How to use makeup to increase lips?

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

If you are the owner of thin threads instead of mouth - do not be discouraged. You can not change the natural shape, but the abundance of decorative cosmetics in stores makes the correction of lips accessible and easy. All you need is a knowledge of the technology of special make-up, skillful hands and several products of a proven brand - for example, MAC, NYX or everyone's favorite. Maybelline.

On your cosmetic table must be:

• pomade perfect shade;
• highlighter which will help lighten the necessary areas;
• concealer to hide minor flaws;
• white pencil which will help emphasize the upper lip;
• lipstick pencil for drawing the main contour;
• foundation or fluid to smooth out the natural shape of the lips;
• powder to fix ready 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 scrubbing. A rush of blood will be able to provide the effect of natural volume, which will increase when you apply makeup. If there is no special scrub or peeling on hand, a regular toothbrush can help out. Hard bristles provide microcirculation massage and natural cleansing of delicate skin. Natural scrub helps to remove dead cells:

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

Lips, like any other part of the body, must be moisturized, so do not forget to indulge them with nutrients at least sometimes. Masks help not only to care for lips, but also to give them volume:

• Mustard mask. Mix in a bowl 1 teaspoon of dry mustard and 1 teaspoon of nourishing cream. 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 with a mixture of lips during the day.
• Useful for delicate lip skin, quick and easy will be a mask of honey. Just apply honey with light patting movements when you feel discomfort on your lips.

When you prepare your lips for the effects of a variety of lipsticks, pencils and other means, it will be time for makeup. In the art of make-up there is nothing difficult, if you know the basic steps and basic rules of makeup artists. The main rule says - well-placed accents will help to hide defects in appearance and harmoniously emphasize the dignity. That is why you should not get involved in makeup, it is important to act step by step:

• Foundation application. First you need to toned face: align color, hide capillaries, wrinkles and other irregularities. To do this, use a foundation or fluid, depending on skin type and season.In the spring and summer season, when the sun picks up 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 must necessarily be in harmony with the natural complexion, otherwise the effect of the mask may be obtained.

• Highlighting. Using a highlighter and a white pencil, gently lighten the dimple above the upper lip: circle it around the contour and blend into the nose. Believe, the upper lip will already seem more voluminous. Lighten the cheekbones in the same way. It is precisely in focusing attention by highlighting that the principle of “contouring” lies.
• Contour drawing. This is the main stage of visual lip augmentation. Using a pencil that you chose in advance of the color of lipstick, carefully draw the contour of your lips. Important note: since you have toned the whole 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. Contouring should start from the middle of the upper lip, then you need to move to the edges. At the end of the pencil line is carefully shaded.
• Lipstick or gloss. Both cosmetics perfectly cope with the task of giving volume, but each of them has its own characteristics. Application technique is common. Without going beyond the pencil line, apply lipstick or gloss. Then blot all the napkin - it will absorb the extra color and pigment that is not absorbed into the lips.

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

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

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

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

• Porcelain. Skin with a pink undertone and freckles. Pale pink shades of lipstick are suitable.
• Light coloured. Pale skin, but easily perceiving tan. 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 lipstick with orange or red pigment.
• Dark. Tanned skin with brown undertone. Suitable lipstick beige range.

To make-up not only make your lips more voluminous, but also harmonize with your appearance, it is important to pay attention to your outfit. As the prom dress is different from the business suit, so the day makeup is completely opposite to the evening one.

Simple, but not all well-known tricks from leading makeup artists will help you to make perfect lips with the help of makeup:

• Going to apply lipstick Draw a vertical line in the middle of the upper lip with a white pencil or highlighter. Such a focus will help give your lips extra relief.
• Pencil, which traced the main contours, should be carefully shaded, and all transitions between the contour and lipstick - smooth.
• You need to make feathering with a synthetic brush, because it does not absorb or smear cosmetics.
• If you do not have gloss with nacre, lipstick and the most usual gloss applied over it will help to achieve the necessary effect.
• When contouring the lips, you can use two shades of a pencil: in the middle of the lips is 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 leads to dry and cracked color, and not to the perfect makeup.
• Do not risk putting cheap cosmetics or fake. Such agents can cause allergies. Use only proven brands that have proven themselves in the market.
• Do not forget to do peeling or scrubbing, as well as moisturizing and nourishing masks, and then lipstick will go to bed just perfect.
• Add a few drops in lip gloss mint or menthol essential oil, then the lips will get extra moisturizing.

See the video below for details on how to increase lips with makeup.