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As children we watch the adult women sitting at their vanity tables, twirling with their bouncy hair, powdering their face, adding touches of blusher and last but not least glazing their lips with lipstick before going out. I just used to always think how deeply ageing lipstick was; as a child fascinated by make-up you automatically assume that it's a grown up instrument and a single swipe to the lips transforms you.

Lipgloss has always had a naive light to it- preferred by the younger generation and certainly made popular by young actresses and singers you imagine it to be something that the teenage girls favour. This is very true and for many years I much preferred the goo texture of it to the simple sheen of a lipstick. It's just a natural thing. Our mothers wear lipstick, therefore as rebellious teenagers we try to do the opposite.

I don't think it is until you grow up a little, can afford more make-up and have learnt some talents of applying it that you realise just how much more versatile lipsticks are compared to lipglosses. Lipsticks are bright and lasting and can convert a look into sophistication. The good thing about them is also that not every single other person as a club or bar looks the same as you. They tend to hardly ever look cheap and the countless shades make it so easy to play around. But what exactly can you do with a lipgloss apart from have the same look every single time. I mean, take a certain brand of make-up. Undoubtedly their lipgloss section would have tons of colours to choose from, different glitters and pretty sparkly things, but the truth is that no matter which one you choose, they are always going to be the same once on the lips. And lets face it, when have they EVER lasted more than half an hour (no matter what L'Oreal says)?

I believe that you can never have too many lipsticks because each one is different from the last shades always differentiate and you walk into any MAC counter and you will have choices of diverse textures; matte, lustre and whatever else they have invented in the last twenty four hours that I haven't been there.

It's true that when we are young we never relate lipsticks as something our age' but rather something for adults so we assume that lipglosses are our safe substitution. But I basically believe that lipglosses are child's play and that lipsticks are not ageing at all. It's just the slick sophistication which they illuminate that we can only see when we grow up.

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