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Before I comment on Angelina Jolie’s wonderfully plump lips, I’m going to preface by saying that I’ve always been on Team Aniston! Still, there’s no denying that both she and Megan Fox have covetable sexy pouts. Luckily for us ladies with lips on the small-side, there’s a new line of plumping lip glosses hitting Space NK and Scoop from Purple Lab and much to my surprise, they did plump my lips a bit! It’s pretty instant actually — a few seconds after you apply any one of the six shades ($20 each), you’ll feel a tingly sensation from the Vitamin B3 in the gloss which is what stimulates the blood flow to the lips. Personally I’m not a fan of the tingle (it feels kind of like that sensation you get when you eat too many salty chips:-) ), but if you’re self-conscious about your thin lips it’s a small price to pay. Plus Purple Lab’s lip glosses contain Hoodia Gordonii Extract, an appetite suppressant which I think is a clever idea. Unfortunately I was still hungry after applying the lips glosses. In fact if anything I was more hungry because the glosses actually taste good (especially the Red Sole shade which was inspired by Christian Louboutin shoes!). I don’t mind though — my boyfriend is always complaining that my glosses “smell weird,” so the fact that he liked ‘Red Sole’ as much as I did was enough for me. On a side note, I usually only use glosses with brush applicators because I’ve found that foam applicators leave my lips icky and sticky, but I didn’t actually have a problem with this foam one.
For 2 years I’ve tried a lot of products that offered to “plump up” the lips. Let’s face it, most women wouldn’t mind having Angelina Jolie lips. Unfortunately, none of the products worked for me until now. I found online the lip plumping balms by Isabella Pelle and they work. They cost $12.00 for a multipack, and they ship 4 free worldwide. This site was recommended to me by my friend. Check out their site if you want plumper lips. Maria