Achieving the perfect pout

Kylie Jenner’s lips have been making headlines for months after teens across the globe especially in America started posting graphic photos of them trying to achieve her signature pouty pose by sucking on a shot glass or bottle until their blood vessels burst.

Well, you don’t have to go that painful route just to make your lips look sexy.

You too can spot the perfect Angelina Jolie pout even if you were not genetically born with it. There are different ways of achieving the perfect pout without taking your lips through painful punches and unimaginable plastic surgery.

Follow some of these steps

Step 1: Exfoliate/Scrub

First, get your lips soft and smooth. Applying lipstick over lips that are dry or chapped is not the best. Clean up your lips using a light soothing lip scrub. Mix a little honey with brown or granulated sugar. Rub on your lips, if you have a lot of dead skin after you apply the scrub gently go over them with a toothbrush.

The honey and sugar combo will get rid of your dead skin and even better will pump up the collagen giving you instantly fuller looking lips! You could also dab a little dried pepper powder into your lips for a plumping effect. Gently scrub your lips until they become full and flushed.

Step 2: Choose lip liner

Choose your lip liner to match your own lip colour, or a shade slightly darker than your lipstick. Using a liner that is true to your own lip colour will enhance the fullness of your lips, as well prevents the lipstick from bleeding into the fine lines around the mouth.

Line your lips and fill them in so you don’t have a line around the outside. If you want a bigger top lip, you can use your liner to connect the two points of your lips into a straight line, this gives you more of a uni-lip, or you can give the peaks stronger points, giving you more of a bow tie look. Always make sure you blend your liner to avoid heavy lines.

Step 3: Dust in the liner and use concealer

Now, you’re going to set the liner by lightly dusting translucent powder over your lips.

Apply the first layer of your chosen lipstick with a lip brush. Blot off excess oil by pressing your lips on facial tissue. Next using your finger, apply a little bit of concealer in the centre of the bottom and top lip and blend.

This makes your lips look larger and poutier instantly.