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the sting; Beauty's latest obsession works by irritating lips to the point that they puff up in pain- a good thing, apparently.
Byline: Betsy Berne
I have a pair of lips that are, so to speak, "barely there." While barely there is generally a good thing in the realms of beauty and fashion, in this case it is most certainly not. Even in the bloom of my youth, my lips were negligible. However, as a not-very-vain
needle-phobe, I accepted my fate early on and prepared to soldier on, thin-lipped, through life. That is, until I happened upon beauty's curious new blockbuster insta-fixes.
Everyone is talking about lip plumpers:
superpowered glosses that actually increase the volume of your lips while adding color and shine. Most do the job by "stimulating" lips with dastardly ingredients like cayenne pepper (plus lesser evils like peppermint, ginger, and cinnamon) so that they swell into a fashionably bee-stung pout, and by dilating the blood vessels with niacin, causing additional inflammation (and an appealing ruby flush).
As I soon learn, enlarging one's lips has become one of the beauty obsessions of the decade, and lip plumpers have literally become their own beauty category. They are consistent best-
sellers at Sephora's 138 stores across the country: In 2003 (the year DuWop Lip Venom, the "original" plumper, debuted), plumping-gloss sales totaled $1.7 million. By 2005, sales skyrocketed to $34 million. What started as a trend among hip, teen-
- Ask Val: the skinny on lip plumpers ... Tipping at the salon ... Sun protection...
- Magazine article from: O, The Oprah Magazine Monroe, Valerie October 1, 2005 700+ words
...new one midbite having a sandwich at my desk or if I'm scrambling and late for a meeting with my boss. When it comes to lip plumpers, it seems hope springs eternal in the human breast. But what kind of results might you expect? In a word: minimal. Monica...
- Do lip plumpers really work?(GHRI TE)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Good Housekeeping March 1, 2007 700+ words
In 2004, a GH Research Institute test found that one plumper increased lip volume by an average of 3 millimeters. So we had high hopes that the five new ones we recently tested would rival--or exceed--those results. But our 25 volunteers, each of whom used one lip gloss twice a day for a month,
- Tried & tested: LIP plumpers we slicked on the newest to see which really add...
- Magazine article from: Marie Claire February 1, 2002 700+ words
"My lips tingled when I put this on, but they didn't appear larger." --Christine, 30 DUWOP SHADES OF VENOM LIPSTICK, $15 "It went on smoothly and lasted all day. I definitely thought it gave me a pouty look." --Jody, 25 BENEFIT LIP PLUMP. $16 "It felt creamy and plumped my lips quite a bit. And the
- $6,750 worth of freebies: a spa escape, sun essentials, lip plumpers, and sexy...
- Magazine article from: Redbook August 1, 2002 700+ words
R&R--SPA STYLE 1 reader will win a trip to the Diplomat Country Club & Spa value: $1,200 This fabulous Florida getaway for two also includes two spa treatments each. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] KEEP RAYS AT BAY 20 readers will win a DDF Sun Care Collection value: $150 Doctor's Dermatologic
- DuWop has taken inspiration from the box office hit film Twilight to update Lip...
- Newspaper article from: Cosmetics International July 3, 2009 700+ words
DuWop has taken inspiration from the box office hit film Twilight to update Lip Venom. The lip plumper is now available as Lip Venom V, a lip stain that contains conditioning argan, avocado and olive oils and vitamin E as well...
- DuWop has taken inspiration from the box office hit film Twilight to update Lip...
- Magazine article from: Cosmetics International Cosmetic Products Report July 1, 2009 700+ words
US: DuWop has taken inspiration from the box office hit film Twilight to update Lip Venom. The ground-breaking lip plumper is now available as Lip Venom V, a lip stain rather than a gloss, which contains conditioning argan, avocado and...
- Stiff upper lid.(Shadowlift Eyeshadows from Lip Venom)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Marie Claire Gluck, Didi December 1, 2006 700+ words
...baby, could an eyeshadow be the answer? The hipster makeup people at DuWop--behind the much-copied, pucker-plumping Lip Venom--have introduced a line of creamy Shadowlift Eyeshadows ($24.50 each, shown here in Sun) packed with topical tighteners...
- AMAZON BEAUTY TURNS ONE.(Amazon.com Inc. marketing platform)
- Magazine article from: WWD Nagel, Andrea October 7, 2005 700+ words
...months worldwide. Bestsellers on Amazon.com aren't different from what sells best in stores. Lip plumpers are hot, such as Du Wop's Lip Venom ($15) and The Hollywood Prescription ($29.95). In skin care, antiaging products sell...
