Kiss your old matte lipstick or gloss goodbye. Try Nouba Millebaci long-lasting lip color and you'll be a convert. These amazing beauty aids from Italy glide on and stay on, without drying the lips or leaving them sticky. Millebaci means 1,000 kisses in Italian, so pucker up: You can kiss for hours and it won't rub off. Forgo air kissing and lay a big smooch on your friend's cheek without leaving a trace.

The long-lasting lip color has a sweet, but not heavy, vanilla scent. Apply one coat or two for deep, rich color. Adelita on Queen Anne is the exclusive retailer in Seattle and carries eight shades from pale pink to purple to beautiful reds. I like # 30, a shimmery, copper color. It's a bargain at $16, since you rarely need to re-apply it.

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