Beauty spot: berry lips

Exciting – the 1940s are "in". Powdered egg, gravy instead of tights, no bananas and the threat of death by bombs. Brilliant stuff. Also, dark lipstick. Covers up the sores. Plus, makes you look glamorous, which, of course, was the religion back then. Gucci did the best berry lips over Fashion Week – saturated colour, exquisitely shaped, matte, dark as you like. Try NARS Train Bleu Velvet Matte lip pencil (£17.50, spacenk.co.uk ) and concentrate on the outline – it needs to be as close to perfect as someone like you can achieve. For a serious lip, stain them first, with make-up or wine, and shiver a touch of powder over at the end. Layer colour until it looks like suede. Alternatively… Givenchy, £19.50, 01932 233 824 Model's Own, £5, boots.com Topshop, £8, topshop.com Chantecaille, £29, harrods.com Stila, £16, 0845 003 5330