In case my lips hadn't been through enough abuse after trying Kylie Jenner's lip plumper, I decided last week to experiment with a lip stain that promises to give lasting, smudge-proof color (almost like a temporary tattoo)—after you let it dry on your mouth for several minutes and then peel it off. A product of South Korea's enchanting, expansive beauty market, Berrisom Lip Tint has gained some notoriety recently among Western beauty bloggers, writers, and fans alike. But beauty masochist that I am, reading reviews cautioning that the peel-off process might make me bleed and/or at the very least, "take off several layers" of my lips didn't deter me, but fascinated me all the more. (Might I remind you that I am the girl who willingly got snail slime needled into her face...and liked it?)

I ordered a tube of the lip tint in a shade labeled that arrived as "Virgin Red,"which, okay. Since the instructions on the box were in Korean, I had to rely on the aforementioned brave souls who had already recounted their experiences online—which really means that I learned from their mistakes. For one thing, those who said that I might experience a little blood noted that I was more likely to avoid this if I globbed the product on and let it sit there for at least 15 minutes, so I decided that I would wait for 20. Again, the stain acts like a flash tattoo for lips—reviewers noted that it 'wasn't goin' anywhere for at least 12 hours'—so I knew I had to apply it very carefully unless I was looking for a semi-permanent clown mouth.

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As a former thespian, I can report that it has the exact color and consistency of the fake blood we used during productions. I tried to put it on as slowly and carefully as possible, staying within the lines, but still used a lot as advised—only to have a good amount end up in my mouth and on my teeth, so that I looked exactly like I had been punched in the mouth and had to resist the urge to yell, "ADRIAN!" (Then I really scrambled to get this shit off my teeth because I was not about to have fire truck-red gums for the next half-day.)

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After a few minutes, it began to dry and I added another thin layer (avoiding the inside of my mouth this time) for good measure. As it dried, it took on the consistency of a fruit roll-up, which limited my ability to move my mouth and speak (for fear of cracking or stretching it) but looked very shiny and shockingly pretty. But of course, this was only temporary, as my iPhone alarm soon signaled the 20-minute time lapse and I got ready to remove this sucker, expecting real gore this time.

Applying a second layer made it relatively easy to grab hold of a piece of the stain in the corner of my mouth. Still, I was rather skeptical that this would come off in one piece, predicting that I would probably be picking it off in bits for several minutes, and that there would be pain involved. Well, color me shocked:

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In spite of an onlooking co-worker's shouts of "Ewwwwww!" the lip tint came off easily and painlessly, in two pieces (top lip and bottom lip). I took it slow and experienced no bleeding or skin removal (though maybe some dead cells, as it left my lips feeling rather exfoliated). Nope, the only evidence of this saga was a lovely red tint on my lip—similar to a popsicle stain, in a chic way—that miraculously didn't budge when I licked my lips, drank coffee, ate, or even tried to rub at it over the next several hours. Fashion editor Danielle Prescod even made me put my lips to a notepad for a "kiss test," which left no trace of color on the white paper.

The application process is certainly not for the squeamish—and I have to advise you to take my lead and approach it very cautiously, with extra time and care. I'd also suggest using a little bit of lip balm after peeling the tint off, just to give your pout some TLC after that exfoliation. But getting a gorgeous lip color that does not move and kind of looks natural? Totally worth the faux gore, in my opinion—and unlike Kylie's lip plumper, I wasn't left with a halo of bruises for the next three days. Nope, I woke up the next morning and the tint had politely disappeared.

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Victoria Dawson Hoff Associate Editor Victoria Hoff is the associate editor at ELLE.com, covering everything from fashion to beauty to wellness.

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