the first to show us the idea of creating an illusion of bigger lips by using a darker lip liner and filling in with a lighter lipstick - Spice Girl fans, you remember this one!

Marilyn Monroe - Original trendsetter and beauty icon

Angelina Jolie - Queen of the pout, beauty goddess.

Kylie Jenner - Most recent powerful pout.

 So it is safe to say that the ever-changing world of make up and beauty has seen its fair share of crazily colourful, gobsmackingly glossy and naked nudes in its time. 2016 is no exception, thanks to Kylie Jenner setting the trend of fuller pouty lips, the make up world is pout-ragous! 
 Of course our celebrity idols have the money to pay for botox on their pretty little faces, but if you're anything like me, rather a wuss when even thinking about a needle or just don't have the money to pay for fillers; I have the trick for you!
 (DISCLAIMER: This is not saying that girls with smaller lips are any less beautiful than those with fuller lips, I just enjoy creating new looks and emphasising the lip is something I think looks truly beautiful.)

Lips before any product is on
I have rather full lips to begin with however this doesn't matter, any size lip should benefit from a few tips and tricks I have learnt over the years. You want to start off with nothing on your lips, wipe off any foundation that may be there from finishing the rest of you make up and ensure there is not product or dry skin - this will prevent any matte products from clinging onto the dry areas.


M.A.C Studio Finish Concealer in NW15
The first step is to apply concealer all over the lips, don't go too over board, it is only a base to take away the red/pink pigment from your lips. This will then even out with the rest of your skin tone and allow us to create whatever shape we would like. I use the M.A.C Studio Finish concealer as it is the perfect consistency. If you use a more liquid based concealer you may find yourself going over the top on application of the product, a better tip would be to use a creamier concealer and apply with your own brush.
Lips with just concealer
Once you have applied concealer, choose a lipliner only slightly darker than the colour of the lipstick you are using, if it is a very dark shade of lipstick you will be using then the same colour liner would be suitable too. 
Lips with Essence Soft Berry lipliner 
Line around the lips, just slightly outside of your actual lip line, however don't draw too far away or else you're going to look like a crazy clown and nobody wants that! Shade in the outer corners with the liner and soften the pressure you apply as you draw into the middle of the lip. You don't need to worry about being neat on the shading as you're going to cover it, but the idea of creating darker areas on the outside and lighter on the inside will shape a plump pout. At this stage you're going to look a tad silly but you should already notice a pout forming and the lips looking larger.
Lips filled in with M.A.C lipstick in Brave
You then need to fill in the rest of your lip with your chosen lipstick. A good tip for durability is to actually colour in the lips with your lipliner and then apply lipstick as it will ensure that your lipstick stays on and doesn't budge. However, for beginners I would stick to these steps as the outline will give you guidance for where to apply the lipstick and still have the shadowed effect. Once you have applied your lipstick you may notice an obvious difference in the colour of lip liner and lipstick, just use your finger to gently blend the two together so that they still look real, the idea is that you're creating an illusion that you really have big lips - not that you've obviously overdrawn them!

Final lip look after adding highlighter into the middle of the lips
The final step which will bring it all together is to add a highlighter into the middle of both lips. You'll only need a very little amount, I just dabbed my index finger into the highlighter which comes in the Sleek contour kit and patted it into the middle of my lips and along my cupids bow (the lines between your nose and top lip). Any highlighter will suffice as long as it isn't a liquid highlighter as this will remove the lipstick and won't work at all.  You can play around with this as much as you like, you can add more liner at the end if you want more emphasis or use your finger to blend if they're too bold. It is all about your own preference. The key trick to remember, as with any form of contouring is apply the darker shades outside and highlight in the middle.
Before

After

I hope this routine can help those of you who are lusting over luscious lips! Why let a surgeon prod at your body when you can do it for yourself pain free?! If you do recreate this look be sure to let me know, I'd love to see!

Thanks for reading,
 Hayley x

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10 comments:

  1. This is a great tutorial! I wish I had seen this last week, before I tried the Too Faced lip plumper, and had a reaction. I can't wait to try this look out!

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    Vanessa

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    1. Thank you Vanessa that's really kind of you!! Sorry to hear about your reaction, ill be sure to avoid that plumper haha! I hope this routine works for you, be sure to let me know! I hope you're having a lovely day :)

      xx

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  2. Great tips, Hayley! I like that it's super easy and affordable to achieve this effect, thanks so much for sharing! I hope you're having a great day so far, beauty :)

    XO,

    Jalisa
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    1. Thank you Jalisa! Hope you're having a great day!:)

      xx

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  3. I recently got into fuller lips & this was really easy & simple to actually give it a try! Thanks xx
    ps. Your lips and lipstick are gorgeous <3

    Kaylee | JK's Dawn

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  4. Thank you Adele! I've followed your blog if you'd like to do the same back? Hope you're having a great day lovely!

    xxx

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  5. Im glad this help, thank you very much Kaylee :)

    xx

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  6. Woah, such a transformation! Need to try this!!
    xx
    An Unblurred Lady

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  7. Nice trick. You have beautiful naturally quite big lips too, i wish i could have bigger, but even with make up i cant make that, i don't know, i have shape, that don't makes bigger even with make up or i just can't do it wright :D

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