I feel a need to justify what some might deem as impractical spending concerning lipstick. All women realize this but for the benefit of my male audience I will address the two types of lipsticks.
First, you will discover a type of common lipstick. The colors are paltry oranges and reds (with names like steamy orange and fire red) and the sticky consistency is rather gross. The lipstick comes in little drab plastic tubes that require the force of Samson to untwist. You can save your hard-earned money and pay only $2.99 for your lipstick. However, you will walk away with a delightful bit of rubbishy lipstick.
The other type of lipstick is the classy style. There is no hiding the fact that you will pay top-notch. Prices vary from $15.99 to $22 per tube. You might gasp at the enormous cost but let me reassure you of two things.
1. No more drab plastic tubes. I’ll choose Clinique for an example. The rippled silver edge of the lipstick container reflects light from any angle in which you might hold it. You can’t help but feel somewhat classier when holding a bit of lipstick that is heavy in the palm of your hand.
2. No more quacky-named red and orange lipsticks. There is a vast color wheel of choices from sweet mocha to nude ice.
And when sitting in an opera, you can’t help but feel more like a lady when you open your furry black purse to remove your opera glasses and they clink against your lipstick. Plastic doesn’t clink.