With natural matte lips like Angelina Jolie's, you'll be signing autographs in no time!
STEP:
1. Exfoliate your lips with a warm and wet wash cloth by wiping back and forth gently for no more than 30 seconds. If you do it for longer than 30 seconds, or 30 swipes, it will cause your lips to become rough and unmanagable! Be carefull not to burn yourself or irritate your skin.
2. Apply lip balm. Keeping your lips moist and healthy comes first. Cracked lips won't plump well.
3. Apply a good lip plumper (the most recent in lip enhancing technology). There are a few good brands sold in department stores and beauty supply stores. They literally plump up, smooth out and moisten the lips. For a natural alternative, cayenne pepper or salt can be used. Apply a very small amount of the powder across the lips, and top with your favorite lip gloss. The cayenne will plump and color the lips by making the blood flow increase (the same action the lip plumpers create), and the gloss will provide shine and moisture.
4. Line and fill in your lips with a light brown or nude lip liner pencil (match your skin tone as closely as you can).
5. Apply a matte flesh-toned lipstick.
6. Blot the lipstick by gently pressing your lips closed with a tissue in-between.
7. Lip plumpers only last for a given time (depends on brand). Take note!
TIPS:
Alternatively, some lip glosses(like Lip Venom) use ginger and cinnamon to increase circulation in your lips to create fuller "bee-stung" looking lips. The cost of this beauty might be a slight burning feeling in your lips. However there is danger of an allergic reaction, so don't lick your lips or your throat may swell up which is extremely dangerous.
Reduce shine and make your lipstick last longer by adding an ever-so-thin layer of baby powder with a brush.
If the look is a bit harsh for your taste, try adding some shine with clear gloss.
Make-up artists like this trick, too. Add dimension by taking a liner about 2 shades darker than the lipstick and drawing in a "shadow line" under the middle of the bottom lip. This can be very tricky to master, so make sure you practice before you wear it out. Study pictures of celebrities who have similar lip shapes to your own and try to copy the shadow line found on them.
Another way to make your lips appear fuller is to use a dark lip liner. Make your mouth into an "O" and apply to the corners of your mouth. Blend up and down with your finger.
Try to constantly use a lip gloss that has peppermint, spearmint, or cinnamon in it, preferably Mentha shine from Bath and Body Works.
Using medicated lip balms, such as Carmex is great for keeping your lips soft and beautiful. Also, they're more receptive to treatments, such as plumping and infused lip glosses.
If you have full lips, don't use lip plumper
