Lets talk lips

Let's talk lips

As we near the end of the year I've been thinking of the trends that made 2015. 

This year it seems that big is beautiful, the bigger the better from the size of your arse to the fullness of your lips. 

Big is beautiful. It's about time too that size is celebrated. 

I'm all for women being curvy if that's their shape. 

Personally for me I don't think one size fits all or that only one style is sexy. 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the world would be a very boring place if we all looked the same and liked the same things. 

When it comes to beauty trends I am all for trying new things. However, I try not to do something that's in fashion if it really doesn't suit me. 

Tanning... For the time being just isn't me. I adore my pale skin. I love my natural skin tone and it's part of who I am. This doesn't mean I think everyone should stay pasty and stay out of the sun. It's just my style and I'm happy with it. 

One look that took over the world was big lips.

Who can forget the Kylie Jenner challenge. 

She famously denied having lip fillers and her sister Kim Kardashian claimed her new found fullness was from over drawing her lips... Wow. 

Firstly what a crock.

Secondly, this sparked what can only be described as one of the most dangerous beauty blunders I have ever seen. 

People started trying to enhance their lips through suction. From bottle caps to hoovers. People were creating a suction and bruising their lips. Some swelled up 10X their nature size. Lips were splitting, some who tried the challenge ended up in the emergency room. 

Not only was it dangerous it was damn right ugly. 

I can appreciate that Kylie Jenner is a style icon. Her 90's makeup had brought back nostalgia from my childhood. I remember my mother doing her makeup. Brown/natural lip colours, lashings of mascara, the neutral tones really suited her. Kylie brought that back in a wonderfully modern way. 

The lips on the other hand, are enhanced by lip liner but slap addicts, they are in no way natural. 

Kylie has now admitted to having fillers in her lips and that indeed at one point they were redic.

Now you can certainly enhance your lips. 

The most permanent way is through lip implants. I have seen quite a few before and after photos. Personally I think that its very tricky to get a good, natural looking result. I've seen a lot of lips that look tubular, the cupids bow seems to flatten out. Like every surgery there are good and bad results. Plus, there is always personal preference. Some people think Audrey Hepburn is stunning, others prefer Katie Price. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 

My reservation with regards to any surgery is that its permanent. 

Another alternative is injectables. Lip fillers have been on the market for years. This is the enhancement choice for many celebrities, WAGS and members of the general public. 

Lip fillers can be as natural or dramatic as you and your aesthetician choose. I have seen so many fantastic results with fillers. One close friend of mine had a scar on her lip which she hated. A little filler plumped up the dent and smoothed out the scar. It's considerably less noticeable and my friends confidence rocketed. One comment I hear people say when considering fillers is "will I have a duck face?"

The answer is no. Find the right provider, discus what you want. Explain the look you are after. Remember less is more. Just because you paid for a certain amount of filler doesn't mean you should use it all. You can always go back for a top up. However, once its in its kinda stuck for about 18 months. Lip filler products are always improving. They are becoming softer and more natural. Do your research and ask as many questions as you like. This is your face at the end of the day. You are the one who has to wear it. 

If you know me you will know not only do I have a big gob, I do also have big lips. I still like playing them up and making them look full and pouty. My way of doing so is through makeup. I am ADDICTED to Soap & Glory's Sexy Mother Pucker lip glosses. They really do work. They tingle when applied. Nothing painful but I would warn your kissing partner or it could come as a shock when it transfers.

 I'm not one for over drawing my lips because I find it can look really obvious in person. It can work in selfies due to lighting and filters but in person it is more obvious. My top tip which was also a fave of Marilyn Monroe is to use different shades of lipstick. If you use a lighter shade or a highlight in the centre of the lips you can really draw the lips out and create the illusion of fuller lips. If you are going to over draw your lips and want it to look natural the best place to over draw is around the cupids bow and on the lower lip around the centre. If you over draw at the corners of your mouth it can look a little more clown than Kardashian. Also choose a colour close to your natural lip tone. 

The days of brown liner and pink gloss should never have happened. Pamela Anderson barely pulled it off. And she was Pamela Anderson the original #sexymotherpucker. 

My main point is that beauty trends are always changing. Thats why its a trend. If you want to go under the knife do it for you. Do it because you want it and you believe its best. Not because everyone on Instagram who gets likes has big lips or because Kylie Jenner had them. 
If you look at the photo above you will see pammy's eyebrows...that was a trend and now its over. Just like overly inflated lips will be too. 
If you havent got it FAKE it, or better still embrace it. 

We are all beautiful in out own way. Big lips, big, hips, big feet. Who cares.