Hello!
I am a cancer survivor who loves lipstick. I am 41 years old and New Year’s 2011 marks my first year (in the past three years), cancer free. Lipstick for me has been an obsession since high school. I was never allowed to wear make up, but I always had my Cherry Chapstick which added a hint of red. In college, my best friend Jennifer ALWAYS wore bright pink lipstick no matter what. I never knew how she could pull that off confidently. After college, I got my first job. Lipstick cost less than shoes…thus begins my lipstick journey.
I buy lipstick with any mood shift I have. Obviously with my cancer diagnosis, three surgeries, radiation, etc…my mood shifts were extreme and changed daily. I think over the three year period I have collected at least 30-50 tubes of lipstick and gloss. I was laid off from my job last June (right after radiation), YSL Golden gloss #14. I got another job right after, Laura Mercier Brown Plum. I quit that job in December, not because I had so many great options, but because I was tired (I never let myself fully recover), and it was a job I could not see myself doing long term. One thing with cancer is, you don’t want to waste time. I bought Bobbi Brown Raisin (my favorite color and brand, by the way).
I’ve been interviewing sometimes two to three times a week for the past couple weeks for a new job and have been very self controlled in terms of my lipstick purchases. Today, I splurged. I got stressed about the job hunt because I carry the insurance for the family and my ultrasound/PET scan is coming up and it ain’t cheap. Today I bought Dior 774. What’s bad is that when I came home, I saw the same tube in my ever-growing lipstick collection. Hate when that happens. Anyway, tomorrow’s a new day!
Anna's Lipstick Journey 