The Best of French Beauty
Author, Francophile and emigrant Emma Beddington shares the crème de la crème of continental cosmetics.
When I was 16, I fell hopelessly in love with France. North Yorkshire was all bearded historical reenacters, sheep and cosy tearooms, whilst France had Serge Gainsbourg, Yves Saint Laurent, amazing cakes and the ever-present suggestion of sex. I wanted all of that, fast. It also appeared from my crazed teenage francophile perspective that France did beauty far better than England. My extensive study of French Elle magazine indicated that French women were allowed to be interested in literature, politics and lipstick which seemed a far better deal than anything on offer in provincial 1990s England, where my second wave feminist mother insisted on a reeducation session when I expressed an interest in shaving my legs. Either, it seemed to me, I stayed in York and ended up serving herbal tea at consciousness raising workshops in the vegetarian café, or I moved to France and got to have sex with Daniel Auteuil whilst wearing Chanel lipstick. This was not a difficult decision. When I moved to France to teach English, one of the very first things I did was buy myself a Chanel lipstick – Félin, a soft, pinky brown nude (this was the 1990s) and I continued to accumulate product throughout my time there, so much so I needed an huge vanity case to cart it all to university the next autumn. Whilst provincial France was a disappointment in many respects (the absence of Da...
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