Picture Kylie Jenner’s lips. Now—picture more natural-looking, less in-your-face, under-2-minute lips—like a diluted version of her lips. Got the idea? Because we’re talking Gym Lips today. This trend guarantees you a pep in your step, and a pucker in your pout—and the best part? You can replicate the hack within minutes, and with just two products (that you probably already have). Here’s everything you need to know about this hack, and why everyone’s sporting these lips to places outside of the gym too.
So Lippin’ Good: This 2-Product Hack Promises You Puckered Pout
No—we’re not trying to recreate literal post-gym lips (contrary to what the name suggests). This trend has been a saviour during the humidity of the monsoons—light, anti-sweat, and minimal. Kelli Anne popularised this hack on Instagram, and many of her followers attested to the legitimacy of this hack. “[It] looks like you’re wearing no makeup and you just have plump, juicy lips, aka gym lips,” she says in the video. This is one of the simplest ways to pucker your pout naturally—one that doesn’t involve attaching your lips to a jar for a Pepe The Frog-like makeover. All you need to do is—assemble a lip-liner that matches the shade of your lips as well as a lip-treatment.
- Start off by overlining your lips with the lip-liner. Ensure that you’re not going overboard with the technique. While most of us love how Kylie’s lips look, that’s not the aesthetic we’re trying to capture. Just skim the natural borders of your lips.
- Fill your lips in with the same lip-liner.
- Go on to fill in your lips with a lip-treatment of your choice for a luscious, hydrated finish. That’s it.
That’s how simple it is. But why does this hack use a lip-treatment? According to Kelli, it doesn’t matter whether you wear lip-gloss or lip-treatment. She prefers the latter for the gym because it conditions her lips—so if you’re more into gloss, don’t sweat it.
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