As somewhat of an extremist, I’m constantly on the prowl for beauty products that accentuate my assets to a maximal degree. It’s the reason why Bumpits, a reliable mascara, and a padded bra are quintessential to my everyday functioning (Yes, I’m guilty of sporting faux-cleavage now and again. Sue me).
So it’s no surprise that among my beauty regimen there is always, always a plumping lip gloss. Problem is, I can never stick to one. For awhile I was obsessed with Soap & Glory’s Sexy Mother Pucker lip gloss. Probably because of the raunchy name, let’s be honest here. To its credit, it really did plump me up (to the point where it felt like I had accidentally slathered the ever-so-tingly Sexplosion Climax Cream on the wrong set of lips). Also, it was kinda sparkly, and I’m too old to walk around looking like I was trapped in the Spice Girl’s tour bus during a Category 7 earthquake. (No offense to earthquakes.)
So my brand loyalty has been touch-and-go for the past few years. Before giving up completely, Ashley got me to try out Prana’s Plumping Diva Lips. For the record, I’m not so much a diva. But shit, once I put this lip gloss on, my lips went batshit Mariah Carey crazy on me, like “Nu-uh bitch, you’re drinkin’ tap water?”. It was mildly unnerving. Was it worth it?
Honestly, this was the first plumper I’ve used where I had to actually look in the mirror to make sure it was working. Usually, I know a plumper is working because it feels like my lips were injected with Mexican jumping beans. Upon inspection, my lips were shiny (without sparkle) and full. No discoball lips here. Diva Lips also fights against age-related thinning of the lips, lines and creases, and contains sunscreen– so believe it or not, this is actually a lip plumper made for grown women– not tweens or strippers. Who knew?
Disclosure: All products were provided for review. No monetary compensation was received for this review. All opinions belong to the author.
i love you, steph.
make a baby, your boobs’ll be ginormous.