A beauty expert has revealed a genius technique for achieving fuller, plumper lips without the need for fillers – offering a brilliant alternative for anyone who is unable to receive the treatment during the pandemic, or for those who are too nervous to try it out.
New York-based esthetician Danna Omari revealed in a viral TikTok video that you can use a special massage technique to ‘plump, tone and strengthen’ your mouth muscle – the orbicularis oris – which will in turn leave you with a fuller looking pout.
In the clip, Danna is seen pinching her lips between her thumb and index finger, pulling them outwards to form a duck-like pout, and then ‘kneading’ the area around them with her fingers.
All natural! A New York-based esthetician has revealed how you can plump your pout using a facial massage technique instead of getting fillers
Plump it up! Danna Omari shared a video detailing the technique on her TikTok account, explaining how to make your lips look fuller by strengthening the mouth muscle
She slowly moves her fingers from one side of her mouth to the other, pinching her lips as she goes, before bringing both hands to the center of her pout.
Danna then slowly slides her fingers outwards from the center to the outer corners of her mouth, maintaining a tight grip on her lips as she goes.
‘Plump, tone, strengthen the mouth muscle!’ she wrote in the caption, while also explaining her technique in more detail.
‘Take your thumb and index finger, gently pull and knead back and forth,’ she wrote. ‘Do this everyday to strengthen the muscle.’
Danna warned that you should make sure your lips and face aren’t covered in any products that might make the skin slippery, explaining that you need a ‘good grip’ in order to get the best results.
‘Make sure you don’t have too much slip so that you have a good grip,’ she wrote.
Easy does it: The technique involves kneading your lips between your thumb and your index finger, moving from one side of the mouth to the other
Routine: Danna suggested that you do 30 reps of the exercise every day in order to achieve the best results
Warning: Danna advises that those people who have filler should avoid doing the technique as it may dissolve it, or leave your lips looking lumpy and uneven
The beauty expert advises that you do 30 reps of the exercise every day in order to achieve maximum results – and warns that anyone who has filler should avoid trying the technique no doubt because it may move the filler around and leave your lips looking lumpy and uneven.
However, for those who are filler-free and seeking a plumper pout, Danna says the technique is the perfect alternative to the cosmetic procedure.
Taking to the comments section, the esthetician also revealed that the technique will help to reduce the appearance of smile lines.
The video sparked a slew of interested comments, with many users questioning whether the technique will actually work, and how long it will take for them to see results.
One person who has tried out the massage urged other users to test it out for themselves, writing in the comments: ‘It works!’
In another video, Danna – who specializes in facial massage techniques – reveals you can also also use a gua sha tool in order to work out your mouth muscle, while also relieving tension in the face.
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