So let’s get on with the lip liner removal: are big lips out of style 2027? In a nutshell, yes. Long answer? It’s more like a TikTok comment section than anything else, and you deserve the long answer. Headlines like “big lips are out” are one of those that evoke the response of “excuse me?” from those with naturally full lips, while those with three syringes of filler and a Google subscription quietly go to Google and type “how much does dissolving cost?” So pack your lip balm! We’re doing this properly.
How the Big Lip Era Started
Full Lips Weren’t Invented in 2015
Let’s be honest, before we get into the Kardashian business, The full lips have been around for a long time, and they’re most commonly found among blacks, who were ridiculed for having just those features that are now considered a beauty “trend. The big lip became the “big out” in the latter half of the 90s and the early 2000s, but it was not until the culture was able to purchase a big lip that it became a gold-mine of money.
The Kylie Effect
Then came 2015. Kylie Jenner even revealed on the family show that she had been using lip filler, created a lip kit that sold out within minutes and started one of the most bizarre internet moments of the decade when she accidentally ended up having teenagers sucking on shot glasses to give her lips a fuller look. I hope that’s not true. I am not.
Filler clinics began to print money, and fillers were as commonplace as having a nail trimmed. If you were online in 2016, you will recognize the same face you saw all the time: nipped in at the brow, chiseled cheek bones, lips that were 5 seconds in advance when the person walked through the door.
Peak Pout
As the late 2010s progressed, influencers found themselves in a subdued arms race to gain the largest lips they could, without appearing too like a pool float. Many people were defeated. The “shelf lip” (where the top lip protrudes but looks like a little balcony) was its own style and Love Island UK pretty much had a dress code of at least 2ml.
So Where Does the Trend Stand Now?
Dying or Just Evolving?
My truthful prediction going into 2027: Big lips aren’t gone. Fake Lips are dead. They are very different.
The obvious things that are out are what’s out. A fleshy upper lip concealing your cupid’s bow. Filler that infiltrated into an odd little mustache shadow. The “sausage lip” that is where all the natural shape inflated off. But the overfilled look is no longer cool, as everyone knows, and many clinics has adopted a total commitment to “baby filler” and “nobody should be able to tell.
If you’re wondering: Are big lips out of style 2027, if you were born with a big, beautiful mouth, then calm down! Your lips are NOT a trend. They’re your face. No one’s cancelling your face.
The Vibe Shift
The true difference is the energy. The 2016 lip stated “check my buy. The 2027 lip reads: “I woke up like this, I just used a tinted balm. Whether or not this is really the case is another matter (it probably isn’t), but it has become from dramatic to believable that goal.
Why Gen Z Is So Over the Overfilled Look
We Grew Up Watching It Go Wrong
As children and teens, Gen Z experienced the filler era in first-hand fashion. The before and afters were seen. We also had the after afters, those that moved, merged, or just looked tired, after the 5th year. When you see a generation of influencers after another generation after another generation following the same face, you get the sense that the face doesn’t look like anyone in particular. It resembles an escape filter.
Sameness Is Boring
For Gen Z, there’s nothing more exciting than being a little weird on purpose, which is what they love about beauty. Unbrushed hair, mismatched nails, pimple patches as accents. There, a roundly full pout is corporate, a beige living room of faces. Alternative, queer and the tomboy beauty has always been about doing something different and no one does it better than everyone getting the same lip from the same injector.
Money, Honestly
Also? We’re broke. Filler is not for the single use. It’s a subscription. It seems like living on a paycheck with rent taking up a huge portion of it is crazy and it’s hard to stay in that flow when it’s becoming a thing of the past. The cost of the $9 lip liner is producing a higher ROI.
The Lip Filler Regret Wave
Celebrities Hitting Undo
This is my favorite part of the whole saga, because the folks who create the trend are now publicly going against it.
Kylie herself admitted fans in 2018 she had her filler “disappeared,” the equivalent of the pope saying he has left the church. Singer JoJo posted photos on TikTok of her dissolving as the filler began to move and she was surprised it would even do that. Reality queens Charlotte Crosby and Molly-Mae Hague both broke up with their reality shows and spoke candidly about it; Charlotte later had said she looked like a dork and would never go back to wearing big lips.
Then there is Love Island’s Faye Winter, who used to have a little bit of 4.5ml in her lips when she thought she looked as if she went up on the show, but then saw herself on TV and thought, “oh no.” She broke it up, into about half a millilitre and said that’s exactly what she wanted it to look like. Honestly? Iconic self-awareness.
Dissolving Isn’t a Magic Eraser
Right, there’s no “ctrl-Z” to undo the effect of the filler, warnings from practitioners say. If it rendered a lip border that you want to be crisp and clean, it might be difficult to achieve that look again after the filler has dissolved. For some, the dissolving was more painful than the injections, and there are possible reactions to the dissolving agent. If you’re considering it, go see a real qualified medical expert, not a guy with a ring light and a discount code.
What Lip Trends Are Actually In Right Now
The Halo Lip
This is the major one. Rounded edges with a soft, diffused liner in a neutral tone or a cool tone (not a bright red or blue), without sharp edges. It’s like the fat while not yelling “I overlined. Very forgiving and very lass-girl friendly that is why I love it.
The Gen Z Pout
Ironically, overlining is back, just done way better. The key is the smudging, the concealing, and lining with something that’s close to your natural lip color just outside your natural line. It isn’t drawn-on in a moving car, it’s “naturally plump.
Juicy, Glassy Lips
Gloss is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Lipstick with a nice shine, moisturizing balms, tinted oils. High shine gives the illusion of fuller lips as it reflects light on the centre. It’s basically a filler, and it’s cheap.
Stained and Bitten
The just-eaten-a-popsicle appearance, the cherry stain, the blotted-in colour that seems to be growing there. Combine with a generous amount of blush and you’ll have the whole face of Gen Z for an affordable price.
The Lip Flip and Baby Filler
If you’re still looking for a tweak, it’s micro now. A small amount of neurotoxin to roll out the top lip a little or half a syringe of filler to hydrate and shape the lip rather than its size. The here and now is the key.
What Actually Flatters Your Lip Shape
Thin Lips
Do not try to compete with them in “dark lines” (thick dark line). Whether you’re going halo or Gen Z pout, your liner should be no darker than your own natural lip colour and a dot of gloss should go smack dab in the middle of your bottom lip. Lighter and shinier colours make things appear larger. They will shrink quickly when you use matte dark lipstick.
Full Lips
You win. Literally anything works. For a slightly more balanced look, make sure to go right along your natural line and choose satin or stain finishes. Full lips with a dark, sharp, vampy lip, is honestly one of the strongest looks that a planet has.
Uneven Lips
Nearly everybody has a larger side than the other. To smoothen the edges of the smaller side, line it a little bit outside its edge and blur. I promise I won’t be noticed! People are too busy to be worried about their faces.
Top-Heavy or Bottom-Heavy
In case your upper lip is fuller, apply the gloss to your lower lip. If you have more volume in your bottom lip, add a little liner and highlighter just slightly above your cupid’s bow to define it. Balance, not perfection.
Mandy’s Honest Take: Is Chasing Lip Trends Even Worth It?
Real talk? No. Not if “chasing” implies an actual change of body each time the algorithm changes its mind.
This is what no one admits. Trends are moving quicker than that which fillers wear. In January, the look you give can be “cringe” by December, and by this point you’re spending money to fix it. Makeup fashions are enjoyable as they are easy to wash off. Use halos, glints, stains, etc. with play. That’s self-expression. But when the issue is permanentish, it’s not a decision that should be made based on what got the most likes this week.
Actually, when they ask me if big lips are “out” in 2027, I’m like, “That’s the question, girl! Your lips are NOT a pair of jeans. They don’t go in and out of style. The only thing that doesn’t go out of fashion is looking like everybody else.
If you had filler and it was your favorite? Good, thank you, I’m not your mum! If you dissolved it, and felt like yourself? Also great. You never touched a syringe and you have one of those mouths that you were born with? Truthfully, that’s the most 2027 thing you can do.
Wear the gloss. Skip the pressure. The next time someone asks you “are big lips out of fashion 2027?” you can let them know that the only lips that are in style are the ones that look like you.
