From brown to bold: how a lipstick changed her life

The day the lipstick counter became a classroom

Let's talk about style ruts.

Days ago, I was at the make-up store restocking my usual stuff: pink-red lipstick and black gel eyeliner.

As I was leaving, I noticed a woman trying many brown lipsticks and then piling them up. ​A clear sign of someone stuck in a style rut.

The woman also noticed me, and said to the assistant, "I admire her courage to wear fu…