It is not uncommon for a mouth to lose volume as time passes. Interviewed by the site SheFinds, a celebrity makeup artist revealed several tips for restoring dimension to the lips without resorting to aesthetic medicine.
The aging process causes several physiological changes, including on the skin, and the lips are no exception. Several factors can lead to this thinning of the mouth with age: a decrease in collagen production and elastin, essential proteins for skin firmness and elasticity, reduced hydration, decrease in subcutaneous fatweakening of the facial muscles…
Additionally, studies have found that your body’s collagen levels decline by about 1% each year after 40 years. Many women are then tempted by injections to overcome this problem. The magic of makeup is, however, an excellent alternative, as make-up artist Kerrin Jackson assured the site SheFinds. The one who, for example, worked on Jennifer Lawrence’s face during the filming of X-Men: The Beginning revealed five simple steps to regain volume.
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1. Define your lips using highlighter and foundation
To start, on a clean face, Kerrin Jackson suggests define your lips thanks to a mixture of your usual foundation anda little highlighter. “Using a concealer brush”, create the desired shape around your mouth. The expert also recommends using the flat side of the brush against your skin so “to blend foundation during application”.
2. Blend foundation outward to add naturalness
With a clean brush, then blend your line of foundation and highlighter drawn around your mouth directing your movement “outward and away from your lips”. The goal ? Give a more natural rendering to the line “while leaving enough to create the illusion of not only definition, but also a slight lighting effect”, as the make-up artist indicated. This will give the illusion of larger lips and will also reduce fine lines.
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3. Set everything with translucent powder
After working on your outline and once satisfied with the shape given and the degree of subtlety, Kerrin Jackson recommends that you bringa loose, translucent powder and become “sprinkle lightly” the product on your closed mouth using a powder brush. This simple gesture will fix “theaccentuation of foundation” and will make it easier to apply and hold your lipstick afterwards.
4. Accentuate the line of your mouth using a lip liner
Then equip yourself with your favorite lip liner. It can be the color of your lips or slightly darker, but the contrast should not be obvious. Then define the line of your lips “just inside the shape you created” with your accent color in steps 1-3, this will give the illusion of greater volume.
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5. Finish your mouth with a nude shade
To harmonize everything, Kerrin Jackson advises women wishing to regain volume in the mouth to fill their lips with “their favorite nude lipstick, and to avoid any shade that is too dark or too cold”. This step will allow blur the lines a little more that you created in the previous steps. To enhance everything and give dimension and hydration, you can apply a lip balm or a lightly tinted gloss. And now, admire the result!
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