Smackdown: $45 For A Tube Of Lipstick? Now There's Something To Pout About!

We've heard the colors are absolutely gorgeous and that the case they come in is simply divine, but could a lipstick really be worth an extravagant $45.00? Apparently so. Designer Tom Ford has created a collection of 12 Private Blend Lip Colors that range in hue from the barest nude to the blackest berry. Yes, they are formulated with rare and exotic ingredients including soja seed extract, Brazilian murumuru butter (known for its powerful emollient qualities) and chamomile flower oil. And, they are touted to be richly pigmented, luminous, ultra-creamy, incredibly smooth and long-wearing. But could any lipstick truly be worth the pucker-up price of forty-five precious dollars a tube? Sisters Of The Gloss, that's for you to decide.

They Shine!

Conditions permitting, the Space Shuttle Discovery will land today. For me, the highlight of this mission will forever remain in my orbit: the four, highly accomplished, individuals who set a new record of four WOMEN in space at one time. Ten smooches to:

Pictured below
First row, l-r: Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Stephanie D. Wilson
Second row, l-r: Naoko Yamazaki, Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger

Lip Liners

This one comes from Catherine Walsh, a cosmetics industry executive.

Never underestimate the power of red lipstick. I wear it if I'm home alone reading a book.