Lip substrate applicator kit and method

A lip substrate applicator kit comprising:

• (a) an upper applicator being flexible and having an upper edge and an opposing upper waterline edge, each of which extends between an upper right end and an upper left end, said upper edge being generally arcuate, substantially symmetrical about an upper axis and having a concave portion substantially symmetrical about said upper axis, said upper waterline edge being generally arcuate in the same direction as said upper edge, said upper applicator including:
• (i) an upper lip substrate having an upper first face and an upper second face;
• (ii) an upper adhesive layer disposed generally at said upper first face;
• (iii) an upper peel layer peelably affixed to said upper adhesive layer;
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• (iv) an upper guide layer having an upper bond face and an upper guide face, said upper bond face being releasably bonded to said upper second face such that said upper guide layer is releasable from said upper second face upon application of water to said upper guide layer, said upper guide face including an upper guide pattern arranged along an upper pathway, said upper pathway being substantially symmetrical about said upper axis and curved toward said upper edge;
• (b) a lower applicator being flexible and having a lower edge and a lower waterline edge, each of which extends between a lower right end and a lower left end, said lower edge being generally arcuate and substantially symmetrical about a lower axis, said lower waterline edge being generally arcuate in the same direction as said lower edge, said lower applicator including:
• (i) a lower lip substrate having a lower first face and a lower second face,
• (ii) a lower adhesive layer disposed generally at said lower first face;
• (iii) a lower peel layer peelably affixed to said lower adhesive layer;
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• (iv) a lower guide layer having a lower bond face and a lower guide face, said lower bond face being releasably bonded to said lower second face such that said lower guide layer is releasable from said lower second face upon application of water to said lower guide layer, said lower guide face including a lower guide pattern arranged generally along a lower pathway, said lower pathway being substantially symmetrical about said lower axis and curved toward said lower edge;
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• (c) a die cut applicator sheet, said upper applicator and said lower applicator each being die cut and suspendedly detachable therefrom.

A method for applying an upper lip substrate to the upper lip of a wearer, said method comprising:

• selecting an upper applicator being flexible and having an upper edge extending between an upper right end and an upper left end, said upper edge being generally arcuate and substantially symmetrical about an upper axis, said upper applicator including:
• (i) an upper lip substrate having an upper first face and an upper second face;
• (ii) an upper adhesive layer disposed generally at said upper first face;
• (iii) an upper peel layer peelably affixed to said upper adhesive layer;
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• (iv) an upper guide layer having an upper bond face and an upper guide face, said upper bond face being releasably bonded to said upper second face such that said upper guide layer is releasable from said upper second face upon application of water to said upper guide layer, said upper guide face including an upper guide pattern arranged to aid a user in trimming excess portions from said upper applicator generally along an upper pathway, said upper pathway being substantially symmetrical about said upper axis and curved toward said upper edge;
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• positioning the mouth of the wearer in an open dropped-jaw configuration;
• aligning said upper edge with the upper vermilion border of said upper lip;
• positioning said upper peel layer of said upper applicator against said upper lip;
• referencing said upper guide pattern with respect to the corners and upper waterline of the mouth of said wearer, thereby identifying said excess portions of said upper applicator;
• trimming said excess portions from said upper applicator;
• peeling said upper peel layer away from said upper adhesive layer;
• sticking said upper lip substrate to said upper lip by way of said upper adhesive layer while said mouth of the wearer is in said open dropped-jaw configuration;
• applying water to said upper guide layer;
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• releasing said upper guide layer from said upper second face such that said upper lip substrate remains on said upper lip by way of said upper adhesive layer.

A method for producing a lip substrate applicator, said method comprising:

• providing a guide layer having a bond face and a guide face;
• marking a guide pattern on said guide face, said guide pattern being arranged along a pathway, said pathway being substantially symmetrical and curved;
• printing a lip substrate onto said bond face, said lip substrate having a first face and a second face, said second face being directly adjacent said bond face;
• applying an adhesive layer to said first face;
• covering said adhesive layer with a peel layer;
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• die-cutting through said guide layer, said lip substrate, said adhesive layer and said peel layer, thereby forming an applicator being flexible and having an edge and an opposing waterline edge, each extending between a right end and a left end, said edge being generally arcuate, substantially symmetrical about an axis, and having a concave portion substantially symmetrical about said axis, said waterline edge being generally arcuate in the same direction as said edge.