Do you really have to kiss your lipstick goodbye in a pandemic? Perhaps not

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Things might never return to 'normal'. American writer and author Glynnis MacNicol ponders what it means for longtime lipstick lovers like herself.

My lipsticks are all lined up neatly according to brand and subdivided into colors. True Red. Blue Red. Coral. I can tell you the difference between Mac Ruby Woo and Russian Red. I invest.During the early months of the pandemic, which I spent mostly in my sweats, I would sometimes open the cabinet and look at those glossy tubes and whisper, “One day you will ride again.” In other words, I would ride again. As the months wore on, though, I began to wonder if this would be the case.

What parts of our old style had remained and, of those, which had we only been putting on out of a sense of obligation, which perhaps the pandemic had now freed us from? Were we people who had let all the grey come in? Had a year of staring at our faces up close resulted in reassessing the advantages of fillers? Was anyone actually contemplating shoving their feet back into heels?On that first day, when I was able to leave with a mask on my upper arm instead of my face, I automatically reached...

Enter the long-lasting lipstick, many of which, after numerous trips down makeup aisles, I learned the hard way are not mask-lasting.If you are a red lipstick person, the first will not come as a shock. Stila Cosmetics Stay All Day in Beso has been around for more than a decade and has a devoted following that includes Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It is an intense red. When you put this on, you really have to mean it.The second is Fenty’s Stunna Lip Pain Longwear Fluid Lip Color .

 

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