Lipstick
By Catherine D'Oreal
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She sashays into the room wrapped in a scarlet sheath. Her nails are the same colour... and her lips? What would this image of feminine allure be without lipstick?
Some people's favourite images of femininity might revolve around lingerie, perhaps, or high heels. Mine are firmly focused on the lips. I think, for example, of Robert Palmers 'Addicted to Love' video. The women on the instruments, in their black dresses, wore make-up which seems to obliterate their facial features - except the lips. Their bright red lipstick holds my eye. My favourite pop video - I love it!
An equally memorable lip image is the opening sequence of the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Lips, tongue and teeth occupy the screen against a black background, just red lips, pink tongue and white teeth.
Other kinds of make-up have their place of course, but lipstick is special. I feel that wearing it lies close to the heart of who I am, and what I do.
If I was in a balloon sinking slowly towards the ocean, with all of my feminine trappings aboard, what would I throw out first to gain a little height? Sure as there are no eggs in my basque, it wouldn't be a lipstick. And I feel sure that my final pair of stilettos would go before my last lipstick...
As 'last lipstick' implies, one lipstick is certainly not enough for me. I like to have a choice of different manufacturer's products. No two are quite the same - the textures are different, they go on my lips differently, and they don't look quite the same once applied.
I like to have more than one type of lipstick - both the 'stay-put' kind, and the ones that leave their mark. Above all, perhaps, I need a choice of shade - the more shades the better in fact.
Last night, for example, going out in a green skirt and yellow blouse (a pleasingly spring-like combination, I think) required a muted lip colour. I picked one called 'Strawberry', which may suggest a bold red, but is actually a dark pink. In fact, 'Strawberry' is quite similar to the natural colour of my lips... but, in spite of the similarity, it doesn't leave me looking as if I had forgotten to put my lipstick on - that would never do!!!
Going out the week before, I strutted my stuff all in red. Strawberry would not have gone with my outfit, I needed a proper, full-blooded red. The one I selected is called 'Poppy'. It is just about the colour I'd expect a poppy to be, just a little darker than 'Scarlet', another lipstick generally to be found in my handbag.
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