Look around you.
In the street, your open space, in short wherever you are, count how many passers-by, colleagues, still wear lipstick.
You will then confirm that, rather than displaying a scarlet mouth, today's women opt for a more discreet shade.
“
Now, only their eyebrows and eyes are drawn
,” notes Leslie Dumeix, a makeup artist in Paris, who examines faces on a daily basis in the metro.
Some, however, are resisting, like Kelly Santos Dassault, an entrepreneur praised by
Forbes
and a 36-year-old photographer, whose mouth is meticulously painted with a brush every day.
A characteristic trait which, judging by her Instagram profile, does not even leave her when she is nursing or slipping into her white sheets.
“
It’s become my signature.
A dancer warms up before going on stage, I draw a red mouth before going to the office, like a uniform, a ritual and a shot of self-confidence
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