How to Make Your Own Lip Balm, 1595

detail of Mona Lisa's lips looking cracked

If one use to rub chapped or rough lippes with the sweate behind their eares, it will make them fine, smooth, and well culloured. Prooved.

Thomas Lupton, A Thousand Notable Things

Little did you know that you have the best lip balm right behind your ear! But don’t reveal your secret, or your admirers may be weirded out. Prooved.

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

Ha, and there I was eating while reading this.
Confirms my departure from natural ways.

But, in a time of desperate need!

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Anonymous
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12 years ago

I thought I was the only one who knew this valuable secret.

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Anonymous
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12 years ago

Apparently ear sweat has some admirers! Logical next experiment: smear lips with ear sweat; operate touchscreen with mouth.

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Anonymous
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12 years ago

And here I thought the only use for behind-ear moisture was as an aid to touchscreen conductivity when your hands are very dry.