Hey, beauty girlies, no overlining or fillers needed – meet our pout-promising plumpers that get the job done sans invasive procedures and exorbitantly-priced treatments. For those of you new to the phenomenon, lip plumpers are topical formulas that give your pucker a tingling sensation, owing to ingredients such as capsaicin, ginger, peppermint oil, menthol, and cinnamon, thereby giving the illusion of fuller lips.
Unlike plumpers of yesterday that lent more than mild discomfort to pucker your lips, new-generation formulations rely on gentle volumising and softening agents to plump your pout while offering a healthy dose of hydration. From balms and oils to the most popular plumping variant, a lip gloss, here’s an edit of my favourites to shop if you want to swerve injections.
M.A.C Powerglass Plumping Lip Gloss
This non-sticky, high-shine lip gloss boasts an innovative formula featuring a proprietary tingling complex imbued with ginger, capsicum, and menthol crystals for a cooling effect. Throw some hyaluronic acid, avocado, and coconut oil into the mix for optimal hydration and a lasting sheen for up to four hours.
LAMEL All In One Tinted Lip Plumping Oil
Offering ample benefits, including instant lip plumping, moisturisation, and long-lasting colour, LAMEL’s Tinted Lip Plumping Oil lends up to ten hours of durability. It is enriched with jojoba oil and vitamin E to repair and rejuvenate dehydrated lips and glides on like butter without leaving any sticky residue.
Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Instant & Long-Term Lip Plumper
This one’s a bestseller for all the right reasons. Too Faced’s vegan and cruelty-free formula contains jojoba oil, avocado oil, vitamin E, and antioxidants to nourish your pucker while delivering a tingling sensation to plump your pout. You can apply this lightweight gloss over lipstick or on your bare lips. 93% of consumers reported fuller and plump lips post-use.
Typsy Beauty Crystal Crush Plumping Gloss XL
Ace the ‘my lips but better’ look with Typsy Beauty’s Crystal Crush Plumping Lip Gloss that delivers adequate hydration to your pucker while plumping them up with a translucent sheen. I have used this juicy gloss – a promising Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb dupe, in my opinion – and can attest to its efficacy.
Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Lip Volumizer
The Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Lip Volumizer is formulated with hyaluronic spheres to make your lips smooth and supple. The glossy fluid glides onto your lips, leaving them to revel in a refreshing menthol-cool sensation. Initially transparent, the formula turns a flattering pink tint when it comes into contact with your pucker.
Kay Beauty Lip Plumper
I recently got my hands on this coveted Kay Beauty offering, and I’m so glad I did. Boasting lip care ingredients such as jojoba oil and pomegranate seed oil, the Katrina Kaif-approved, sheer formula lends a tingling sensation to instantly plump your pucker. Coat your plump lips with the Kay Beauty Lip Tint for a subtle flush of colour.
Makeup Revolution Lip Blush Plump & Tint Rehab
This nourishing, peptide-infused lip oil delivers a hint of tint to your lips owing to a pH-reactive formula. While hyaluronic acid ensures that your pucker remains well-moisturised and supple, the cooling sensation does its non-invasive lip filler job.
Huda Beauty Silk Balm Cooling Lip Plumper
Thank Sichuan pepper extract and hyaluronic filling spheres for that icy-cool sensation! This vegan formula guarantees a mirror-like sheen and a feel-good tingling impact that doesn’t burn or irritate the skin on your lips but makes them plump and juicy. Based on an instrumental test conducted on 22 consumers, 100% reported fuller lips, 72% agreed it looked like they had fillers, and 90% agreed that their pucker felt nourished.
Charlotte Tilbury Collagen Lip Bath
A harmonious blend of mustard sprout extract, marine collagen, coconut oil, and peppermint extract, Charlotte Tilbury’s Collagen Lip Bath enhances lip volume to define the contours of your pout for a fuller appearance. Plus, pearlescent pigments reflect light to give your lips a high-shine effect.
Milani Keep It Full Maxxx Lip Plumper
Needle-less (pun intended) to say, fuller lips are just a product away! This highly pigmented, ultra-plumping lip gloss relies on a triple X-plumping technology boasting peptides, mango seed oil, and hyaluronic filling spheres to give you the lips of your dreams. While 100% of consumers claim that the product delivers instant colour payoff, 90% agreed that it makes the lips appear fuller.
