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? asked in Beauty & StyleMakeup · 4 years ago

why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    ha ha ha so funny - nice pun :)

  • 4 years ago

    Because a lip-STICK usually comes in a stick like shape where you can screw up or down when you want to put some on

  • Ed
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    For the same reason a driveway is something you park on.

  • 4 years ago

    The formula sticks onto your lips.

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  • 4 years ago

    It comes in stick format.

  • 4 years ago

    Its like foundation... what is foundation? a layer ... just like lipstick... what is lipstick? a stick of colour you apply to your lips.

  • 4 years ago

    It's not stick as in "sticky, tacky glue". It's stick as as rod or length of color (a stick of wood, a stick of bread..)

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    because the color is a solid STICK.....

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Stick refers to the shape of the product..

    Look up the noun "stick" (not the verb) if you don't know what a stick is.

    Eyeroll.

  • 4 years ago

    Cause the lipstick sticks to your lip, it doesn't make them stick together

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