IMAGINE having a lipstick so expensive that every single after-dinner touch-up costs you hundreds of dollars – per lip. This week, French cosmetics house Guerlain – lipstick innovators since the 1920s – launches KissKiss Gold and Diamonds – a $62,000 lip color wrapped in a 110-gram, 18-karat gold tube encrusted with 199 conflict-free diamonds weighing 2.2 carats, rubies and emeralds. It can be custom-engraved and will be sold exclusively through private consultations at Bergdorf Goodman.
Whew. At this price, we’re hoping the lipstick comes with a built-in Mr. Right (for kissing, obv) and the consultation will buy our kids admission to Princeton.
For the price of 310,000 Wendy’s chicken nuggets, a 2007 Cadillac Escalade, or nearly 400,000 Harry Potter Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans from Dylan’s Candy Bar, lipstick lovers are granted a personal appointment with Olivier Echaudemaison, Guerlain’s artistic director, and a custom-made shade housed – along with its own lip brush and protective black suede pouch – in a black lacquered case.
Counting pennies? Save on the $5,192.50 sales tax by having the store ship it – for a nominal $12.75 fee – out of state. Now that’s a bargain.
Seriously, maybe the real reason French women don’t get fat is because they can’t afford to eat and mess up their lipstick.
Make appointments now for consultations beginning Dec. 1 at Guerlain, Bergdorf Goodman, by calling (212) 872-2734.