national lipstick day – Left of the Dial

Today is National Lipstick Day. I wrote about this last year.

Lipstick can be kept for 12 to 18 months. I won’t leave the house without swiping on lipstick.

I’m going to discard a lipstick that I no longer favor. I’d like to go to Sephora and ask a makeup artist there to help me choose a new lipstick.

With all that’s not right in the world today using a bullet of bravura to make a statement is called for.

Why not protest with a power pout? Why not dress to influence your audience to take the stand you want them to?

The converse to influencing others via how we dress or look is that we should do this for our satisfaction.

Why not realize that not everyone cares about the same things you do?

I’m impressed whether a person is dressed to the nines or they appear disheveled.

To each our own. I learned in recent years that how we appear doesn’t always get us ahead in life. Even if we have a full face of makeup on.

So it’s far better to get dolled up [or not] for our own happiness. Not to get others to give us things.

Living our lives calls for kindness. Kindness counts.

Some of us don’t need or want to wear lipstick or other makeup.

I say if putting on a colorful pout makes you feel good: Go for It!

Go for It! If you don’t want to make up that’s fine too. Go for It either way.

Today July 29 is National Lipstick Day.

Last week I ordered with a 50 percent off code a matte pink Lancome Rouge tube.

The answer to the question: I won’t leave the house without: is lipstick. As an older woman I favor shades like red and violet and deep not pastel pink.

I firmly think you can face the world with your face even when you don’t apply a full face of makeup.

After a friend told me that I don’t need to wear foundation I gave up using it except for headshots.

On an ordinary day it’s a swipe of lipstick and a stripe of eyeliner for me. My favorite is a Sephora collection aubergine eyeliner.

Little touches can inspire awe. I recommend reading the book Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness.

We don’t need to charge a costly vacation that we can’t afford to pay off to rekindle from stress. Often the secret to our sanity is right nearby.

Lipstick isn’t the only colorful confidence booster and cheer inducer. Bringing home fresh flowers to keep in a vase on our dining table can elevate how we feel. Colorful flowers give off a positive vibration too.

The cost of replenishing a wilted bouquet with new blooms shouldn’t deter those of us who can afford the indulgence. Really I make the case for figuring out how to find the extra cash to buy flowers even on a lower income.

Happy National Lipstick Day to Everyone!