Most of us who choose to adorn makeup are probably not inclined to admit that its purpose is to satisfy a human drive known as vanity. Instead, I often try to liken my face to an empty canvas so as to invoke a greater sense of morality to the art of pimple-concealing and eye-brightening. That being said, there is certainly great talent to be had among those artists who look to makeup as more than a means of concealment, those who are experts at bringing out a person’s inner beauty via the stroke of a carefully managed mascara wand (among other various tools) deserve great praise and adoration.

Indeed, it is this makeup-palette-meets-artist’s-palette concept that Clinique embraces this season in the form of the ingeniously designed Vitamin C Lip Smoothie Antioxidant Lip Colour “flow-through” brush. The brush is clean upon first encounter, and just a few turns of the product’s base will permit the colour to rise forth from within the wand resulting in smooth, easy application that strongly resembles the strokes used by a watercolor painter.

The product itself is comprised of a variety of healing ingredients, including vitamin C, which helps to condition lips, in addition to other antioxidants, primarily pomegranate and – in continuation of the food-to-makeup tradition initially presented by coffee and green tea extracts- acai berry. Antioxidants, we are told, provide protection from damaging environmental aggressors.

If readers are not already sold on the miraculous brush design, please also consider that Clinique’s Vitamin C Lip Smoothie Antioxidant Lip Colour is additionally long-lasting, nourishing, and easy to use, and should certainly be included on any makeup maven’s list of essential cosmetic must-haves coming out this season.

Jessica Stein