Fine! Make fun of me, but this one was hard to resist.

I found this really beautiful nude beige lipstick, named after Aishwarya Rai in the L'Oreal aisle at CVS. I hate to admit, but I stood there staring at her creamy luscious lips for quite some time wondering if I should keep my dignity and resist the urge to buy it or buy it and pretend like I care less whose picture's on the cover!

I don't mean to be snooty, but it's hard to buy a product named after a celebrity. I suppose wearing a lipstick named after her isn't half as bad as having her poster up on a wall, but it still took a lot of deliberation. I decided to make the bold move!

Seeing as my staring was getting embarrassing anyway, there was no keeping my dignity. I cooly picked one up and dropped it into my basket, trying very hard to hide it from Tapi. He usually cares less what I buy, so I was confident that I could play it cool and it would go unnoticed. Perhaps, my "playing it cool" didn't help! I did everything short of whistling and he got curious! Aishwarya Rai was right on top of the basket and soon he was holding her in his hand with that evil thousand watt smile. I'll censor the teasing bit here, but will have to say that some people can really make you want to cry yourself to sleep for the rest of your life. =)

In my defense, it is SO hard to find a good non-glossy, non-intense lipstick that goes with the indian skin tone. So when you find a good nude lipstick that's close to the natural lip color and with that little extra oomph to it, you get suckered into it, even if it has Rai's signature.

It's a limited edition and I really had to fight hard not to buy some more and horde them for later! No. I won't make the desperate move. Not yet!

When I was a kid, my dad would catch me in front of the mirror playing with my mom's makeup and say "enough of playing sridevi and scent bottle. go study"! There's still a big figurative dent in my head resulting from that statement. Really! Sridevi and Scent Bottle? What was he thinking? It was more like devil wears prada! =D