faking it lips

Do you ever see those pictures of those models with big perfect lips? You know, the ones that look like theyre photo shopped? Ive always been interested to learn how to do those perfect big lips or what they call it, "the sexy,juicy pout".  It looks so effortless yet perfect.

At first glance, it looks like just a lip color and some gloss. But in reality, there are many products that you have to use to make that "juicy pout". You have to use lip balm, a lip venom ( something that has a mint-ish flavor that you put on your lips like lip balm or lip gloss to make your lips have a tingling sensation which means your lips are puffing up/getting bigger), lip liner, lip stick/ lip stain, lip gloss, and just in case you make a mistake, concealer. 

Here are the steps to create the "juicy pout" 

After applying lip balm and wiping it off after thirty seconds with a warm washcloth, which exfoliates and conditions the lips at the same time to remove all the dead skin and create a smooth canvas and slathering lip venom all over your lips, waiting for ten minutes then wiping it off, get a lip liner that is the same color or one to two shades darker or lighter to your lip liner and line the outside of your lips. If you want your lips to look a little bigger than usual, line ever so slightly outside your lips. 

 Next fill in the rest of your lips with a lipstick color that is the same or one to two shades darker or lighter than your lip liner. It doesnt have to look perfect, you just have to fill in your lip. You can easily remove and fix the little mistakes with concealer or just a q-tip.

Finally add your gloss. Layer! As Bartolucci says "the secret to beautiful lips is layering sheer over sheer" 

If you want to go that extra mile, you can always dot a shimmery pink, gold, or sliver gloss onto the center of the lower lip. If you dont have a pink, gold, or silver gloss you can always use clear like what I did here in the picture above and just took a small amount of silver eye shadow and dabbed if on the center of my lips. 

I think I would call this a success! Even though it took me like 30 minutes because I had a hard time making it "perfect" this was only my first attempt. Im sure, if I did this everyday, I would be able to do this in my sleep! Just remember, you dont have to use a bold red like me. I just wanted to look like a "model" from the book. Really, you can use a nude so you can do the "juicy lip" everyday. Also, if can pretty much be worn at any event! Just make sure you pick an appropriate color. 

So my question for you guys is, if you do your make up, do you ever to stuff to your lips or are you like me and honestly dont care and just slather on some lip balm and go?

Citation:

Schweiger, Melissa Sephora: the ultimate guide to makeup, skin, and hair form the beauty authority/by Melissa Schweiger.- 1st ed. New York, NY: Sephora USA, 2008