The Illusion of Makeup

Makeup is an art where you can create an illusion that can transform one face into many different personalities.

By applying makeup strategically you can enhance or minimize the effect that one part or another on the face might have on your overall appearance.

While most women won’t have lips like Angelina Jolie there are some steps that can be taken to enhance the ‘pout’ and give your lips a sexier look.

One of the tricks that makeup artists will use is to apply less color to the center of the bottom lip.
Some refrain from using any color at all and in doing this they can create an illusion that the lip is fuller in that area.

An alternative to this is to apply a shimmer to the middle of the bottom lip, as this will give the same illusion as a lack of color in that area.

To make the upper lip look fuller, a makeup pencil can usually do the trick if applied correctly.

This is done by penciling a light or white line just above the top edge of the lip in the center of the ‘cupid’s brow’
This creates the illusion of a fuller lip.

There are various products on the market that are advertised as ‘lip plumpers’ and while it isn’t possible for them to actually plump up the lips they can help to create that illusion that the lips are fuller and for this purpose some of them do a really good job.

These products are designed to reflect the light when applied to the lips and this gives the effect that the lips are fuller.

There is always surgery as a last resort but the products that are on the market can do a really good job of creating sexy lips for most people and the results will look a lot more natural than those you might expect from surgery.