Lipstick is a powerful tool. Many people don’t realize the important status one tube of lipstick holds.
Over the years, surveys have proven that despite economic downturns, lipstick sales do not decline, and in some cases, actually increase. It’s a lovely spirit-lifter for the foggy periods.
I’ve always been a lipstick girl and yes, I’ve answered the question, ‘If you could choose only one item of makeup to take on Survivor, what would you choose?’ and for me, it’s lipstick.
There’s something about a shade of colour on my lips that brightens the face and transforms my sense of self. I feel pretty. So I tend to buy a lot of lipstick. It’s rare that I can walk into a store where there’s a lipstick stand or counter and resist the urge to purchase a new colour in hopes I’ll have two signature shades in my collection.
But it’s not an easy purchase. How many women out there agree?
Unless you’re loyal to the makeup counters or stores with sales consultants who’ll apply sample colours directly to your lips, it’s pretty much a guessing game. Since my ideal is to have a lipstick in every purse, I tend to stick to the $10 brands. So I’m limited to trying the testers on the back of my hand and hoping the colour will look as flattering on my lips. In the past 25 years since I started wearing makeup, it’s been hit and miss.
But yet, I still hold onto hope. There are times when I’ve found the perfect colour and gone back to stock up before it’s discontinued. These days, I’m paired with a neutral day shade that’s had staying power for several years - in addition of course to the essential red that’s part of every girl’s collection and used only for evenings out.
I have at least three tubes of the day shade going right now, in different locations. After all, there is nothing worse than running out of the house with the purse of the day and realizing, once you’ve had dinner, that there’s no lipstick in the side pocket that will allow for a freshening up. Ick. Dry, pale lips are as bad as greasy hair
As spring draws near, I’m in search of the perfect pink. Perhaps I will try the makeup counters this time and experience the luxury of knowing what the colour looks like on my lips before I shell out the $20. It’s still a risk though. There’s no telling what the natural light will reveal. Fluorescent in-store lighting can be deceiving.
Wish me luck.
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