Patent ID: 8333205

Claim:
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; and (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 visibly defining a multiplicity of curved upper trim paths for aiding a user in evenly trimming at least an excess portion from said upper applicator generally along a selected one of said curved upper trim paths, each said curved upper trim path being substantially symmetrical about said upper axis and curved in the same direction as said upper edge; and 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 portion of said upper applicator; trimming said excess portion 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; and 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.