If you’ve ever read the old Dr. Seuss book, The Sneetches, you might remember how, in the beginning, there were Sneetches with stars and Sneetches with “none upon thars”. Although it seems insignificant enough, the Sneetches were a lot like people, and they decided to elevate the status of the starred Sneetches while isolating the others. One day, a guy came to town with a Sneetch-starring machine and he offered to help the star-less Sneetches.

Of course, when the starred Sneetches saw this, they got their Stars removed to differentiate themselves again, and it became an endless circle of Sneetches giving away their money to have stars added and removed.

That’s kind of what plumping lip gloss reminds me of, even though I’ve never actually heard of anyone wanting smaller lips. Either way, though, Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Advanced Lip Plumping Serum (a mouthful, for sure) definitely works. It burns a bit when you put it on, but that means it’s working, right? All I know is that I’ve never had any complaints when I hit the town with big, shiny, soft lips. That’s worth the $20-30 to me.

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