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Do these lip enhancements make my butt look smaller??

May 10, 2012 By Talya Tate Boerner

Why on earth do women plump up their lips larger than their noses? Does anyone think it looks natural or youthful? Against my better judgment I went to the mall to buy my favorite body lotion. In and out. Ten minutes max.
The parking lot was packed like Black Friday, mid-week, mid-day. The Dallas economy is booming. I really like this lotion.
One-third of the women I walked passed had enormous fake Angelina lips. Why? Was there a tracker-jacker nest within Northpark? Dallas must be the inflated lip capitol of the world, next to LA. In 10 days, I saw no one in Fayetteville sporting this craziness. (In fairness, I only visited Sherwin Williams, Sonic and Home Depot…) In Dallas, I see 10 people in 10 minutes with this obsession. But these lips can be spotted at the Dallas Home Depot and Sherwin Williams I feel certain.

This looks about as natural to me as those Dancing with the Stars spray on tans.

Men, are these lips luscious and kissable? Or scary?

Do engorged lips look young when the rest of your body is 50+? Do lip injections lead to turkey neck surgery down the road? I just don’t get it.

talya

Musical Pairings:

Adam Ant, “Plastic Surgery”
Sixpence None the Richer, “Kiss Me”

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Comments

  1. Angi Cartwright says

    May 10, 2012 at 4:29 am

    AMEN SISTA. Your so funny. Be blessed with whatcha got & dont change a thing.

  2. Staci says

    May 10, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Pretty gross if you ask me….

  3. Anonymous says

    May 11, 2012 at 7:00 am

    We are in the South, honey child. We don’t use the word “butt” expect when talking about certain cuts of meat or when discussing goat or goatish behavior. Beware of this Yankee-fication of the language.

    Now, where’s my hand fan?

    • grace grits and gardening says

      May 11, 2012 at 10:55 am

      Oops-a-daisy, must be some uncouth Texan slipping in. Pardon my manners:) T.

    • Kaa says

      May 11, 2012 at 10:48 pm

      What’s the proper Southern term for the posterior region?

    • grace grits and gardening says

      May 12, 2012 at 3:17 am

      maybe fanny? T.

    • Anonymous says

      May 14, 2012 at 7:55 am

      Whoa, Nelly. Now we all know Texas is part of the South, so no skirmishing inside the tribe. Looks bad in front of the foreigners(as in Okies). And yes, fanny will do just fine, as will rear end, bottom and derriere. Even in work out classes down South, the posterior region is referred to as “glutes.” It’ll do.

    • grace grits and gardening says

      May 17, 2012 at 3:52 am

      idk I don’t think of Texas as Deep South but more Midwest. It’s kinda it’s own state you know, or so it thinks.

  4. Anonymous says

    May 11, 2012 at 8:36 am

    You know that second picture us Nicole, you did that for Becky Sue, I love you 🙂

    • grace grits and gardening says

      May 11, 2012 at 6:26 pm

      of course I did! And Becky Sue doesn’t need any help!

  5. Anonymous says

    May 16, 2012 at 10:38 pm

    Soooo LOL hilarious! I may just need to sit on a depend and forget about wearing it – reading several of these in a row has soaked 3 in a row now. Butt indeed! Talya’s cousin

    • grace grits and gardening says

      May 17, 2012 at 3:51 am

      LOL you are crazy! hahaha thanks! Anonymous’ Cousin T.


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