Model and writer Laura Bailey has been wearing Charlotte Tilbury’s Hot Lips in Tell Laura for two years

“When my dear friend Charlotte Tilbury said she wanted to design a lipstick for me to celebrate our friendship, I was so honoured. Red is my favourite colour, so we both instinctively knew where it should sit in the colour family, but we wanted a shade that would suit everyone. In the end, we chose a warm geranium colour that looks super glamorous on all skintones. It quickly became my signature look – I don’t feel complete without it and I don’t look like me when I’m not wearing it. Naturally, it’s now wrapped up in some of my favourite memories; I paired it with my dream hot pink Emilia Wickstead gown at the British Fashion Awards in 2014 and it made me feel incredibly powerful walking down the red carpet. On days when I feel more casual, I like to apply it with my finger for a more diffused look. I still have the lab samples and there’s a few half-used ones rolling around in the bottom of my handbags and coat pockets. I have to keep a few on me as my friends always steal them, such is its power to suit all. Over the years of use, the angled tip gets softer and more rounded. Lipstick definitely has the power to transform my mood, but this is more than a lipstick; it’s my personality wrapped up in rose gold packaging.”

Hot Lips Lipstick in Tell Laura, £24, Charlotte Tilbury (charlottetilbury.com)

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