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When it comes to makeup, I’m very attentive to my lips. While many makeup-lovers will simply swipe on a gloss or a single shade of lipstick, I’ll spend multiple minutes carefully outlining (or should I say over-lining) my lips, filling them in with a coordinating color, and topping them off with a hydrating lip oil . When you spend this much time and dedication on the final look, there’s no worse feeling than catching your reflection after