Lip Plumpers: The Delicious and the Disappointments

If you love the sting from great lip plumpers, you'll love these product recommendations. I've tested tons of plumping gloss and lipstick and want to share a few stand outs.

theBalm Plump Your Pucker Tinted Gloss

I liked this line immediately, simply because they name their glosses Coco My Coconut, Squeeze My Lemon and Ruby My Grapefruit. I opted for their nude color called Coco My Coconut and totally LOVE it. It smells like vanilla and notably plumps le pucker.

Its active ingredients are folic acid, menthol, and vitamin C which attract more blood flow to your lips. It also includes Maxi lip; a collagen stimulator that visually increases lip size after prolonged use. Great, right?!

It retails for about 15 bucks and can be found at Sephora.

New York Color Lippin Large Lip Plumper

This plumper is actually the cheapest, retailing at around 4 bucks and it works the best! I went through an entire tube, loving every single application.

Its ingredients include Vitamin E, mint flavor for fresh breath, and active ingredients Ginger and Cinnamon. You can feel it tingling. Personally, I like to feel the tingle to know that it's working.

It's available at Ulta, CVS and Target.

Elizabeth Arden Plump Perfect Lipstick

This long lasting lip color is a perfect combination of matte color and plumper in one.

It's loaded with Vitamins A, C, E and collagen stimulator - Maxi-Lip. It reduces the appearance of vertical lines on lips while it plumps. I love it. It lasts longer than most plumpers because it's a lipstick and it stings pretty intensely, I like that. This plumper is the most moisturizing and least greasy too.

It retails for about 22 bucks and can be found at any Elizabeth Arden retailer.

Ulta's Ultimate Pout Lip Plumper

First of all, it smells like chemicals - not fruity or citrusy. I immediately didn't like it, but tried anyway. It actually worked great the first time I applied it but it takes a few minutes to take effect. It warmed my lips and gently tingled; however, each application after that was a complete DUD. I didn't feel a tingle and it didn't appear to plump. This plumper rate is a firm zero on my scale.

It retails for 12 bucks and totally isn't worth it.

For the perfect pout, I recommend a lip stain like CoverGirl's Outlast paired with Lippin Large plumper. Muah!