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My Response to the Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge

Hey, my blessed naturals, This week, I was horrified when I heard about the latest teen craze of the lip challenge that is being connected to 17 year old, TV personality and sister of Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner.  Young people of all different races have been posting videos on social media of themselves using shot glasses, bottles, and fire cups to plump their lips by suctioning them. The idea is they want fuller lips like Jenner. Although this new "challenge" has appeared, lip suctioning is nothing new . Lip suctioning cups are available on the beauty market. When I was kid and would tell my father about what "everybody" was doing, he would ask me the following question: If "everybody" jumped off a bridge, would you do it too? My answer was always no, but the sad thing is that many of today's teens and young adults would answer "yes" to that same question. We can add this lip suction challenge to last year's challenge wher...