More and more people are now ditching the facial masks and returning to lip color. If that’s you and your want to create fuller, poutier, kissable lips, read on. It’s as easy as 1-2-3, plus some optional add-ons.

1. Exfoliate

It’s a great idea to exfoliate your lips once a week. I do it royally with the Revitalize Volcanic Micro-Polish Mask. Just before creating the fuller set up lips, exfoliate them. It gets the blood flowing to plump them naturally.

2. Line

Overline your lips. On the upper outer corners, stay on the natural lip-line, but go just above the line at the cupid’s bow. For the bottom lip, use the same technique. Outer corners remain on line and go just below the center of the lower lip. Color inside the line just a bit. It’s good to use a pencil close to your skin tone or just a bit darker so that it looks natural.

Whether you like automatic or traditional lip liners, I got you covered.

3. Color

Matte is the better lipstick option and I have a wide variety from which to choose. Start as close to the lip-line as possible and blend well. If you desire a little more “pop”, add just a bit of gloss to the center only.

Optional

Now that you created your desired look, help them stand out even more. Use your choice of highlighter above the upper lips and a bit of concealer below the lips. See the video below for more detail.