October 2009 - Posts

Vacuum plumps lips - if it doesn't suck them off

Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:13 PM

By Melissa Dahl

What it is: JolieLips Lip Plumping & Enhancement System, $27.95.

What it claims to do: It’s supposed to give you full, Angelina Jolie-style lips – and I’m guessing that the name “JolieLips” is meant to ever-so-subtly push the Angie connection. The Web site promises that this device make your lips “fuller and sexier” without using injections, causing pain or “nonsense tingling cream” to do so.

Our experience: When the device arrived in the mail, I excitedly ripped the box open. And then promptly closed it. Something about an oversized, oddly-shaped pump arriving in an unmarked box made the whole thing seem vaguely dirty, and I guiltily looked around my apartment to make sure my roommate wasn’t home. She wasn’t. It was clearly time to pump things up. CONTINUED >>

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