So when I received a gift card to DermStore.com I decided it was my chance to give LipFusion a try. I’ve heard a lot about Fusion Beauty products and had been pining for their LashFusion, LiftFusion Facelift and the LipFusion.

What makes LipFusion different from the others? They say they use “breakthrough technology that uses tiny, dehydrated, marine collagen microspheres, which seek out the body’s natural moisture. As soon as the spheres become re-hydrated, they swell and hold onto the moisture creating a perfect plump of the lip tissue.” They also say it lasts up to 48 hours.

So did it work?

When I applied my LipFusion (in Sugar) I noticed a unique sensation in my lips. Not tingling or burning, not even stinging…yet you could feel that something was going on in those lips. By minute 3 my lips felt numb, however, that numbness only lasted about 10 minutes. I’ve heard from people who have used LiftFusion that they have felt this same effect when they used it on their forehead. When I looked in the mirror, those lines that I used to have on my lips were beginning to disapate. I could see a fullness in my lips and plumping pushing the wrinkled skin out of existance.

While I wasn’t too excited about the numbness, at least it didn’t last so long. Now, the only thing that didn’t happen was that the plumping didn’t last 48 hours. It lasted maybe an hour or two at most. Of course, if I wanted to replump, I just applied more gloss.

Worth the $38? I say yes.

Have you tried it? What did you think?

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I received two Lip Delites from Luscious Cosmetics; Boca Raton and White Sands. Boca Raton is a pink nude with a bit of silver shimmer and White Sands is a sheer pearl with silver shimmer.

I loved the look of these glosses; definitely shimmery and the colors were pretty. As with some of the other lip plumpers I have reviewed, Lip Delites plumping action only occurs over a 30 day period. I assume that is with daily use, which I honestly never wear the same gloss for 30 days in a row. I can’t report if my lips plumped for this very reason, however I still liked these glosses nonetheless.

You can find Luscious Cosmetics online and at various boutiques by clicking here to see their store locator.

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Back when my mom finally allowed me to wear makeup, I always remember seeing Sally Hansen products on the shelves of my local drugstore. Yet, somehow, I have never tried them. So a few weeks ago I decided to give their Lip Inflation a try. Sally Hansen now has Lip Inflation Tints and I chose Sheer Pink simply because I am a pink fanatic.

Sally Hansen says:

* Refreshing tinted gloss enhances lips’ natural color and shape by shape while adding brilliant shine.
* Peppermint “cools” and stimulates lips.
* Lips become flush and plump instantly for a sexy, pouty look.
* Vitamins A and E hydrate the lips.

What I thought:

Beautiful pink color–looked great on me. However, my lips only plumped slightly and didn’t last very long. I was really hoping for something more substantial.

Pricewise, it wasn’t a total loss. It was around $6, so I still can wear it as a great pink lip gloss, if nothing else.

Have you used this product? What did you think?

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Some of my favorite mix and match products are:

* Lumiere Mineral Makeup’s Lavender Pearl along my lower lid with Jane Iredale’s Think Pink eyeshadow trio on my upper lid and brow bone.

* NYX Comsetics Super Volume Lip Plumper and Lulu Beauty’s Velvet Lip Lustre.

* Max Factor Volume Couture for thickness and length and Imju Fiberwig Mascara for even longer lashes.

* Besame Cosmetics Chocolate Kiss Lipstick with their Chocolate Lip Glaze over top.

* Jane Iredale’s Carmen PureMoist Lip Colour with Besame Cosmetics Shimmer Peach Enriched Lip Glaze over top.

* Urban Apothecary’s Super Natural Mineral Powder as foundation and tarte’s tipsy cheek stain as blush.

* Kiss My Face Tinted Moisturizer as moisturizer/light coverage foundation and Lumiere Cosmetics Light/Med. Beige Mineral Powder Foundation as a finishing powder.

I’m sure I could come up with a much longer list, but I’d love to hear which products you like to mix and match to give you a fabulous look!

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NYX Cosmetics Super Volume Lip PLumper is a lip treatment designed to give you 40% fuller lips. Besides being super glossy, it also contains antioxidant Vitamin E acetate to condition your lips and herbs and Rosemary & Jojoba Oil.

The Super Volume Lip Plumper only comes in one shade: clear. The shine is tremendous. It does giving a burning sensation, although its really not that bad. My lips did plump up for about 25 minutes, which I am sure was a combination of actual plumping plus the look of the gloss to enhance its appearance.

While clear gloss always looks good, sometimes I really want color. So I simply dabbed other lip glosses over top and rubbed my lips together. Their normal color was a bit diluted when rubbed into the clear gloss, but it still looked great, making this a very versatile lip plumper. Plus for only $7, I think that is a pretty good deal considering the other plumpers I have tried recently cost double and rendered no results.

Have you tried NYX Cosmetics Super Volume Lip Plumper—what did you think?

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Seriously, did anyone else notice this?

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Benefit Cosmetics Lip Plump is beige in color and is a little thick, not bad thick, but not lip gloss thin. It completely hid my natural lip color and it is a primer that you need to allow a few minutes dry time before you apply anything over it.

When you apply the Lip Plump, nothing out of the ordinary is noticeable, you can’t really tell if it is doing anything or not. Since I am a lip gloss girl, I tried applying lip gloss over this product. Most of my glosses are light in color and the beige basically came through with all of them and just didn’t look right. I then tried my Jane Iredale LipColour, which is a reddish color and it masked the beige perfectly.

I noticed right away that the Lip Plump had filled in the lines in my lips and semi around my mouth. With the lipstick over it, it definitely gave the appearance of a fuller lip. I found that my lipstick lasted longer wearing this primer underneath it as well.

On a separate day, I did use my Lulu Beauty Lip Lustre over it, which is a deeper plum color and it concealed the beige. I admit that my lips did look fabulous, but I found that with the gloss over it, it did tend to feather (with the lipstick it did not).

I’m not sure if the Lip Plump sufficates my lips, as they did tend to feel dryer than usual on the days that I had been using it. Still, its claims to give the appearance of fuller looking lips is correct with the benefit of retaining your lipstick color longer than usual.

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The last lip plumper on my list to review was DuWop’s Venom Gloss. With the luck I had been having with the last 4 plumpers, I was surely hoping this plumper would be different. Besides the fact that you, my lovely readers, voted the most for DuWop as the best plumper in my poll.

The color I used was Wisteria, which is amazingly gorgeous and a color I have deeply fallen in love with. The gloss has a high shine that just lights up my entire face when I wear it.

I began to feel the burning sensation within a minute of applying the gloss and my lips did appear to be slightly plumper than they were prior. Between the color, shine and slight plumpness, I was happy…until I realized that it only lasted for about 15 minutes. The burning then subsided and my lips returned to their normal state. The gloss itself, lasted longer than the plumping action.

I’m determined to find a lip plumper that lasts long, actually works (and not just after 30 days!) and gives me gorgeous amazing color at the same time.

If you have recommendations, be sure to let me know!

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I’m becoming paranoid now. Are all lip plumpers made equal? Do they all contain this elusive “Maxi-Lip” technology? If this is the case–they need to go back to the drawing board and re-formulate.

theBalm Plump your pucker was next on my list of lip plumpers to try out. Bing my Cherry is a yummy scented Cherry colored gloss that also tastes like cherry. Do you remember Lemon Heads? There was a “sister” product that for the life of me I can’t remember, but it was a cherry version. That is just what this gloss smells and tastes like. Yum. Reminds me of my days at Catholic grade school and being able to go to Sister Marie’s snack store during lunch time. I always bought Lemon Heads and these cherry snacks and filled my mouth with glorious sugar. My dentist was happy for the “extra” work needed to be done on my mouth, aka filling cavities.

Back to the plumper…I noticed that Plump your pucker brought on that tingly burning sensation within a few seconds of application. Something I find odd, is that Ramy Rise and Shine says they have no tingling or burning sensation due to using “Maxi-lip” technology, which I would’ve assumed would be the case with Plump your Pucker, since the two previous plumpers (Ramy and Lumene) both used this technology and both did not cause tingling or burning.

The burning only lasted for ten minutes and I didn’t notice any difference in my lips. They look pretty in this gloss, but not plump in the least. Again, just as in other brands that use Maxi-lip technology that I’ve reviewed, theBalm says you notice the plumping after 30 days of continued use.

If you’ve used this plumper and/or any of the others that I have reviewed with Maxi-lip technology, did you see a difference after 30 days?

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What the website says:

Six luscious light reflecting colors that plump up your lips without burning or tingling. Contains Maxi-Lip, a scientific breakthrough that increases blood flow to the lips without any unpleasant tingly side effects. The light reflecting quality of these gorgeous shades also helps to create the illusion of a fuller, more sensual lip. With 30 days of regular use, see a 30% increase in lip fullness and a 70% decrease in lines around the lips!

The color I have is Lil’ Something Something, which I think is particularly gorgeous. It is a 24 karat gold gloss that looks amazing. As with Lumene, I waited for an eternity for my lips to plump up, which they did not. I’ve only been using it for 2 weeks, but according to the details above, the plumpness (30%) comes 30 days after regular use. Who the heck wants to wait 30 days for their lips to plump? Also, without knowing exactly what the ingredients are in this “Maxi-Lip” concoction it’s hard to say if this is just a mind trick or truth. Also, interestingly enough, Lumene says their plumpers have “Maxi-Lip” technology.

So I will continue to wear it everyday up to 30 days and see if I notice a difference, but for now it is a gorgeous colored lip gloss.

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