As you know, <a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2009/10/06/first-look-bottega-veneta-spring-10/" target="_blank">I've been harping on all month long</a> about the beauty of a bold lip with an otherwise bare face. (Well, not <em>bare</em> bare—with my splotchy skin, that would be frightening—but as bare as you could reasonably leave the house with.) Here's another example of it at Giambattista Valli.

<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/crest_whitestrips_advancedseal1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3686" title="crest_whitestrips_advancedseal" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/crest_whitestrips_advancedseal1.jpg" alt="crest_whitestrips_advancedseal" width="200" height="200" /></a>While pinks seem to be the more popular choice for a bold lip next spring, that's not to say you couldn't do it in a saturated orangey-red like this. The problem, however (as I mentioned <a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/2009/09/22/fashion-week-donts-the-new-york-edition/" target="_blank">here</a>), is that orange-toned lipstick can make teeth look yellow. So before you do this, step it up with the teeth-whitening. Crest, by the way, happens to make an excellent product called <a href="http://www.whitestrips.com/en_CA/advanced-seal/index.jsp" target="_blank">Whitestrips Advanced Seal</a>, which you wear once a day for 30 minutes and grips to your teeth so well that you can even drink water at the same time. God, I just love technology.

<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/nars_velvetmattepencil_redsquare.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3687" title="nars_velvetmattepencil_redsquare" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/nars_velvetmattepencil_redsquare.jpg" alt="nars_velvetmattepencil_redsquare" width="250" height="250" /></a>Of course, my job here wouldn't be complete without suggesting a product that'll get you this look. And that, dear readers, is from NARS: the <a href="http://www.narscosmetics.com/Velvet-Matte-Lip-Pencil-C26_makeup_7.aspx" target="_blank">Velvet Matte Lip Pencil</a> in Red Square.

<em>Photo: Style.com</em>