That oh-so-desirable Jolie pout may not be so easy to master but the right exercises will ensure you come close enough. Priti Salian helps you work out for a perfect pout. Go on, try the regime!
The importance of exercise cannot be understated. But just the way your body needs to exercise, your face does too and since your lips form a very desirable part of your face, you need to work harder on them. "Lip exercises can be started as early as eighteen years of age," says Asha Bachanni, aesthetic consultant and founder of Face Gym India. "They can then be continued all your life," she adds. When you are young, these exercises help in cell renewal. As you age, they rejuvenate your cells helping to minimize signs of ageing.
Bachanni suggests a few exercises which you should practise regularly. She recommends that you do them at least five times a week for great results.
Smile and pucker
Take your lips inside the mouth in such a way that they cover your teeth. Stretch into a wide smile. Hold on for two counts and pucker them. Work your lips from a smile to a pucker ten times. This exercise works well for your upper lips. It is also beneficial for your orbicularis oris, the muscles surrounding your mouth.
Purse them hard
Purse your lips and press them in, hard over your teeth. Hold for ten counts. You could repeat this ten times. Again, a great exercise for your orbicularis oris besides the lips.
Make a fish face
Suck in your cheeks between your upper and lower set of teeth to make a fish mouth. Hold on for five counts. Stretch your mouth into a wide smile with teeth apart and lips pressed hard on teeth. This exercise could be done ten times as well. Your jaw line and chin will also benefit from this exercise.
Pout and rotate
Pout your lips and rotate them clockwise and anticlockwise, alternately. You could do this ten times in each direction and tone your cheeks along with your lips.
Smile and pout
Hold your lips together and smile. Hold for five counts and then pout your lips. Wait for eight counts. Repeat ten times. Great for toning your cheeks and droopy mouth corners!
Lo and behold
This one's great for your lower lip. Cover the teeth on your lower jaw by taking your lower lip inside. Slowly bring it out as if you are trying to scrape something. Stretch the lower jaw out and hold for five counts. Doing ten repetitions of this exercise once a day would help.
Touch your nose
Purse your lips together and touch them to your nose. Hold for 8 counts. Repeat ten times for best effects.
Are they really effective?
As you age, your lips become thinner. "Practising these exercises every day will not only help maintain the volume of your lip muscles, but also prevent loosening of muscles in the area surrounding the lips," says Bachanni. "However, if you already have thin lips, don't expect them to gain volume with these exercises," she states. Muscle mass at other body parts can increase with exercise, but not when it comes to lips.
These lip exercises are easy to master, invest just ten minutes a day on your lips and you can keep ageing at bay. Even better is the fact that you don't have to find time to do them. You could practise them when you are on the treadmill, in your kitchen or watching television. More than that new luscious lippie in the market, this is the attention your lips deserve. Give it to them!
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Bachanni suggests a few exercises which you should practise regularly. She recommends that you do them at least five times a week for great results.
Smile and pucker
Take your lips inside the mouth in such a way that they cover your teeth. Stretch into a wide smile. Hold on for two counts and pucker them. Work your lips from a smile to a pucker ten times. This exercise works well for your upper lips. It is also beneficial for your orbicularis oris, the muscles surrounding your mouth.
Purse them hard
Purse your lips and press them in, hard over your teeth. Hold for ten counts. You could repeat this ten times. Again, a great exercise for your orbicularis oris besides the lips.
Make a fish face
Suck in your cheeks between your upper and lower set of teeth to make a fish mouth. Hold on for five counts. Stretch your mouth into a wide smile with teeth apart and lips pressed hard on teeth. This exercise could be done ten times as well. Your jaw line and chin will also benefit from this exercise.
Pout and rotate
Pout your lips and rotate them clockwise and anticlockwise, alternately. You could do this ten times in each direction and tone your cheeks along with your lips.
Smile and pout
Hold your lips together and smile. Hold for five counts and then pout your lips. Wait for eight counts. Repeat ten times. Great for toning your cheeks and droopy mouth corners!
Lo and behold
This one's great for your lower lip. Cover the teeth on your lower jaw by taking your lower lip inside. Slowly bring it out as if you are trying to scrape something. Stretch the lower jaw out and hold for five counts. Doing ten repetitions of this exercise once a day would help.
Touch your nose
Purse your lips together and touch them to your nose. Hold for 8 counts. Repeat ten times for best effects.
Are they really effective?
As you age, your lips become thinner. "Practising these exercises every day will not only help maintain the volume of your lip muscles, but also prevent loosening of muscles in the area surrounding the lips," says Bachanni. "However, if you already have thin lips, don't expect them to gain volume with these exercises," she states. Muscle mass at other body parts can increase with exercise, but not when it comes to lips.
These lip exercises are easy to master, invest just ten minutes a day on your lips and you can keep ageing at bay. Even better is the fact that you don't have to find time to do them. You could practise them when you are on the treadmill, in your kitchen or watching television. More than that new luscious lippie in the market, this is the attention your lips deserve. Give it to them!
If getting gorgeous is on your mind always, you can't afford to miss out BIG AND BEAUTIFUL beauty issue. For all that buzzy info, gossip and killer deals, grab our beauty issue - out on the stands on 21st April. For more action, check out http://www.facebook.com/feminawoman
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