make your own lip plumper

No, I’m not going to tell you to turn on your vacuum and adhere it to your lips to encourage blood flow to the area. (Although, come to think of it, that might not be a bad idea, as long as the on/off button remains within reach:)

This tip is actually a lot less likely to turn into an embarrassing emergency room visit.
It merely involves something you probably already have in your cupboard- cinnamon.

Here’s how it works: put a little Vaseline in a small bowl, sprinkle some cinnamon in and mix it up with your finger. Next, apply the concoction to your lips. 

Besides improving circulation, cinnamon also adds a lovely reddish-brown tint to your lips. I leave the mixture on my lips for as long as possible, until it actually starts to sting a bit. Then I take a tissue and wipe off the grit of the cinnamon powder and apply a little more plain Vaseline.

It’s not going to plump your lips so much that it looks like… well, you stuck a vacuum to them, but it definitely adds a bit of plumping action. 

Another nice side effect was it also increased the circulation above my top lip. I’ve been noticing little lines forming there lately, and this plumped them right out. I mean it’s not like my upper lip looked like I was wearing a mouth guard or anything, just enough to help with the lines.

And if you’re feeling really brave, you can try a tip I read about on BellaSugar- add a little cayenne pepper to your lip gloss to really get the blood rushing to your lips. Personally, I’m too much of a wuss to try that one. 

Unfortunately, I don’t think going to Cinnabon and eating 10 cinnamon rolls will work, unfortunately.  (Yes, I meant to use the word "unfortunately" twice.)

This photo is making me so damn hungry that I’d eat my own hand if I had any icing in the house.

What’s your favorite lip plumper?  

Comments

[Heather B.]

This is amazing, but I already have fat lips. I'm afraid if I tried it I'd end up looking like Sophia Loren at the Oscars. *vom*

[jenny]

Ha ha. You know you've gone too far when you look like Sophia.

[Molly]

I <3 Lip Venom.

[jenny]

Hey Molly,
I'm always tempted to try Lip Venom. Maybe I will now.
Thanks!
Jenny

[paula justice]

I'm so sick and tired of white women trying to get their lips enlarge like most black women who are naturallly blessed with beautiful full lips. If God wanted them to have beautiful full lips he would have gave it to them. Back then if we had big lips, someone would make a negative comment about it, now that the white man came up with a way to make their lip larger, it's really beautiful because it's on a white women.

[Jenna Marquez]

Thanks for the cinnamon idea!

My absolute fave lip plumper is this one: http://www.salonhive.com/cushy-lips.html

It works really well and yet it is so gentle to my lips.

[Charlotte]

Paula, you really are a stupid person. It's not like these people are going out and getting botox injected in their lips. Why don't you go to a different forum and post your black oppression there.