ICYMI, rapper Sexyy Red released eight different glosses all with very… shocking names. She has Coochie Juice, Bootyhole Brown, Pussyhole Pink, Yellow Discharge, Gonorrhea, Blue Ballz, Sex On My Period, and simply — Nut. Yes, I’m being so serious. I’m going to give you a second to take that all in.
Let me preface this by saying I’m a fan of Sexyy’s music. “Get It Sexyy,” “U My Everything,” “SkeeYee,” “Bow Bow Bow,” “Pound Town”… all of it. Bop after bop after bop. And of course, we can’t forget one of my favorite songs, “Rich Baby Daddy.” She makes fun music I can shake my ass to, and her whole brand is unapologetic too. While everyone else was keeping things “very mindful, very demure” she tweeted out, “I ain’t no demure ass btch I’m a HOE.” Iconic, truly. So when she announced that she was releasing a line of lip glosses under a makeup brand called Northside Princess, I was super excited. That was, until I saw the names of the glosses.
Sexyy Red Lip Gloss Line
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Publications are calling the names “NSFW” but let’s be real here… the names are disgusting. There is no way in hell I’m putting anything on my lips that’s called Gonorrhea or Yellow Discharge — even though I know it’s just lip gloss my brain simply won’t allow me to do that. And say I do decide to put “Coochie Juice” or “Nut” on my lips… if anyone asks me what I’m wearing, I’m lying! No way am I admitting aloud that I have any of those names on my lips.
I know Sexyy’s whole brand is being a self-proclaimed “hoochie” (it’s in her social media bios) and I am totally on board with that. I mean, I’m a sex and dating writer, so a lot of the sexual stuff people feel uncomfortable talking about I’m writing about in excruciating detail. And I have no issue with things being overtly sexual — but these names feel less like fun sexual expression and more like Sexyy saying, “What’s the grossest, most appalling thing I can put out so that people buy it off of shock factor alone?”
I get that marketing is everything, and I’m sure Sexyy is going to sell a lot of lip gloss off of the strength of controversy alone, but she’s still growing as an artist. And I wonder if maybe she’d do better if she came up with lip gloss names that… I don’t know… didn’t make me want to vomit? Come on, “Yellow Discharge”???
Twitter Reactions To Sexyy Red’s Lip Gloss Line
I’d be totally okay dying on this hill alone (I don’t mind being the only person steering clear of anything with “gonorrhea” in the name), but I don’t have to — people have already swarmed to Twitter (I will never call it X) to talk about just how strongly they feel about these new glosses.
You can be vulgar & risqué without being disgusting lmfaooo. NARS collection is a great example. Go back to the drawing board Sexyy cause this ain’t it pookie https://t.co/UT3yLvchPq
— Jamila 🔔 (@_iamjamila) August 19, 2024
if i ask you what lip gloss you got on & you say “gonorrhea” imma slap the shit outta you
— mecca 😉 (@spinbackmecca) August 19, 2024
Sexyy Red fans after putting yellow discharge and gonorrhea on their lips. pic.twitter.com/v26Y8fZkXo
— 901jocky (@901jocky) August 19, 2024
“Yellow discharge”
“Gonorrhea” pic.twitter.com/LOAVyS3vLy— m. (@caliboycomplex) August 19, 2024
I am in no way trying to shame Sexyy Red for her over sexualization. I am instead shaming her for being dirty. Which is far more unforgivable
— Jamila 🔔 (@_iamjamila) August 19, 2024
If you buy a lipgloss named gonorrhea, all your bank accounts should be frozen until further notice.
— ash (@that_beldame) August 19, 2024
I like her, but it’s actually not funny anymore and please save me the “she’s being her authentic self” because naming a lipgloss after an STD is trying soo hard. https://t.co/B3CMiFjFs6
— ʎʞɔnl (@CELE6RITY) August 19, 2024
