You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?

A definite in every diva's bag: lip care.

From the ever so fad-like EOS lip balm to the various lip sticks, glosses, stains, and lacquers provided by MAC, L'Oreal, Revlon, and CG, divas everywhere are spending endless money on their lips. I for one am constantly balming with my strawberry or blueberry EOS before I color them with Cover Girl. It's funny how in most lip-wear commercials, advertisement always includes kissing and making lips plump and "kissable." But what man is really into kissing a set of  lined, plump, glossy, purple or bright pink lips? What if your dating a coworker in secret? Or your best friend's ex-boyfriend?
It's like a dead give away that he's been making out with whichever girl is wearing the same pink shade by matching her Pink Poodle MAC Lip Glass on her lips with the same transported color on his.

 I recently heard about a school whose new policy was no lip wear of any kind other than chapstick because decorated lips encourages kissing and...other stuff. That seemed so odd to me! The most kissable lips and the most attractive lips in the world are those that are smooth, clean, and leave no trace! If you don't want kids kissing, wouldn't it make more sense to allow lip gloss and lip stick? If Little Suzy is dating Big Johnny and Little Suzy comes in with plump, glossy pink lips in the morning and after 2nd period you see Little Suzy with denser lips and Big Johnny looking like he made out with a pack of Hubba Bubba, isn't it much easier to identify the crime and culprits? 

But maybe that's the point. Maybe that's the reason you rarely see the actual kissing going on in those commercials. We really don't put on lip glosses and stains and such to be kissed. We really do put them on to be kissable. To look kissable. To complete the "look." We wear cosmetics to attract and stand out and feel our best. We wear lip-wear not to be kissed per say, but to draw attention to the area we want to be kissed. Same with most cosmetics; like wearing dramatic eyes or something-except we don't want to be kissed there. But we want to attract attention to it! Truth is, through our lip glosses we don't just complete a look we complete a story. We can give off any vibe we want! From feeling fun with purple, flirty with a hot pink, idgaf with chapstick, or sensual with a ruby red. Isn't that the reason we spend $8-$30 on various colors, shades, and hues of glosses, stains, and even chapsticks now? To entice, romance, create, and, most importantly, coordinate. We really can pull it all together with a swipe of the lips and give a peak into how we're vibing that day and every day based on which wear, how often, and what colors (duh). 

See what I did there? I just described an aspect of self expression. Self expression through a cosmetic item. A cosmetic item that's in your bag. ;)

xo,

LBL

And to answer the question, no. I don't kiss my mother with that mouth. I'll smudge.