Review: Purple Lab Huge Lips Skinny Hips Lip Plumper

A few weeks ago, I was laying in bed on a Friday night reading a magazine with the news on in the background when a story about an appetite-suppressing lip gloss caught my immediate attention.  The segment was a welcome change from the usual 11pm broadcast because hello!  It was a beauty product, and it was on the news!  You would think the Redcoats were coming with as alert as I became.  In all of my excitement, I forgot to write it down and when the morning rolled around– I couldn’t remember who made it or what the name was.  I did a little bit of google-action and I found it!  All is well again.

The product I was desperately seeking was “Huge Lips Skinny Hips” from Purple Lab, and since I was so intrigued with the concept of an appetite-suppressing lip plumper, you know I had to check it out.  Here’s what I learned:

Huge Lips Skinny Hips is formulated with Hoodia, an all-natural extract often associated with weight loss for it’s appetite-suppressant abilities.  It is said that Hoodia can target the parts of the brain that tell you that you’re full by mimicking the effects of sugar.  Very interesting!

The best thing about the Hoodia appetite suppressant is that it takes a direct route in reducing hunger rather than acting as a stimulant. When your brain senses that blood sugar levels are low it sends out the signal we recognize as being hungry. By fooling the brain into believing that levels of blood sugar are high this signal is not sent out and therefore a person with a very small amount of food in their stomach, or no food, can feel full. — herbalshome.com

My take on the theory behind the lip gloss is that since it has Hoodia, when you lick your lips you’re actually ingesting some of the gloss, making the Hoodia effective.  Purple Lab brings up a good point on their site– the average woman actually eats several pounds of lipstick in her lifetime just from wearing it!  Why not have it serve at least some purpose other than being plain gross?  That’s where Huge Lips Skinny Hips comes in.

I know this may come as a shock, but contrary to popular belief– I am not a “Kitty Poledancer”.

Upon first impression, I think the gloss itself is excellent!  It’s silky and my lips don’t stick together, it tastes really good, and for a lip plumper it doesn’t burn or tingle much.  Vitamin B3 (niacin) is what’s doing the plumping action and lemon peel oil helps control the burning effect and turns it into a mild cooling sensation instead.  Kitty Poledancer is a very pretty fleshy-nude color as you can see and it’s quite glossy and stays moist.  Love that!  There are other universal shades available– 6 total, but I rather like Kitty Poledancer.  *purr*

As far as the Hoodia/appetite-suppressant factor… I can’t be too sure.  I ordinarily crave sweets on a daily basis and I haven’t gone el kitchen loco when wearing this, but I have to remember I’m also on a weight-loss program.  Part of me is already taking on a “mind-over-matter” approach.  I don’t discredit the science, and I do believe it’s possible that this could sway you from having a cupcake or three every now and then when you’re already full.  Without getting all Mr. Wizard,  I don’t know much about how long Hoodia signals the brain and with exactly how much of this stuff you’ll unconsciously be licking off of your lips.  I am however, willing to try!  If I’m going to eat 9 pounds of lip gloss in my lifetime anyway– I at least want it to attempt to do something other than sit there and look pretty.