The beauty spot: lip gloss

Do you know what, I'm thinking about getting back into lip gloss. I know! Sure, it can make your mouth look like an overripe melon, and sure, I know it's hard to walk down the street without getting flies and hair stuck to your glistening lips, but something in me says it's time. Lip-gloss time. I'm working up to YSL's new glosses ( Rouge pur Couture Vernis à Lèvres , £22.50, yslbeauty.co.uk ), which are fabulous but quite serious. In the meantime Clinique's Chubby Sticks (£16, 0870 034 2566) are a lovely interim gloss, somewhere between a lip balm and your goddaughter's best crayons. Alternatively... Stila £15, asos.com Givenchy £22.50, 01932 233 824 Tom Ford £32, selfridges.com Clinique £16, 0870 034 2566