{"id":3408,"date":"2026-08-29T01:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T01:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2026-08-29T01:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T01:09:10","slug":"photos-of-smack-happy-lipstick-tester-are-authentic-but-miscaptioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lateststories.info\/?p=3408","title":{"rendered":"Photos of ‘smack-happy’ ‘lipstick tester’ are authentic but miscaptioned"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, an unusual vintage photograph has circulated online with a humorous caption claiming that the man pictured had one of the strangest jobs imaginable: testing lipstick by allowing women to kiss him all day.<\/p>\n

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The image certainly makes the story sound believable.<\/p>\n

The man is covered in lipstick marks while several women appear to be taking part in what looks like an unusual workplace experiment. But the popular caption leaves out an important part of the story.<\/p>\n

According to the original photograph captions, the man was Richard Ramsey, a worker at a cosmetics company. The photographs were connected to an experiment intended to demonstrate that the dyes used in lipstick were harmless.<\/p>\n

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Rather than being employed simply as a professional \u201clipstick tester,\u201d Ramsey participated in a particular demonstration involving his female coworkers. They kissed him while wearing different shades of lipstick, leaving marks across his face.<\/p>\n

One original caption described Ramsey as submitting to kisses from fellow workers as a way of demonstrating his confidence in the product. Another described him afterward as being covered in different shades of lipstick.<\/p>\n

That distinction changes the story considerably.<\/p>\n

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The viral version suggests that Ramsey’s regular occupation consisted of receiving kisses from women throughout the workday. The original descriptions, however, indicate that the photographs documented a specific demonstration rather than his everyday job.<\/p>\n

The unusual images later became perfect material for social media, where the misleading \u201clipstick tester\u201d description helped turn the photographs into a viral curiosity.<\/p>\n

So, while the photographs really do show Ramsey covered in lipstick kisses, the popular claim about his job is misleading. The pictures captured a cosmetics demonstration\u2014not a man whose official profession was being kissed all day.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, the most entertaining explanation attached to an old photograph isn’t the real one. In this case, the truth behind the image is considerably more ordinary than the internet version suggests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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