The eternal quest for full, pillowy, Kylie Jenner-esque lips has finally (hopefully) reached peak ridiculous. Because women are now using glue to stick their top lip to their faces to make their lips look bigger.

Yes, gluing.

The trend started on young-people’s social media platform, TikTok (it’s like a mixture between Instagram, Snapchat and Vine), leaving anyone over the age of 22 confused, and a little alarmed.

The first example we can dig up is of TikTok user @gnarlysinner who shared a video of herself applying eyelash glue to her face, before swiping on a nude liquid lipstick in order to accentuate her pout.

Watch women use eyelash glue to create the appearance of bigger lips below. Post continues after video.

For those interested in the specific process… here it is:

First you apply the glue, and give it some time to set and get tacky... Image: TikTok @gnarlysinner.

Then you pop your top lip into place and et voila! Image: TikTok @gnarlysinner.

Since then, other users on TikTok and Twitter have followed her lead by posting similar videos.

I tried that lash glue lip lift thing for shits and giggles and... I have to invest in lipfiller now, I always only ever wanted to get the middle of my top lip lifted pic.twitter.com/Xykx0gZYGK

— denice (@dryaedis) September 8, 2019

don’t worry i tried the lash glue on your top lip thing so you don’t have to pic.twitter.com/kARVf6toiR

— mak (@barncsrogers) September 8, 2019

there’s a trend on tik tok where girls put eyelash glue on their upper lip and stick their top lip to it to give them a lip injection type look and I tried it and pic.twitter.com/HYibcNgx4Y

— ???????????????????????? (@saddumbgirl) September 7, 2019

Yall I did that trend where you glue your lip up... im dying ???????????? pic.twitter.com/mIHlZmd4tC

— ???? Alexandra Daniels ???? (@alexdanielsxo) September 8, 2019

Lip filler? No just my duo lash glue ???????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/MQuVFEPcuX

— MakeupByPablo ✨ (@MakeupByPablo) September 9, 2019

While using lash glue on your skin is relatively harmless, some users have taken this to the next level by using PVA glue, and nail glue, and this is truly why we can't have nice things.

my sister is doing the eyelash glue top lip thingy with elmers glue

— alpha. (@poutyculture) September 8, 2019

i used nail glue instead of eyelash glue because it wouldn’t work and ugh my lips are stuck pic.twitter.com/0YlwTIbjSc

— ???????????????????????? ???? (@okokolzanskii) September 11, 2019

She put nail glue on her lips ???????? @Hann4h_louise pic.twitter.com/ELZezCdGiI

— Catherine Mckay (@CatherineMckay3) August 12, 2015

Obviously this 'beauty hack' is more of a novel internet fad than a helpful method to make your lips appear bigger, but at least it's not permanent, or dangerous, unless you ingest the glue.

Alas, the same cannot be said for the 2015 Kylie Jenner lip challenge in which women filmed themselves sucking on bottle brims and shot glasses, in order to make their lips appear swollen.

At the time the hashtag #KylieJennerChallenge was even trending on Twitter, however health professionals warned against the practice, stating that the suction pressure could lead to bruising in the lips, and even infection.

y'all doing something wrong #kyliejennerchallenge pic.twitter.com/qFVa38MfAg

— becca (@heelsonya) April 20, 2015

i screwed up. #kyliejennerchallenge #uhoh???? pic.twitter.com/Mdf4bcZdUP

— zo ???? (@_zoeymcguire) April 20, 2015

Ahhh... the things people do for beauty.

What this says about ridiculous beauty standards and the homogenisation of what's considered attractive, and the priorities culture's imposing on young women.... Well, let's just say, we're tired.

Maybe try a good old-fashioned lip-liner instead?

What's the most ridiculous online beauty trend you've ever heard of? Tell us in a comment below!