I have had sufficient conversations with girlfriends over the 40 years I have worn some version of red on my lips at 12 it was Bonnie Bell lip gloss that had a red tint to understand that red lips are not for everyone, but nothing makes me feel more immediately and divinely feminine even if I am working in the garden and covered with mud, or sitting here at my computer writing than putting on red lipstick. Some months ago a journalist posted an enquiry on HARO asking how to choose the right shade of red lipstick.
A recent study at the University of Manchester confirms that men, even totally clueless ones, will fixate on lips wearing red for an average of 7. Maybe that is the point β as I see it the sweeping romantic leading man of my dreams will want to ravage my mouth heedless of the consequences! To order my book, please click on the cover art of my book below, thank you!
It could be his octogenarian age which made this such a natural thing to do β though the last man was certainly not his age peer and I believe was a member of a German fraternity half of my then age of I understand from my girlfriend that in all the years she has known him he has never kissed her hand.
It is gallant in the extreme, and evidently most American men often think it is silly or feel stupid attempting it , but this nearly archaic sign of regard for a woman Il est incroyable! For those of you who have never bestowed such, nor received, allow me to explain why this is such a high form of regard. It is an unusually formal gesture. There are rules of engagement β of course, thank you Raven Emrys for the following three points:. You know the woman intimately and you offer your open hand to her and she accepts it as we see in the picture of the elderly couple.
I gently clasp his hand while I verbally expressed my delight in finally having the occasion to meet him and how much I had enjoyed our conversation. On his part it was completely without artifice β he simply took my outstretched hand, gently cupping my fingers in his palm, lifted my hand to his mouth and kissed the spot just behind the knuckles of my two middle fingers.
