Lip augmentation without fillers: fact or myth? Testing natural remedies
In recent years, the obsession with enhancing specific parts of the body has noticeably shifted from breasts to lips. We look at women with full lips—such as Hailey Bieber and Angelina Jolie—and can’t help but wonder: is it genetics or the result of injections? If you’re genuinely curious, we have everything you need to know before deciding to get lip augmentation.
But for those who can’t stand needles or simply prefer more natural methods, there’s another path—finding ways that promise to make lips look smoother, fuller, and more defined without injections.
And, surprisingly, some of these “hacks” can be found right in your kitchen. Online, ingredients like cinnamon and peppermint oil are often mentioned, with claims that they create a slight lip-plumping effect.
However, as we already know, not everything that’s popular on the internet should be taken at face value—so we decided to test it in practice: we tried different products and looked at what actually works and what turned out to be just a myth.
Cayenne pepper
I mixed olive oil with cayenne pepper to create a spicy lip-plumping scrub. I left the mixture on my lips for about five minutes, then gently wiped it off with a towel—and saw a bright pink, slightly irritated tint. What impressed me even more was the color rather than the plumping effect, although it was definitely noticeable.
I wouldn’t repeat this every day, but if I ever find myself without lip balm but with a well-stocked kitchen, this could easily become my “emergency” solution.
Peppermint oil
As soon as I applied this oil, my lips started to tingle slightly — like after mint toothpaste or mouthwash. Because of that, I got the feeling that the product was actually working.
After a few minutes, it even seemed to me that my lips had become slightly fuller, but the effect quickly disappeared and everything went back to normal. Later, I “cheated” a little and added a pinch of cayenne pepper to the mint — then the sensation, as it seemed to me, lasted longer.
In any case, it was more of a pleasant feeling of freshness than a real, long-lasting lip-plumping effect.
As soon as I applied this oil, my lips started to tingle slightly — like after mint toothpaste or mouthwash. Because of that, I got the feeling that the product was actually working.
After a few minutes, it even seemed to me that my lips had become slightly fuller, but the effect quickly disappeared and everything went back to normal. Later, I “cheated” a little and added a pinch of cayenne pepper to the mint — then the sensation, as it seemed to me, lasted longer.
In any case, it was more of a pleasant feeling of freshness than a real, long-lasting lip-plumping effect.
Cinnamon
I read online that cinnamon can irritate the skin on the lips and even cause slight swelling — and, to be honest, I haven’t felt such a strange excitement about the potential irritation of any part of the body in a long time.
I mixed a bit of cinnamon with olive oil and applied the mixture to my lips. The burning sensation was quite noticeable, but I’m the type of person who believes that a product “has to work through discomfort,” so I usually don’t avoid more intensive skincare — like deep cleansing or acid peels.
That feeling instantly took me back to my school years, when my friends and I used cinnamon lip glosses and, dramatically wincing from the burning, eagerly looked in the mirror to see whether our lips had become “like Angelina Jolie’s.” Just like those glosses, this home experiment did cause noticeable irritation: my lips slightly darkened, and the visual plumping effect turned out to be more of an illusion than a real result. In the mirror they looked a bit more defined, but in reality they hardly changed in volume — they were more “hurt” than enhanced.
I think I would only resort to this method in extreme cases. For now, I’ll stick to classic lip balm.
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