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Posted by Dain, Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:00 PM (Eastern)

Or, "Why the hell do I keep on buying the same lipstick over and over again?" "Obsessions redcurrant"? More like, "Obsessions redundant". Poor joke, but then, tisn't much of a joke, when you've a dozen variations on the same shade. I may have a problem. 90% of the time, I wear MAC Red Haute Lustre lipstick, and the other 8% is invested in NARS Flair, YSL Rouge Pure Shine No. 3, Revlon Raisin Glaze (barely a redcurrant), Guerlain Terre Indienne, Biotherm Glossy Shine #155, Trish Celebrate Lip Gloss—all colors which, however disparate in the tube/pot/wand, look pretty much the same on: redcurrant. It's the bane of my existence. Other women wears roses, nudes, plums, reds, what have you... I persist in wearing this. Actually I'm whinging for nothing, because I don't really feel inclined to stray. But is this instinct (aesthetic assertion by my subconscious, which knows better)? Or am I merely stuck in a rut?

Just so we're on the same page: "redcurrant" is a term I use, to describe a sort of soft, semi-sheer red cut with lots of rose/pink (depending on the brightness of the particular color), or a brightish cool dark pink (depending on how you see it). It can be bright and flat, like a Benetint rose-petal stain, or it can hover around a purplely-juicy tinge, like YSL Rouge Pure Shine No. 8, or it can be a juicy raspberry, like Guerlain Terre Indienne, or it can have complex shimmer, like my beloved Red Haute, or it can even be watered down (as if the red were blanched out), like Revlon Raisin Glaze. It's an obvious choice for someone as pale, as dark-haired, and as young, as I am.

I've cut down down, some. I used up NARS Eros (or lost it, anyway) and Delux Norris.

But some serious reckoning must be done. First, because my staple is discontinued. And secondly, just to explore what's out there. If I don't like the offerings, then I will return to the honest redcurrants that have never yet led me astray. But change isn't always something to be feared...

I'll keep you updated as to any new developments.

Labels: beauty notes, delux, guerlain, lips, nars, revlon, trish mcevoy, ysl

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