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I don't remember where I picked up this bit of wisdom, but apparently during World War II British women were most likely to buy black market lipstick, French women wanted moisturizer and would use their ration cards to make homemade ones, and American women wanted stockings, or, failing that, leg paint.

Now I'm firmly in the moisturizing camp. The hardest thing about getting ready for surgery was not being able to put on moisturizer (I started using one nightly at 12 when the acne scrub the dermatologist prescribed gave me skin like the Sahara). I asked my sister for it right after my first ice chips when I got to the room.

Being able to paint my mouth crimson has never felt as important, although I do wear lipstick fairly regularly.

As for stockings or leg paint... I just don't know. In the winter, some good thick -- and colorful -- tights are part of my wardrobe, but I don't feel terrible letting my pale legs show in the summertime.


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