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The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: How Lip Gloss Doubled Its Price

All about those zinc-topped tubes, and why they’re everywhere right now.
Four tubes of U Beauty Lip Plasma are photographed on a white background from above. Each is a different shade -- one berry, one coral, one pink and one dusty rose -- but all have a metal applicator tip.
U Beauty's Lip Plasma, which retails for $68, kicked off the metal tip-to-lip obsession. (U Beauty)

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Faran Krentcil

Faran Krentcil is a contributing writer at The Business of Fashion. She is a New York based writer, editor and lecturer with a focus on fashion and beauty.

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