Tricks to get a fuller pout

Who wouldn’t want a perfect pout like that of Scarlett Johansson, Taylor Swift, Angelina Jolie or our very own Priyanka Chopra? Try these easy tricks and you will have the pout to die for in no time…

1. If your lips are looking a bit dry, exfoliate with a mild scrub to remove the dead skin. Apply a colourless lip balm and let it get soaked properly.
2. Use a concealer pencil or a white pencil and draw the outline of your lip, keeping it as close to the natural lip line as possible. Make sure it is a very faint line, especially above the cupid’s bow, and not a very obvious one. Blend with a finger or cotton to make it faint. It will lock in the moisture provided by the balm and will also prevent the lip colour from turning flaky through the day.
3. Take a lip pencil and draw an outline of your lip. Keep the shade closest to your natural lip colour and not the lipstick shade. Using light, feathery strokes, draw the line, sticking to the natural lip line. When you reach the centre of the upper lip – the cupid’s bow – draw two soft mountains.
4. Now apply the lipstick. Using a brush could be the ideal way as you can paint your lips well, just like a canvas and avoid leaving those odd gaps and spillages. A darker shade like red, berry or plum, gives the illusion of a thinner lip line. So, when you are using any such shade, apply a bit of gloss over the lips, especially the cupid’s bow area, and smack your lower and upper lips together.
5. If you are using a matte shade, apply the lipgloss only on the centre of the lower and upper lip to give an illusion of a fuller pout and you are good to go. Avoid gloss with too much of shimmer or sparkle, and also putting gloss on a glossy lipstick. The trick is to use gloss over matte and just in tiny bits.