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Warning: If you have sensitive skin or chapped, cracked lips with open cuts, don’t try these techniques. iDiva will not be responsible for any damages caused by these hacks, and we do not recommend altering one’s appearance to fit beauty standards in any way. Reader discretion is advised. 

Lip plumping is all the rage today, and everyone loves trying hacks to make their pout appear fuller, especially without expensive and invasive fillers or surgery. Unfortunately, none of these techniques make for long-term plump lips. Not only that, some of them irritate skin, sometimes severely, so proceed with great caution. That said, if you’re feeling experimental, there are some homemade hacks you can try, but at your own risk. 

Best Ways To Plump Your Lips Naturally

Here is the list of the top 5 ways to plump your lips at home

Cinnamon honey and sugar lip scrub

Cinnamon has natural components which are irritants, so applying it causes lips to swell slightly. That’s why it’s often added to lip plumping products like glosses and lipsticks. You can also use it to slightly plump your lips, with the help of humectant honey, which also hydrates and slightly plumps skin.

What you need to do is mix a pinch of cinnamon with half a teaspoon of honey, a few drops of coconut oil, and small-grain sugar. Remember to ensure that the sugar crystals are small, like the grains in sugar cubes, or the ones you get in sachets at coffee shops, not the large white sugar crystals we have at home. Mix these ingredients together, and then massage it over your lips in a firm but gentle way. The trick is to do it for a while, but without scrubbing too vigorously. This will smoothen your lips, and it will slightly plump them up too.

Bottle sucking

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When Kylie Jenner got lip injections, this weird hack went viral, and everyone was sucking bottles to make their lips swell. The idea is to basically suck the top of bottles continuously, so that the suction created by the lips helps draw blood to your mouth and make your lips pouty. It normally takes a long time to make lips plump using this technique, and the results aren’t quite long lasting. Plus, your mouth starts hurting after a point!

Toothpaste

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Did you know that brushing your lips with toothpaste can help make them plump? This technique is extremely drying for the lips, though, and not ideal for those with perennially chapped mouths. 

You basically apply toothpaste like a lip balm all over damp lips, and then brush it in using a toothbrush. The toothpaste helps make the lips swollen, while massaging with the brush increases circulation, enhancing your pout. Please follow up with loads of lip balm, though, because this technique is extremely harsh and drying. 

Peppermint oil mixed with lip balm

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Peppermint oil is cooling, yes, but it’s also another natural irritant that can cause swelling. When you combine it with an emollient and apply it, it can help add plumpness to your pout. So, mix a drop of peppermint oil in your lip balm, and apply it on your lips. It will lead to a fuller-looking mouth, and will give a minty, cold sensation. Be careful not to use too much peppermint oil though, because essential oils can cause chemical burns on the skin, and are not meant to be applied directly, so always use it with a lip balm. 

The dangerous spicy method we really recommend you stay away from 

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Most of the techniques mentioned above seem like child’s play compared to this scary one, which we are mentioning simply because it’s recommended by a lot of bloggers without any warnings. According to the likes of Huda Beauty and Farah Dhukai, applying certain spices on the lips can make them plumper. This is definitely true, because irritation can plump skin, but at what cost?

According to this technique, you take stuff like wasabi, cayenne pepper (which is similar to red chilli powder), ginger powder, peppermint oil, AND cinnamon powder, and mix it with coconut oil or honey, and apply the mixture, massaging it in for ten seconds.

Now, we really don’t want fuller lips desperately enough to assault our lips with spices which will make it burn, so we’d rather not try that one at home (or anywhere else!), if you ask us! So, we’d recommend staying away from this technique if you do come across it!

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