# What does lipstick look like? (Maybe TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627 "2005-09-14T17:19:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/41 "2005-09-15T01:40:48Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > :dubious: > > Not that I can compete with tdn’s response but…why the hell not? I’m female. I was born on the wrong side of the blanket. I AM a horny bastard whereas a lot of guys are just legitimate wannabes. You used the expression “wrong side of the blanket.” Perhaps I’ve been reading too many historical novels, but I dig that phrase. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/42 "2005-09-15T13:10:40Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > _looks stunned_ Wow, tdn, that was an excellent riposte! For that \*alone \* I’d go out with you. _claps hands_ Wow. Wait till you get a load of the other stuff. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/43 "2005-09-15T15:09:46Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Well, er…what happens when you feel the same way, only in reverse? As in for all guys, and you’re female? I can’t be a horny **bastard** , can I? **Anaamika** , this is America. You can be anything you want. But if you are a girl that just thinks about sex all the time, you are a dirty dirty slut. Please marry me. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/44 "2005-09-15T15:33:03Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > But if you are a girl that just thinks about sex all the time, you are a dirty dirty slut. There’s a lot more of us out there than you’d think … and it seems **Anaamika** and I always end up posting to the same threads about it. 😉 I honestly never occurred to me that this might be the reason for lipstick. Now I kinda don’t want to wear it anymore. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Misery\_Loves\_Co](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Misery\_Loves\_Co](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misery_Loves_Co)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/45 "2005-09-15T15:45:37Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I honestly never occurred to me that this might be the reason for lipstick. Now I kinda don’t want to wear it anymore. :eek: Are you serious? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/46 "2005-09-15T15:50:02Z")
> [@Misery Loves Co.](#): > > Are you serious? :dubious: I’ve got enough self-image issues without being worried that my face looks like a vagina. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/47 "2005-09-15T15:56:22Z")
> [@Misery Loves Co.](#): > > Are you serious? :dubious: Well it \*is \* kind of weird. So now what’s the deal? Is it suppose to match the inner or outer labia? Because you know, first of all they don’t look similar. Secondly, they \*really \* don’t look similar. Do they? ---
**Author:** ![Misery\_Loves\_Co](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Misery\_Loves\_Co](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misery_Loves_Co)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/48 "2005-09-15T16:19:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Do they? Well, your labia (inner or outer) are _presumably_ more similar to your mouth than a circular saw. . . ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/49 "2005-09-16T15:07:08Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I’ve got enough self-image issues without being worried that my face looks like a vagina. 🙂 Why the sour puss? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627/50 "2005-09-16T16:21:53Z")
Thing is a well applied, appropriately shaded, wet pair of “sticked” lips will still look great and be enticing _even_ to a young man who’s never had the good fortune to come face to face with a vagina before, nay even be aware of it’s approximate resemblance or basic geometry. I believe a good lipstick works in and of itself and for far simplier reasons than because of some vagino-chameleon phemenon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-lipstick-look-like-maybe-tmi/321627.md?page=2)