A lot of my friends ask me if I have any affordable makeup recommendations. While I will admit that I am a bit of a sucker for a Charlotte Tilbury or a MAC buy, sometimes I do come across a real gem that costs little more than my morning coffee.
This week I stumbled upon Essence’s What the Fake! Extreme Plumping Lip Filler, £3 here, and I can’t get enough of it. I’d sort of given up on the concept of lip plumping formulas as I never found them to be effective at increasing volume – no more so than a regular gloss, anyway – but then along came this.
This particular shade I’m using here is the tinted version, but there’s also a translucent pearly option for those wanting to use the product for shine and plumping alone.
Essence has also just launched a brand new version of this, due to popular demand, in Oh! My Nude, – a rosy neutral which you can shop for £3 here.
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