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Lips Are Skin, Too: 5 Lip Care Tips for Softness and Volume

Rayhab Gachango by Rayhab Gachango
April 15, 2020
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If you like the idea of a soft, fuller pout without having to visit a cosmetic surgeon for lip fillers, you’re in luck because there are a few lip care tips you can follow to help you achieve the look naturally. If you aren’t keen on spending absurd amounts of money or risking your health on surgery, keep reading our short guide on the steps you can add to your lip care routine.

Use a Lip Mask

First things first, you can’t achieve a soft and voluminous look without prepping your lips – think of it like painting your nails with a base coat. You want to start with either a hydrating balm or a lip mask. The Herbal Dynamics Beauty Volumizing and Soothing Rapid Lip Mask is a good example, and you can get it here. This particular product contains natural ingredients and provides gentle exfoliation as well as soothing and plumping your lips. Let your mask or balm soak for a good five minutes before you apply your makeup.

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Use a Toothbrush!

An easy way to smooth and soften your lips is by using a toothbrush. Gently scrub them in a circular motion with a wet toothbrush – this helps to stimulate blood flow as well as remove dead skin which can cause chapped lips. When you take steps to smooth your skin, it can reflect light more, which gives the impression of a fuller and thicker pout.

Hydrate

If you find that you are battling with chapped lips on a regular basis, trying to add lipstick for a fuller look will end in disaster. You want to keep them soft by drinking plenty of water. This is important all year round, as both harsh winter conditions and the hot summer sun can dry your lips out, causing them to crack. You should aim for the recommended two litres a day, and if you have a hard time remembering or you don’t take regular breaks, keep a thermal water bottle by your desk to remind you to hydrate.

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Protect Them from the Sun

We all know the importance of applying sunscreen to our face and body, and shielding our eyes with sunglasses, but your lips are skin too, and a very delicate part of your body at that. The lips do not contain sweat glands or sebaceous glands (oil-producing glands usually attached to hair follicles) and so they are not able to naturally protect themselves. What’s more is that they produce only a small amount of melanin, which means they are more sensitive to the sun’s UV rays. So, every time you reapply your sunblock, make sure also you apply a lip balm with added SPF.

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Learn a Few Makeup Tricks

Once you have taken the right steps to care for your lips, you have the perfect base to start experimenting with makeup. One trick taken straight from the experts in the makeup industry is to apply foundation before anything else. This will act as a primer, just as you would prime your skin. You now have a blank canvas on which you can apply your lip liner and lipstick or gloss. To start with, use a lip liner that is a couple of shades darker than your natural lip colour. Draw a line around your entire lips, being careful to accentuate your cupid’s bow. For a more dramatic effect, add a highlighter to the top of your cupid’s bow. Next, take lipstick in a natural or pale pink shade – dark colours will create the opposite look to what you are trying to achieve. Beauty: 7 Lip Liner Tricks For Fuller Lips

And that’s it! You should now have a soft, fuller pout to be proud of!

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