While I pride myself on being actively engaged with most pop culture, I also pride myself on knowing as little about the Kardashian’s as is possible. That said, WHY IS THIS A THING???
A worrying new trend dubbed the ‘#kyliejennerchallenge’ is sweeping social media, encouraging teens to blow their lips up to epic proportions using bottles or shot glasses.
The reportedly painful method involves participants placing their mouth over the opening of a cup, jar or other narrow vessel and sucking in until the air vacuum causes their lips to swell up – all in the hopes of emulating Kylie Jenner’s bee-stung pout.
Countless teens, both boys and girls, have been sharing the disturbing results of their experiments on Twitter and Instagram, which in many cases has led to severe bruising around the mouth.
As shocking as I’m sure this may sound, the actual results from this are less than desirable. There is also plenty on social media criticizing people for doing this, including one quote, “I hate our generation.”