In which I embrace a pink lip

It took some doing

As women grow older, we’re supposed to transition from redder to pinker lip shades, or so the prevailing wisdom goes. I’m behind this notion theoretically—reds start to look harsh against older skin—but for ages I couldn’t locate a pink that didn’t look at best, slightly off, and at worst, deeply clownish on me. I had more or less accepted that pink jus…