Ama Rio sees no conflict between her ultra-femme, leggy supermodel style, and her desire to play her sousaphone at ear-splitting levels. With every note, her lips and cheeks expand enormously, then contract. Her greatest challenge? Finding a lipstick that can withstand all her "cranking," especially the earth-trembling pedal tones. In this experiment, she tries three different lip treatments. The first is a typical lipstick, with disastrous results - think Tammy Faye Bakker playing the sousaphone. Now try to unsee that image. The second one is noticeably better, but still leaves her mouthpi...

Ama Rio sees no conflict between her ultra-femme, leggy supermodel style, and her desire to play her sousaphone at ear-splitting levels. With every note, her lips and cheeks expand enormously, then contract. Her greatest challenge? Finding a lipstick that can withstand all her "cranking," especially the earth-trembling pedal tones. In this experiment, she tries three different lip treatments. The first is a typical lipstick, with disastrous results - think Tammy Faye Bakker playing the sousaphone. Now try to unsee that image. The second one is noticeably better, but still leaves her mouthpiece painted red. The final specimen acquits itself quite admirably!