Lip Plumper Done Easy

A lip plumper can help you get the perfect pouty lip. Plumpers may not give you a dramatic or permanent result like collagen injections, but they're a nice alternative and more popular than ever.

The ideal female face, according to anthropologists, has full cheek bones, wide eyes, and full lips. So full lips are desired and considered sexy because they reflect youth and fertility.

Also our notions of beauty are changing. Twenty five years ago Cheryl Tiegs was the ideal cover girl. She had thin lips. Now more women are looking at stars like Angelina Jolie and Kim Basinger as standards of beauty.

There are so many plumpers on the market now. Do they really work? How do you know what kind to choose? First, let's discuss the different kinds of plumpers.

3 Types of Plumpers.

1. Stinging, Burning - These plump by stimulating blood flow with mildly irritating substances like menthol, ginger, peppermint, cinnamon or caffeine. I find the irritation to be too uncomfortable to bare. You can even end up with ulcers on the lips.

2. Collagen - These either contain collagen or trigger the production of more collagen in the lips. The plumping effect can last if used for 30 days. It takes that long for collagen to grow.

3. Water - This type uses microspheres to attract water molecules to the lips.

There are plumping brands may keep your lips soft and supple but offer no real plumping effects. They're really just overpriced lip glosses like Poutrageous by Bliss.

I would recommend Celebrity Sexy Lips for type 2 and LipFusion by Sephora for type 3. Both of these offer money back guarantees.

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