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Stop what you're doing and apologise to your nanna/mum/aunt/older woman in your life. They were right all along. The pearl-finish lipstick is superior.
If you were a nosy child like myself, you were obsessed with looking through your mum's or nanna's handbag, getting a glimpse into "big-girl world."
I remember seeing at least two or three beautiful lipsticks in their handbags. They were different shades, but all had the same glitzy disco ball-like shimmer to them. Depending on the light, they even looked like they changed colour.
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The pearl or iridescent or frosted lip made its mark during the '90s to early 2000s. Then came the satin finish, which I feel has been a constant throughout lipstick history. We then overlined the s**t out of our lips when Kylie Jenner and the matte-finish took over, drying out lips all over the world and allowing the lip balm industry to boom.
Before you have a go at me, I'm refusing to even acknowledge the foundation-lips era, which happened in the 2010s. If you were part of this, I hope you've erased all memories of them and have hidden those "fRiDaY nIgHtS lIkE tHeSe <3" Facebook photo albums.