How To Give More Volume To The Lips
Lips do not have the same shape and volume for everyone and over time they can lose tone and turgor. In this regard, know that cosmetic surgery or conventional cosmetic products are not the only possible solution to give more volume to the lips.
In this article we will give you some simple home and natural tips to give your lips more volume, tone and color. In a few days you will notice improvements: your lips will be perfect and will give your face a radiant and rejuvenated look.
Relax and tone the lips to gain volume
One of the reasons why lips shrink or thin over time is facial tension, particularly around the mouth area. When we are experiencing emotional tensions or moments of stress, we tend to clench our jaws and mouth; this in the long run contracts the muscles and gives a thinner appearance to our lips.
The first step is to realize if you keep your lips tight or relaxed during the day. You can spend a few minutes a day relaxing your lips by doing the following exercise :
- Close your mouth and close your lips tightly making them retract. Maintain this position for 5 to 10 seconds.
- Then decrease the pressure and, breathing deeply, return the lips to their position and protrude them exaggeratedly outwards.
- Repeat the movement ten times and do it two or three times a day.
After performing the exercise, you will notice that you have naturally obtained fuller and redder lips.
Improve circulation
There is another exercise that will help you greatly improve the circulation in the lip area. The blood will circulate better in the lips and these will have a more beautiful color:
- Vibrate your lips keeping them closed, but not tight, and blow lightly making them protrude outwards. You will notice a continuous noise like “brrrr”.
Usually children do it for fun. If you do this for 20 or 30 seconds, you will feel your lips vibrate.
Exfoliate your lips from time to time
Dead skin cells also accumulate on the lips, as on any other area of the body. This is a very delicate part, which must be taken care of. For this reason, we recommend that you exfoliate your lips from time to time, every fortnight or once a month.
To exfoliate your lips you can use baking soda, which has a fine texture. Mix it with a little vegetable oil (olive, almond, coconut, etc.) and lightly massage the lips and the contour of the mouth.
Do this preferably before going to sleep to avoid going out with this red body part. Then rinse with water, apply a little oil and let it work overnight.
Moisturize often for lips with more volume
Lips tend to dry out and this significantly worsens their appearance. If you use lip pencils or if you often have dry or chapped lips, then you must give this advice a lot of importance.
Moisturize your lips every morning and every evening with a natural product. It can be a specific lip balm, but you can just use a vegetable oil or pure cocoa butter.
When you make a face mask you can nourish your lips with one of these foods:
- Avocado
- Yogurt
- Honey
Learn to massage the lips
While you moisturize your lips, take the opportunity to massage them and obtain the following benefits:
- Deeply moisturize your lips
- Improve circulation
- Relax the muscles of the labial area
- Give the lips more volume and more color
- Get bright and sensual lips
How can you massage your lips?
- After moisturizing your lips, cover your mouth with one hand and bring your lips forward. Massage the lips and the surrounding area, because the contour of the mouth is also affected by facial tension and is the part where wrinkles form.
- Then do the same with the other hand.
- Repeat this massage ten times with each hand.
In other articles we have explained how to massage the skin of the face. If you have time, we recommend that you have a massage on the entire face because it will improve its appearance and also improve that of the skin itself, as well as help you prevent the appearance of wrinkles in a natural way.
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