Not long before meeting with Martin, I dyed my hair from blond to vibrant copper-red, which left me scared of putting any kind of colour on my face, especially lipstick. I became inexplicably terrified by red lipstick.
After expressing my fears to Martin, she assured me that , while I didn't need to jump straight into a fiery-red liquid lipstick right away, I could still experiment with colour — music to my ears! She recommended trying red lipsticks with a brown base, so I chose Charlotte Tilbury So Kissing in So Marilyn (£24), which wasn't technically brown-based, but it worked perfectly for my skin tone. To ease my apprehensive lipstick feelings, I lightly blotted this onto my lips at first and topped it with Charlotte Tilbury Lip Lustre Ibiza Night lip gloss (£17.50).
Martin also suggested taking a lip balm and adding a pink lipstick or lipliner shade over the top of it. The layering technique would blend all the textures together, creating the perfect, semisheer, everyday colour without the commitment and upkeep of a bold lip. Genius.