Lip Plumpers: Snake Oil Or Beauty Miracle?
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Lip-plumping products – the popular glosses and “pre-lipsticks” intended to maximize a person’s pout – reached critical mass a few weeks ago when a lab technician on the popular television show “CSI: Miami” decoded sticky red smears on a pair of boxer shorts belonging to a young murder victim: “It’s lip plumper. Our first suspect uses lip plumper,” she announced to the sexy criminologists. Turns out the smears came from the lips of a high-school science teacher.
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