Lipgloss is for girls, Lipstick is for women.

And with the days getting chillier, it won’t be long until winter is here, and the Sassy Minxes will be bringing out the reds. I often get asked, what’s the best red lipstick?Nnot because of my make-up skills, but because I’m an avid fan of matte colour block’s that make me feel all movie star glam.

And I’m not the only one; from Egyptian Goddesses to Japanese Geishas, it’s a universal symbol of beauty that has adorned the pouts of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Bette Lynch. Cultural history aside, red lipstick is high on the agenda for Autumn/Winter 09 fashion trends, with models on the catwalks of Lanvin, Giorgio Armani and Alexander McQueen donning lips the colour of London buses.

I like coral based reds for when I’m wearing monochrome – I  channel Chanel, vampy crimsons for when I am in a darker mood and brick- red based shades to match my hourglass cocktail dresses. The standard rule is to match the red to your skin tone, cool bluey reds are for paler ladies, and warmer based rouges for olivey skins. The best advice for this year is by Terry Barber at MAC who says: ‘A blue shade of red is more formal and grown up, whereas an orange red is a little bit more undone  -  and provides a good match for tousled and unkempt hair.’ This advice embraces the rebellious attitude of a red lipstick – the kisses left like passionate marks of warpaint on lovers and champagne glasses, and words of lust, love and anger scrawled across mirrors.

Delicious and show-stopping, Nars Heat Wave, a warm bricy red,  makes an entrance at 17.00
www.narscosmetics.co.uk

Lady Danger for vampy days-it does what it says on the tin, 12.00
www.maccosmetics.co.uk

Experiment with colour at Barry M-Pillar Box red rocks and its only 3.95!
www.barrym.com

Ms Lisa’s favourite red is boudoir by bnevertoobusytobebeautiful – an amazing bluey red that brings out her big brown eyes and it’s 100% vegan too! £9.80 www.bnevertoobusytobebeautiful.co.uk

For a rosy glow, Benetint is a firm favourite with most of our glamourous gal-pals and for 22.50, it’s not only for your lips, but your cheeks too!
www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk

And now somewhere to stash all of them…..Miss L and I are in LOVE with this purse! If you didn’t read our Sassy List with the gorgeous lady behind the label, you can read it here.

www.bedcrumb.co.uk £18.50

So, girls, whats your mean red – care to share?

At the beginning of this year, I decided to take some time out from being a Little Red Corvette to slow down and find a bit more love for myself as I was feeling very lost. This was all very well for a few months, and I did indeed slow down – to the point where I wasn’t shaving my legs – it was then I knew that it was time to get back in the game.

During this dry spell, I was being texted by a cheeky plumber I know who adamant on getting me out and in his company. I’d resisted and resisted as he hadn’t been my ‘type’ (too boyband looking for me with his highlighted hair) until eventually his persistence wore me down, and  I gave in under the premise that he was relatively amusing, and to create my own little social experiment to see if that old adage about men being like buses, was in fact true.

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From high fashion to high street, Material Girl by Imogen Edward-Jones is a journey to the dark side of the world’s most glamorous industry. Using a world renown source, you get exclusive access to a world where women get paid tens of thousands for getting dressed in the morning and where a wrong skirt length can cost you your career…

Witty, naughty and full of gripping detail Material Girl explains the mark-ups, talks you through fashion’s two seasons and reveals the money and commerce behind one of the most international, lucrative and secretive of businesses. Not to mention drop a few hints about what really goes on in the dressing rooms…

This book will change the way you sashay through Top Shop, flick through the pages of Vogue and enter the portals of Harvey Nichols forever and is the inspiration for the brand-new BBC series, Material Girl, that will air in September.

www.amazon.co.uk £6.39

Unlock your attics, throw open your trunks, and dust off your great aunt’s frock collection, QueensOfVintage.com is your go-to site for vintage fashion, beauty, and interior style secrets. They’ve got more vintage style advice and gossip than you could wave a Mark Cross overnight bag at, so if you bask in Bakelite and frolic in frills, their dedicated team of vintage-obsessed writers and gurus are making it their mission to bring you all that’s fabulous in the vintage world – j’adore!

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On 18th September, fashion press and A-list celebrities will take their front row seats when On|Off Spring Summer 2010 collection previews kick off for five days of catwalk shows during London Fashion Week.

This year Scholl will be backstage at On|Off fashion shows and is looking to recruit a dedicated fashion follower to report on all the news from one of the hottest fashion events in the world.

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I am doing star-jumps of joy (in my undies, natch) as I scored a li’l face time with the queen of faux vintage lingerie and hoisery, Miss Katie Halford, the tres fabu lady behind What Katie Did.

Not only is the prettilicious What Katie Did collection available online, www.whatkatiedid.com, it can be purchased at their flagship boutique in the heart of London’s Portobello Road – damn, it’s a pretty shop! It’s like a really old fashioned corsetorium where you’ll be fitted correctly and advised by knowledgeable staff – if, like us, you’re totes retro-hearted and love, love, love pretty lingerie go visit – tell ‘em Sassy Minx sent you!

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Ohh Minxes, this is good. Really good.

Iconic, quirky and collectable, STEAMCREAM is quickly becoming the UK’s must-have and most coveted beauty item. Not only is the prod uniquely formulated using pure, unrefined steam for maximum absorption, each tin is decorated in a limited edition print – Jane, (the leopard print) only has a few left!

Get yours now at www.steamcream.co.uk priced at £9.95 before they run out for good!

Hola!

So, Ms L and I have taken a little time out to get inspired and drop some fun times, so I thought that it’s only fair to pass the feel-good feeling on, let you know what we’ve been doing (and buying, because c’mon, no one needs a break from shopping, right?!)

The bank holiday weekend was spent retro-stylee. We lunched at a BBQ and then went to the travelling fair with some tins of Strongbow – I know, I know, but I did pretty much co-ordinated my outfit to the can, that’s got to be a good thing hasn’t it? – and sang and danced to Lady Gaga’s new tune. Love her, or hate her we just can’t resist wanting to take a ride on her “Disco Stick”.

Our new thing du jour, is to only snog on dates as opposed to offering a full menu of service. We don ‘t know if its to do with the recession, but later on in the pub, we were speaking to lots of girls and boys who said they too are relishing a good pash-up over a drunken smash-up. It seems fitting then, that last week I was sent a gift of Urban Retreat’s Lip Service. An exfoliator, base to keep colour in, primer to moisturise and gloss to make your lips zing and I feel like I got some of the best bee-stung, kissable lips in town.

£19.50 www.beautique.com

To chill, I read the hilarious “Its Not Me, Its You” by Charlotte Ward. Punchy, straight-to the point and plenty of moments we can all relate to, although there are also a LOT of moments that made me realise my break-ups have been a walk-in-the-park in comparison – I just couldnt put it down. Break up stories don’t usually appeal to me, but hey, we’ve all been there with the Kleenex and the ice cream tub, haven’t we? Whether you’ve been scorned or not, this is a must-read.

£5.99 www.amazon.co.uk

Im off to the white isle of Ibiza next week, so I treated myself to a treat in the form of a screenstar-esque bikini from Pistol Panties. Its not often I get to feel like Brigitte Bardot in St Tropez, but this well cut bikini not only covers my derriere the way it should, its so very, very pretty that I could forgive the price tag.

www.pistolpanties.com

Finally, what with the amazing bank holiday weekend I’ve had, and the fantastic things I’ve been doing and looking forward to, this ring seems to sum it all up – I know I’ll be glancing down at it and twirling it round my finger when I’m feeling glum at work. ‘Think Of Wonderful Thoughts’ by Disney Couture. Walt might have misled us with his fairytale endings, but it’s the moments of joy, that spring from thoughts that make a girl feel the real magic.
£25.00 www.asos.com

I am beyond excited about seeing 500 days of Summer. Not least because I have a huge girl-crush on Zooey Deschanel. Out tomorrow, Sept 2nd, this movie is about boy meeting girl. Boy falling in love. And girl? Well, she kinda doesn’t.

The blurb: From the moment Tom Hanson (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) lays eyes on Summer Finn, he knows he’s found the one. Beautiful, charming and witty, she’s the perfect woman.

Except for one little problem. Summer (Zooey Deschanel) doesn’t believe in love, relationships are messy, so why not just have fun? Over 500 days, Tom experiences the euphoric highs and agonising lows of love in a sharp, funny comedy that tells it how it really is.

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