The Tok beauty of the week: luscious lips without botox

(ETX Daily Up) - Hidden behind a protective mask, we haven't seen them for months, but the lips are more than ever at the center of attention. And the trend is for volume, so much so that many specialists all over the world are noticing an increase in requests to make them fuller. Thanks to TikTok, however, it is no longer necessary to go through the injection box to obtain such a result… A pencil stroke is more than enough. Demonstration.

On social networks, homemade injections of hyaluronic acid and other fillers to plump up the lips seem to be everywhere. The enthusiasm for these processes is such that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning in October against the use of needleless devices for the injection of dermal fillers, such as Hyaluron Pen, responsible for serious adverse effects. If it seems obvious that it is essential to consult a qualified doctor to obtain luscious lips, simple make-up tips can also save you a passage through the box of medicine or cosmetic surgery.

After posting a slew of videos featuring the controversial Hyaluron Pen, TikTokers are getting more cautious, going viral with a makeup tip that will help men and women make their lips look fuller. A lure of course, but which is safe, and which allows you to erase without risk what some people consider to be a complex. And unlike many tips spotted on the social network, this one comes directly from a beauty professional, Mario Dedivanovic, Kim Kardashian's favorite make-up artist - just that - at the origin of the brand world famous Makeup By Mario.

A very simple pencil stroke

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Followed by nearly 10 million subscribers on Instagram, the make-up artist is clearly an example of make-up. Not content with having helped popularize contouring - a distant memory - the professional has gratified his fans with another signature gesture, the "Lip Lift", intended to "create the illusion of voluminous lips", as he specifies. the social network itself. It didn't take long for TikTokeurs to adopt this new beauty tip, which has spawned dozens and dozens of videos on the social network. The #lipliftbymario hashtag already has more than 600,000 views on TikTok. It remains to be seen whether the trick is within everyone's reach...

Well yes. The "Lip Lift" without botox only requires a lip liner, lipstick, and a small dose of agility. Nothing more. One of the most popular videos featuring this beauty gesture was made by user @carsynnlovee, originally from Texas, who can boast of having been viewed more than 430,000 times. The young woman is experimenting with Mario's technique, which consists of drawing a fairly thick line on the upper lip, accentuating the line on Cupid's bow, then rubbing the lip pencil on the sides, before drawing a new line in the center of the lower lip. Nothing very complex. Then just fill in with a lipstick of the same shade, or a lighter shade, for optimum effect.

Some might not consider this method revolutionary. There are many professional makeup artists who play on contrasts and light to create this type of illusion, but if this trick can replace the homemade injections which have multiplied in recent weeks at high speed on the social network, it can only be seen as a good thing. And if you want to reproduce the original gesture signed Mario Dedivanovic, you just have to leave TikTok for Instagram… Sacrilege.