WARNING don’t read if you are not already preparing your holiday parties outfits or Art Basel Miami Beach carnevalia. 

So yes today is a big day for me because I have been given a cool assignment, one of those blogger gigs that is actually a not-so-usual one for me about holidays outfits [more on this later] 

I digressed.

I stumbled upon a ‘holiday lipstick’ quote featuring a rosy shimmery one that opened a whole new rabbit hole. 

If you love the holiday like I do and obsess with Christmas songs in July, snowy bells, chestnut roasting, mistletoe, il Pandoro, golden sparkles and red candles you are in. 

We are all in this Holiday United Union. Here’s the checklist:

• you switch closets from summer to winter (please raise your hand if you are so brave and live in bloody humid Southern Riviera)
• you have THE one nail polish for winter and one for summer. Rouge Noir anyone? or Essie’s Wicked ,
• you know how to choose your winter whites and discern them completely from the summer whites
• you ritually watch Miracle on 34th Street on the sofa, under the blanket and a off the oven hot batch of chocolate chips cookies

(picture from Harper’s Bazaar )

News is, we gotta acknowledge the existence of such a thing as a ‘holiday lipstick’ or we are in for reprimanding and temporary suspension from the Union. And we don’t deserve repercussions for Christmas, Santa Baby. 

This is not about the ‘holiday makeup collections’, duh, who hasn’t walked at least once through a make up counter and having to avoid these insanely determined ladies like your boarding school principal? But WE don’t go to the mall.

The ‘holiday lipstick’ is a sort of state-of-mind, something that ritually accompanies any office Christmas party outfit and goes thrown in the bag that will lay squeezed under your desk and take to the bathroom to change into at 5 p.m. when festivities will ‘promptly start’ as per interoffice memo. 

FYI, here’s an opulent version of the perfect holiday party shoe: #inMiucciawetrust

And here’s the affordable version from TopShop

Back to our critter item: the ‘holiday lipstick’ is a reality. Excusez moi, there’s no mademoiselle who doesn’t have hers. It’s like your perfume that will carry over, like a basic collection, through your pores. That individual feature belonging to you like your birthmark.

In substance, I DON’T have one and realizing it stroke me like a thunder. Got to make-up for it (oh yes, pun intended …)

I have this idea of rose, little shimmer, a gold packaging, something that looks good on a vanity with white and pink peonies. I have this idea of Dita Von Teese boudoir and Blair Waldorf upper east side. 

The shade is this antique pink, powdery and luscious like this all things pink outfit that include the most coveted rose astrakan coat in the world

My search started today and will get you the results soon. 

Let’s start the talking, want to hear from you.  

PS Hallmark channel Christmas movies marathon, is anyone in?