Spring lip colour and care

You believe in putting your money where your mouth is. Now that the season of chapped lips is nearly over, let it be in tubes, tints and top-ups. Our Trendy Tester lists the most BeautyLicious loot.

Lipsticks: In spring, “nude-coloured lips work any time on all complexions,” says make-up maestro Jojo.

Can’t say buh-bye to colour? “Red is making a slight comeback. Orange is trendy, though best suited to fairer skins,” says Jojo. “My personal faves, though, are jewel tones. Chanel’s Rouge Allure is my number one recco.”

Our Trendy Tester’s has a favourite jewel tone, too: Versace’s lipstick number V2065. Its rich purple earthy shimmer just glides on.

BriDelicious’ top-pick makeup pro Ambika Pillai is looking to “fruity or fleshy” pinks. “I’ll go with Viva Glam 2 from MAC and Clover Pink from Body Shop,” she says.

Lipgloss: For work or a lunch out with the girls, go bare. “Nude lipstick with a coat of gloss works for day and night,” says Pillai. “Color Bar’s transparent glosses are durable and give a super-glassy finish.”

Liptints: Cosmetologist Samantha Kochhar vetoes lipsticks. “Lips will be healthy and juicy, not made-up. Tinted lip conditioners, which contain moisturising and softening agents that plump up the lips and add just a hint of colour, will be hot.”

Samantha also likes natural-effect lip-stains. “The high-pigment liquid make-up is applied to the mouth and then wiped off. So you look like you’ve sucked on a lolly,” she says. “Lip-conditioners by Nars and lip-stains by Belle are unavailable locally. But MAC’s lightly tinted lip-conditioners are a close substitute.”

The Body Shop lipsticks, Rs. 975-1200. In Delhi: The Body Shop, Westgate Mall, Rajouri Garden; M-53 A, Main Market, GK-I. Telephone: 41735139. In Mumbai: The Body Shop, Inorbit Mall, Malad. Telephone: 67102021/2.
Chanel lipsticks, Rs. 1250-1450. In Delhi: at Chanel Boutique, Imperial Hotel, Janpath. Telephone: 41116840, 41116844. In Mumbai: Chanel counter, La Galleria, Landmark building, Bandra. Telephone: 55033691.
Color Bar lipsticks and glosses, Rs. 90 and upwards, at all beauty shops.
MAC lipsticks and lip-conditioners, Rs. 920 upwards. In Delhi: Kunchals, M-14, Main Market, GK-I. Telephone: 29281863. In Mumbai: Shoppers’ Stop, Dynamix Mall, Juhu. Telephone: 26705603.
Versace lipsticks, Rs. 1085. In Delhi: Kunchals, M-14, Main Market, GK-I. Telephone: 29281863. In Mumbai: The Beauty Shop, 751, S V Road, Next to Rajasthan Restaurant, Khar West, Mumbai. Telephone: 26052947; Bharat-Dorris Godambe’s counter at Citi Mall, Telephone: 65823213/4.