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Pricey lip balms and sanitizers are the latest status-symbol gifts

Microluxuries like $10 hand sanitizers and $20 lip balms are the latest flex for school kids.

The big picture: These pocket-size purchases are being "traded, shown off, and incorporated into personal brand-building," Casey Lewis wrote last month in After School, her newsletter about youth trends.


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