ayu´s lips bigger this year you have to recognize

[ayushiteru]

ok watching the pvs (specially in love song and crossroad) ...is very visible that´s ayu´s lips are bigger.... I think that we can finally say that she has collagen.....that´s sad...she´s loosing her identity

[freedreamer]

somehow she looks normal in the lives and makingoffshoots videos though ..

[Cherry Dynamite]

I don't know but I don't think it's collagen lol. I can't say for sure, but I think it's just the way they put lipstick/gloss on her and it can have that effect? I'm not sure though.

[NintendoHTF1242]

Lip gloss + Duck lips pose = ??

[Larisa-chan]

Something about her face in general has been odd this year. But, like, I don't know how to explain it, but her cheeks and chin seem more pronounced and it really does look like she has collagen injections x.x

(Honestly, though, with her face, it's probably just due to her aging lol Smoking cigarettes/drinking too probably don't help either)

[lumieregrl]

I think it's the way of applying lip gloss plus photoshop because I've noticed this...look on other women who do not have botox or collagen injections.

[pommy48]

It's just the way the makeup looks

I think they outline her lips with lip liner now~

[Queen Bee]

I'm surprised that this is even being brought up since someone asked Ayu about it on twitter and she flat out said she didn't have time for any kind of procedure. I'm going to try and find the tweet.

Edit: Well the search options keeps failing on me.

[love in music]

it's the way her make-up is done. I was watching old lives from 2004 the other day and her lips looked just as big with the lipstick/gloss she had. never underestimate the power of make-up, especially with asians.. they have so many tricks to make their eyes/lips appear bigger without surgery it's unreal.

about her losing her identity.. I don't think so. have you even read the lyrics to any of the songs on her new album?

[truehappiness]

They've just changed the way they do her makeup. It's really subtle sometimes, but it makes a big difference. From year to year, the way they have done her makeup has changed and it has changed her appearance a lot.

Like nowadays they seem to use a lot of eyeliner and mascara along with fake lashes... they used to not use so many, but nowadays they're almost always there. Lip plumper / lip gloss also seems to be used a lot more often and because she seems to pout more, her lips seem larger.

Smoking cigarettes/drinking too probably don't help either

Considering that she's stopped drinking insanely and has been on a "MY VOICE IS SO IMPORTANT" craze with her health products/humidifiers/etc... I think she stopped smoking at some point in 2004 or 2005 and only drinks casually nowadays.

[sanzo2011]

Yes and it's so annoying to watch her new look in Pv and lives !~~!

[Neo Daydream]

age + make-up (possibly collagen) = weird lips

[Sirea]

Let me tell you. I have a serious pet peeve about my lips. I always think they're too small or too weird shaped or too dark or too this or too that. Some days it drives me insane. So I have taken to the use of lip plumper and different shades of lip gloss, and it does make a difference, especially if used liberally.

The only thing Ayu should watch for is that, with most lip plumper, it uses cinnamon which actually irritates the lips, causing them to swell and "plump". Excessive use of lip plumper can cause serious irritation and harsh reactions in and around the lips... so I hope this doesn't happen to her.

[panda♥]

iirc, she had her wisdom teeth removed around the filming of crossroad, so it's no wonder why her lips appeared bigger; her mouth was probably completely swollen, not to mention makeup.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by Larisa-chan

Something about her face in general has been odd this year. But, like, I don't know how to explain it, but her cheeks and chin seem more pronounced and it really does look like she has collagen injections x.x

(Honestly, though, with her face, it's probably just due to her aging lol Smoking cigarettes/drinking too probably don't help either)

me agrees.

She's just following the trends anyway...

you know who's popular right now?

Girls with huge pouty lips, like RINKA, Kana, and Chikako.

She could have had collagen injections though...recovery time is not a problem with those at all. She could have gotten them while she had her wisdom teeth pulled lol

BUT that doesn't mean you should underestimate the power of make up combined with photoshop, because...you can seriously change ANYTHING with that combination.

[AYUCREA]

It's a trend..
make up makes her lip bigger
her lip looks normal in every single live this yesr

[Andali]

I highly doubt she smokes. But I think she's lost weight not that she needs to at all. If you lose too much it goes from your face as well. I know that for a fact

[jbrat2219]

I'd say just make up and aging. And of course, lip plumper.

I'm not one of those people who think Ayu would never get collagen but I think the reasons I listed are more likely considering the several pictures of her without make up recently show her natural self and I don't see any signs of collagen, not that I'd know what they look like to be honest xD;

[Sirea]

Also, just looking at pictures of her in the past shows that her love of huge lips is nothing new.

If I may:

2006: http://www.greatful-days.net/reflect...p?image_id=989
Infamous A-BEST 2 from 2007: http://www.greatful-days.net/reflect...?image_id=2030
GUILTY cover, 2008: http://stylejapan.files.wordpress.co.../12/guilty.jpg
Undated, but it's nothing recent for sure http://7hotasiangirls.com/d/34973-2/...llery+_21_.jpg

So those are just a few things I found in like 5 minutes. I really think that either a) it's just something she's always gone in and out of being into, or b) her lips are naturally bigger and her makeup artists want to show them off.

I don't really think this is collagen because her lips don't ALWAYS look like that. Just sayin'.

[~*Mabushii*~]

She's making the duck face more, and she looks like she's lost some weight. The crying part of Love Song I swear she looks like this one Drag Queen... No offense meant to Ayu (more so because I do happen to love the look of that particular drag queen..), but they have the same really high cheekbones that looked way too exaggerated for me n that scene..

That and there are lip glosses and lip sticks MEANT to make your lips look more plump. I think she's just using them a lot lately.