Would you pay Rs 25,000 for a lipstick or buy a Rs 10,000 mascara and Rs 15,000 concealer? Luxury brand makeup is the new ‘status’ symbol, even if it costs an arm and a leg

xWalk into a luxury boutique today, and you might find a £2,000 handbag sharing shelf space with a lipstick priced at nearly the same amount as your electricity bill. Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Gucci — the gods of couture — have decided that their next runway isn’t fabric, but faces. Glosses, bronzers, and mascaras are now paraded as the latest must-have accessories, sparking a frenzy of intrigue, scepticism, and social-media snark. But as beauty counters turn into catwalk extensions, one question refuses to leave the mirror: Does a luxury brand lipstick really deserve the same reverence as a monogrammed tote?

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