So you’re wishing you had the bee sting look but just not sure whether you are brave enough for the needle? Read on…

You could go down the route of having fillers injected into your lips, be this your own body fat or some other product, but quite frankly I’d want whatever fat they take from me to stay out of me. Plus we’ve all seen how very wrong it can all go, so what’s the alternative?

Well, there are some out there. There’s all sorts of creams, gels and glosses that work by actually irritating the outer layer of skin, causing it to swell slightly and turn a darker color. To be honest there is not much of a visual change, but it feels like your lips have swelled to 20 times their original size and only lasts for a couple of hours. There are other types that use light reflection through high shine or gloss to make the lips appear fuller, it reminds me of the roll-on lip gloss I used to wear when I was at school, my mum always said I look like I just ate a greasy bag of chips.

So whats a girl to do when she wants that Angelina Jolie look, but doesn’t want to do anything too drastic, well you could get someone to punch you in the kisser every morning or better still you could draw it on with a good lip pencil and lipstick.

Here’s how, choose a color that is similar in shade to your real lips. You can gently outline the skin just around your lips and then color in your real lips as well. You can also buy a light colored lip pencil and add a highlight on the top middle portion of your lower lip. Do not go crazy caking on the lip pencil. Simply rub the lip pencil on the middle of your lower lip to create a light highlight. Now, put your lip gloss or sheer lipstick on over the highlighted area for a full pouty look. Now pucker up. ♥