As you may know, I'm constantly doing research to bring you the latest beauty, hair, and makeup news. I type in "hair" on Google, and what do I get? Posh's new hair, hair-loss treatments, and Hair (the movie). You get the point. I type in "lipstick" and I get the fairly standard Lipstick Jungle, Clinique makeup, and the delightfully odd phrase: lipstick on a pig!?
That particular phrase has popped up practically every time I've done a "lipstick" search, long before the latest political debacle surfaced. Just what does this bizarre statement mean? When it comes to politics, I'll save those details for CitizenSugar, but for the sake of those that want to know — "lipstick on a pig" has nothing to do with cosmetics or stout-nosed, squiggly-tailed animals, for that matter. The phrase describes trying to superficially dress up an unattractive situation — so if you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. I tend to think piggies are cute, but now you know. Now back to all things beauty.
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This subject has me sick to death and it's not even noon yet!! My favorite blog did a take on the isssue (www.browardbubble.com) but its funny!
1it's the the historical connotation that comes with animals that are considered 'dirty'- which in itself is primitive and unacceptable.
2Maybe, I take it sort of as "all the makeup in the world won't make something ugly and uncouth into something elegant/pretty".
3It means repackaging something old
4The pig is adorable and I believe I have that same lipstick.
5The pig is really cute so the phrase loses some of its original intent.
6Funnily enough, they used that line in an Ugly Betty re-run tonight, too!
7That pig is ridiculously adorable.
8Am I the only one that thinks that little pig featured in this article is very attractive.
So cute! Seriously, with an ongoing war, an economy in a downward spiral, government bail-outs of private industries, and this is the issue that is making headlines? Oy.
9So funny! I had to google the phrase 6 months ago when bossman threw it at me in a huge conference call....
10Pigs are awesome...
11That piggie is so cute. I just want to cuddle him.
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