6 Lipsticks I Fully Emptied During My 3 Years at the Counter 💄
People always say, “No one ever finishes a lipstick.”
Well, I emptied six—and proudly kept every single bullet.
Welcome to my retail memoir in lipstick form 💼💋
🔸 CT Stoned Rose – My starter shade as a temp at Chanel. Soft, smooth, harmless. Screamed “I’m new, I’m polite, I just want to hit my KPIs.”
🔸 Dior Addict 524 – Post-probation treat. Similar to Stoned Rose, just a touch brighter. Feels like color + lip care had a baby. So buttery, I understood the hype.
🔸 Dior Addict 720 – My forever shade. Glossy, rosy, unfussy. Finished two tubes! If I’m rushing for the morning train—this is my ride-or-die. I’m now on my third… in the metallic version.
🔸 Givenchy Le Rouge 37 – Velvet drama. A dignified cool rose red that says “I’m the boss,” even if I was only pretending to be. With balm underneath? A dream. Customers called me “the lady in charge.” I wasn’t. But the lipstick was.
🔸 Tom Ford Rouge 16 Scarlet – The one. The best red I’ve ever worn. A perfect true red that makes my deeper skin glow. Non-drying, no base needed. The day I wore it, my coworker stared and said, “You look… different.” We realized it was the lipstick. Manifesting a restock when I get rich 💸
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Don’t let anyone tell you lipstick is just for looks. Sometimes it’s your whole personality in a tube.
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