Has Nicole Scherzinger plumped for lip fillers?

Her joie de vivre and killer sense of humour inject the X Factor with the energy it needs from a judge. In short, she herself has “the X factor”.

Eagle-eyed fans noticed, when she was out to dinner with her fellow X Factor judges during this most recent series, that her lips looked a little plumper than usual. This has led to a holistic appraisal of the cosmetic surgery procedures that Nicole may have had over the years since she popped into the charts as lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls back in 2005.

Near the start of her career, both fans and the media wondered whether Nicole had opted forrhinoplasty surgery, as her nose appeared shortened and more refined than before. On top of this, there has been considerable speculation as to whether Nicole’s cleavage is natural or whether she decided to undergo breast enlargement. It is true that Nicole’s lithe figure and extremely curvaceous chest seem slightly at odds with each other. Surgeons have commented that the shape and size of her breasts are both perfect and regular, to the point that it seems clear that Nicole has had a little help from a talented surgeon.

At the moment, though, the spotlight is on Nicole’s kissable-looking lips. In photos from her aforementioned night out in London in November, her top lip especially looks thicker and more youthfully puffy. If Nicole has indeed chosen lip fillers, then she has had an understated and natural-looking enhancement, the effect of which is a more youthful and fresh-faced look.

Back in September 2016, Nicole claimed that she has never gone under the knife, and has never even been tempted to follow Simon Cowell’s example and sample Botox injections. Nicole insists that she retains her youthful looks through a combination of good sleep, hot yoga, running and drinking lots of water. However, no amount of exercise or clean living can defend the top lip from the natural effects of ageing, which involves a thinning of the lip as a whole as well as a loss of definition of the cupid’s bow and a fading of the vermillion border, the line where the lip meets the skin.

So perhaps Nicole has taken steps to look after her lips, just as she takes care of the rest of her physique. Either way, she looks more fabulous than ever.

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