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Let There Be Lip

The Perfect Pink Lipstick

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Amber Katz
Apr 16, 2022
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The other day I was out at dinner with my friend Natalie and some of her friends—a perfect delight, all of them, BTW. Anywho, I was seated across from her friend Suze who had arrived with a perfect pink lip that looked as if it were just natural, and because she’s Australian and stunning, I thought maybe it just was.

The reason I thought that? We’d all just put away about a thousand courses at Lil’ Frankie’s—and her lip was still going strong. We were chatting about a million things so I kept forgetting to bring it up and then toward the end of the meal, when post-dessert that shit was STILL on her lips, I asked.

I said, “Suze. I need to know about your lipstick. Tell me everything.” And she did and it is an unexpected combo I’ve subsequently bought and am wearing every single DAY. Here’s what it is.

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