It was even called 'Starr'

So the other day I went to Sephora to pick up a couple things -- staples, nothing too exciting. I had vague notions about looking for a new blush. I was walking around the Bare Escentuals display when I noticed a section of lip glosses called "Buxom Lips". I saw a color I liked, so I grabbed one of those handy applicators they have all over the store and tried it on.

As I put it on, my lips began to tingle with a very strange and immediate sensation. Being a flute player and thus keenly aware of my lips and their well being, I was more than a little alarmed. I quickly grabbed a tissue, dabbed some eye make-up remover on it (which seemed the better choice than the bottle marked 'alcohol') and wiped off the gloss. They continued to tingle, but it was considerably lessened now that it had been removed.

Yikes! I thought, as a I made my 5th circle around the display checking to see if there was anything I'd missed. As I passed the mirror on the other side of the display, I noticed that I did like the remaining color... very much...

Back to the lip glosses. Maybe I'll try this again... I casually applied the gloss and waited for the tingling to start. As I was waiting, a sales associate came over to see if I needed any help.

"This lip gloss is making my lips tingle. Is that normal?" I asked her.

"Oh, that's the additive in the gloss to make your lips fuller," she replied, nodding as she said this. "It's normal."

I checked out my lips in the mirror. I stuck them out a little to see if they looked any different. It occurred to me that this could actually be helpful to my career. You see, I have somewhat thinnish lips and if my lips were slightly fuller, it could potentially make playing the flute just a tiny bit easier...

"Excuse me," I approached the sales associate, "Do you know how long the effects of this lip gloss last?"

"Oh," she paused, "I'm not sure. Maybe 30 minutes?"

Hmmm... not long enough to make it through a concert. Rats.