Up your lipstick game with these 5 top editor’s picks
Essential to every woman’s beauty arsenal, we sifted out five of the best lipstick brands you have to try
Lipstick is a fabulous wonder that has become an essential in every woman’s beauty arsenal.
What was once a cosmetic product that took crushed crystals and gems to make is now a sensual little weapon that can instantly freshen up a woman’s face. Back in ancient Greece, lip colours were deemed only fitting for harlots. It was only from 700 to 300BC that it started to become acceptable for women of better standing to colour their lips.
What was once a cosmetic product that took crushed crystals and gems to make is now a sensual little weapon that can instantly freshen up a woman’s face
The most prominent figure to have totally owned the lipstick look was of course, Queen Elizabeth, who is best known for her heavily white-powdered face and deeply-hued lips.
Still, make-up, including lip colour, was widely considered to be inappropriate for the respectable class of women in the 19th century. Guerlain, now a world-renowned French luxury beauty maison, invented the first lipstick in the world in 1884 in Paris. The rest, as they say, is history.
These days, we are spoilt with a panoply of texture – from rich and creamy to super matt, we can easily relive the lipstick trends of the bygone centuries. With so many to choose from, where to begin? We sifted out some of the top quality ones we often rave about to get your lipstick gear going.
1. Gucci Beauty
The newest player in the beauty game, Gucci has launched three “sheer” lipstick blinds that range from siren red to a garnet hue and a lighter blind of pink.
2. NARS
Talk about being spoilt for choice! NARS is celebrating 25 years of beauty with an iconic lipstick collection of an astounding total of 60 hues that also features the 12 blinds shown in the photograph. Who ever said that we could run out of colours for the lips? Never!