I just don't get the lipstick obsession. My husband doesn't either; he thinks I look great with or without it and doesn't really give an opinion beyond that, but I KNOW he doesn't like kissing a mouth full of lipstick. Blech, who would? I think that control-wise, it's pretty useful to have people overly worried about tiny details, like reapplying lipstick 500 times a day. It keeps them from noticing other things wrong in the company, ministry, relationship or other sick system. 

Man looks at the outer appearance, God looks at the heart. It makes me wonder what church leaders today who focus on image and appearance so much would do if they came face to face with Christ incarnate: "....he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him." (Isaiah 53:2). Slap a little lipstick on him! ; )