Fuller, juicier lips? Sign us up. If you're not genetically blessed with a pert pout and lip injections aren't an option (for whatever reason), a lip plumper is the way to go. Today's best lip plumpers are far more advanced than the original versions from years ago. For the most part, lip plumpers increase blood flow to the lips, creating a mild volumizing effect. But rather than relying on uncomfortable plumping agents that burn and sting, the best lip plumpers now utilize natural plumping ingredients, such as hyaluronic acid, to draw moisture into the lips to create a plumping effect while simultaneously reducing the look of fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth, too. Other lip-plumping ingredients include cayenne, capsicum resin, menthol, cinnamon, and even bee venom.
On average, the plumping effects of a lip plumper last a few hours at most, and if you want a quick-lip fix, a lip plumper is a sure-shot solution. Ahead, the eight best lip plumpers—in every shade of the rainbow—that promise fuller, smoother, more juicy-looking lips in a matter of minutes.
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1. GRANDE Cosmetics GrandePOUT Plumping Lip Mask
Lip-plumping masks work just as well as lip-plumping glosses and lipsticks. This 2-in-1 lip mask infuses the lips with an extreme dose of moisture, helping to smooth the lips and plump them up for a pillowy, youthful pout.
Key Ingredients: Volulip complex, DuraQuench
Finish: Gloss
Shade Range: 1
Beauty Insider Tip: Apply the mask to your lips before bed, and you'll wake up to soft, smooth lips in the morning.
2. Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Plump
This juicy lip plumper is the one to reach for full lips that look as good—if not better—than plumping them up with filler via a needle. It plumps flat lips and adds a touch of pretty color and hydration for a tingle-free plumping effect.
Key Ingredients: Maracuja oil, grapeseed oil, goji, acai, acerola, pomegranate, watermelon, strawberry, blueberry, peach, cranberry, vitamin E
Finish: Gloss
Shade Range: 8
Beauty Insider Tip: Click up the gloss for a nonsticky plumping effect on the lips
3. Tarte Maracuja Juicy Plumping Lip Oil
Like lip gloss, lip oils have the power to plump up limp-looking lips. This ultra-glossy oil leaves your pout with serious hydration, mega-watt shine, a touch of light color, and natural fullness.
Key Ingredients: Maracuja oil
Finish: Juicy
Shade Range: 4
Beauty Insider Tip: Wear this plumping lip oil on its own or over your favorite lipstick for a shiny, juicy finish
4. GRANDE Cosmetics GrandeLIPSTICK Plumping Lipstick
This unique and transformative vegan lip plumper combines the hydration of a lip balm with the color payoff of lipstick. Featuring a strip of lip-plumping ingredients that sits front and center in the middle of the lipstick bullet, this beautiful berry shade provides serious color for a complete, sting-free lip transformation in less than five minutes.
Key Ingredients: Portulaca pilosa extract, palmitoyl tripeptide-38, sucrose cocoate
Finish: Creamy
Shade Range: 1
Beauty Insider Tip: For a more defined-looking lip, apply the lipstick to the lips using the sharp edge of the bullet.
5. Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare DermInfusions Plump + Repair Lip Treatment
Consider this clear lip volumizing treatment your go-to solution for smoother, fuller, more youthful-looking lips. Designed to enhance the lip's natural coloration while restoring hydration, this lip plumper relies on four different types of hyaluronic acid plus tripeptides to volumize the lips quickly.
Key Ingredients: Hyaluronic acid, tripeptides, ectoin, bisabolol, Centella Asiatica
Finish: Glossy
Shade Range: 1
Beauty Insider Tip: Doubles as a lip repair, making it perfect for healing dry, chapped lips
6. Peter Thomas Roth Instant FIRMx Lip Treatment
Providing both instant and long-term benefits, this hydrating lip treatment plumps up the lips by adding volume while reducing the look of lip lines that can cause the lips to lack fullness. With its innovative cream-to-balm texture, this lip fix also leaves thin lips super moisturized, fuller, and supple with a natural finish that isn't sticky, goopy, or tacky.
Key Ingredients: LineFill, Maxi-Lip, hyaluronic acid, pomegranate, coconut and squalane oils
Finish: Natural
Shade Range: 1
Beauty Insider Tip: Some slight tingling is normal when using this lip treatment, so if you plan to layer other lip products on top of it, wait at least three minutes before doing so.
7. IMAGE Skincare ORMEDIC Sheer Pink Lip Enhancement Complex
This soothing and hydrating lip balm adds moisture and enhances the lips' natural volume for added fullness fast while eliminating any dryness.
Key Ingredients: Polypeptides, avocado oil, vitamin E
Finish: Natural
Shade Range: 1
Beauty Insider Tip: Layer this nonsticky formula over or under lipstick and lip gloss for a multi-dimensional effect
8. LancerVolume Enhancing Lip Serum
For smoother, younger, fuller-looking lips that retain a natural look, swipe this plumping formula on and watch it work its magic to smooth out lip lines, redefine the contour and shape of the lips, and add megawatt hydration. Your lips will appear plumper and nourished, and their natural color will be enhanced.
Key Ingredients: Hyaluronic acid microspheres, Sichuan pepper extract, Pal-GHK peptide, and brown seaweed extract, croton lechleri sap
Finish: Semi-glossy
Shade Range: 1
Beauty Insider Tip: To keep dry, chapped lips at bay, use this lip serum daily to help nourish and hydrate the lips
Discover Dermstore’s collection of the best lip care products here.
