Small, thin lips are a natural lip shape that many people have—and while some choose to enhance them with lip filler, it’s not the only way to achieve a fuller look.
Lip fillers can add volume and definition, but if you’re looking for a non-invasive alternative, there are plenty of clever makeup techniques that can do the trick. From overlining with precision to using lip liners, glosses, and highlighters strategically, certain lip combos can create the look of plumper, more defined lips—no needle required.
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Anna Annora, a beauty expert, recently shared her go-to lip combo that can give you the illusion of fuller, plumper lips. Read on to get all her tips along with product recommendations!
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Lip Combo For Fuller Lips
"This lip combo is the reason why I don’t have lip injections," says Anna. "I realized you can use makeup to improve the ratio of your face."
To start, she recommends applying a lip stain. “Let it go a little bit over the vermillion border,” she notes. Anna uses the Cherry Pie Water Stain from Ulta.
Next comes what she calls “the holy grail” lip liner—NYX’s shade in Brooklyn Thorn. She advises being generous with the overlining: “We’re basically drawing ourselves an entirely new upper lip.” Blend it out until it creates a soft contour around the lips, mimicking a natural shadow.
For the final step, Anna reaches for a nude lip pencil—specifically, the Contour lip liner from Pat McGrath.
She explains, “Lightly overfine with this but sticking on that vermillion border instead of going over the lip line completely with the shadow just beyond it.”
To finish the look, she tops it off with a gloss from Rhode in the shade Salty Tan Lip Peptide.
“That is how you contour your lips to perfection,” she concludes.
