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National Lipstick Day: Seven things you didn’t know

Every day should be a celebration of the joy that comes with adorning one’s lips with a pop of colour.

From velvety matte red to shiny pink, everyone’s got their favourite shade, but did you know there’s a long and interesting history behind the lippies we use today?

Here are seven fascinating facts about lipstick…

1. The earliest lipsticks were made from gemstones...

Prudence Wade chats to Kahlana Barfield Brown, one of the most influential voices in beauty right now.

In a world where everyone knows how to contour like a professional make-up artist, Kahlana Barfield Brown is a bonafide beauty expert.

She started her career as an intern at InStyle, and soon made her way up to beauty director. Now, she’s more of an influencer, and posts all of her newest make-up finds to her 245k Instagram followers. Brown has emerged as a someone you can really...