—THICH NHAT HANH

Lips bring such bliss to our days. Laughter! Tasting a scrumptious dish! Offering an encouraging word! And my personal favorite, kissing! Clearly, our powerhouse puckers deserve pampering.

Too many of us, however, have been caught up in obsessing over changing our lips instead of treating them like treasures. We waste our energy drawing on someone else’s idea of the perfect pout or fixate on making lips look bigger to the point of undergoing injections or pouring on burning lip plumpers. Ladies, inflamed, unnaturally large lips appear painful, not pretty, so enough already.

Whether small, large, thin, thick, bow-shaped, crooked, or asymmetrical, all lips are beautiful communication billboards. They say so much about each woman’s unique character, quirkiness and, yes, sex appeal. Start celebrating your own perfect pair by playing ’em up!

There’s something supremely feminine about painting lips with a slick of eye-catching color. If getting luscious lips is your feature focus, get ready to have fun going Picasso! Cosmetics aisles today overflow with great new lip products to enhance your look and light up your smile in seconds. Now that’s what I call lip service!

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Updated: July 2, 2015 — 12:22 am