A deep red, cranberry-tinted lipstick that’s also antimicrobial (IMAGE)

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A deep red, cranberry-tinted lipstick that’s also antimicrobial

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Adding cranberry extract to a lipstick cream allowed it to fight off viruses, bacteria and a type of fungus.

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Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c19460

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