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Beauty

Super-sized kissers and luscious lips

Pucker up

(tastefully!)

X-Large lips are in. Here’s how to perfect your pout.

Chocolate Kisses We’ll take chocolate any way we can. Ganache for Lips is available in a wide array of flavors, made with yummy ingredients like Scharffen Berger chocolate, peppermint and sweet orange oils, as well as hazelnut, raspberry, and vanilla extracts.

Ganache for Lips each ➤ $4,             collection ➤ $40 Whole Foods, White Plains, (914) 288-1300 and www.ganacheforlips.com

Full-Figured Lips This plumper is filled with dehydrated vegetal protein micro-particles that penetrate the lips for a fuller look; it tingles a bit on contact.

Labbro Piu Paffuto Lip plumper ➤ $30 Lord & Taylor in Scarsdale and West Nyack; Bloomingdale’s in White Plains

Pleasantly Plump Ginger root extract is the natural plumping ingredient here, along with spearmint and peppermint oils to stimulate blood circulation in the lips, making them feel—and look—fuller. Ingredients are time-released, so as one wears off, the next begins, for longer lasting fullness.

Jane Iredale More Lip Plumper ➤ $18 Ellen Marie Day Spa, Larchmont

(914) 833-7800

Lip Sparkle This specially formulated lip gloss can be used alone to enhance lips’ natural hue or on top of lipstick.

NYX Lip Gloss with Mega Shine  ➤ $5 www.nyxcosmetics.com.

Cuppa Joey Get your java fix with this two-sided jumbo pencil (one side matte, the other glossy) infused with coffee scents and lip-plumping properties.

Joey Lips Perks Lip Pencil (Americana with a touch of toffee) ➤ $18 Bath & Body Works and www.joeynewyork.com

Two for One Two complementing lip glosses in one case containing protein-building ingredients that help plump and moisturize lips. Use alone, together, or over lipstick.

Joey Lips Collagen Boosting Lip Gloss Duo ➤ $21 Bath & Body Works and www.joeynewyork.com

Super-Size Me When you massage this honey-based gel onto your lips, it warms up and increases the blood flow to the area. Super Duper Lips also has a wee touch of lactic acid to gently exfoliate, leaving smoother, softer, more kissable lips. The neutral lipstick pencil adds a dose of vitamin E for extra conditioning.

Joey New York Super Duper Lips ➤ $28, pencil ➤ $16 Bath and Body Works and www.joeynewyork.com

S.W.A.K. Teens will love Tess Shimmer Smile, created by two entrepreneurial moms and their teenage daughters. Yummy peppermint tingles on contact; vitamin E, kiwi, and sunflower-seed oils moisturize your lips. Subtle shimmer and super-sheer finish.

Tess Shimmer Smile, .28 oz tube ➤ $14 Sephora and www.tessskin.com

Plump and Shine Up your kissability quotient with these super shiny glosses that give you a fuller, more lush and plush effect for hours.

Clinique lip glosses, each ➤ $17.50 Department and cosmetic stores and www.clinique.com