Ebook: Red lipstick: an ode to a beauty icon

"Lipstick is the one makeup item most women can?t live without?and the most iconic shade is red. Exuding power, sensuality, allure, and mystery, red lips have been a constant of fashion for more than 5,000 years, beginning with Mesopotamian women around 3500 B.C. Throughout the ages, red lipstick has been a signature look worn by royalty, celebrities, and real women across cultures and geography. In fact, nearly all women own a tube of red lipstick, whether it?s the favorite shade they?ve been wearing devotedly for years, or as beauty boost they use for special occasions. [...] Granted unprecedented access to experts and the archives of revered brands like Chanel and Elizabeth Arden, [the author] explores the origins and allure of red lipstick and illuminates its association with aristocracy, sex appeal, illicit sexuality, rebellion, power, glamour, fame, and beauty. She also spotlights the fascinating array of women who have worn it through the ages, including monarchs, suffragettes, flappers, working women in World War II, first ladies, political leaders, geishas, Hollywood sirens, rock and rollers, fashionistas, and more. Inside this...book, you?ll discover why red lipstick makes women more attractive to others (and the science behind it); tips on choosing the most perfect shade of crimson; and a wealth of anecdotes, quotations, select literary excerpts, and trivia, such as the shade Carolyn Bessette Kennedy wore on her wedding day."--Publisher's description.;Introduction -- Musings -- Acknowledgements -- Select bibliography -- Photography and illustration credits.