It’s one of those recurring images in fashion magazines, the sensuously parted perfectly lipsticked mouth. From the pillar box red of the geisha’s stylised lips to the deep purples that are filling our fashion magazines this season, there is something about a perfect pout that you can’t help but find amazingly sexy.

I found these pictures Cyana trend land, you can see that there has always been a fairly stock format for photography lips, make them full, make it close up, if you can get something protruding from the mouth, be it soft fruit or a wisp of cigarette smoke. And keep them on a blank canvas, the paler the skin the better, alabaster cheeks and chins from which a glorious full pout appears.

I have to say there is nothing quite like a woman wearing lipstick well, I have a friend who has one of the most glorious pouts know to man or beast.  She went through a wonderful stage of wearing rich red lipstick covered with red glitter. It was one of the most captivating sights. You couldn’t take your eyes of her lips.

It isn’t one of looks you can keep going all night, lips are all about first impressions, the entrance. Those looks when some ones gaze flicks from your lips to your eyes. A heavily lipsticked mouth is a statement makeup, halfhearted just doesn’t cut it.

Now you’ll have to excuse me while I go and blow a ridiculous amount of money on lipstick. Here are some of the most wonderful pouts fashion has to offer.