Images via Amazon and Ramy

Another day, another pink book, and another um, pink lipstick. In case you missed the newspaper headlines, last night's debate has been overshadowed by the announcement of, from what I can think of off the top of my head, the first lipstick designed in tandem with a book release. Laurie Graff's The Shiksa Syndrome, a chick-lit soiree about a Jewish girl who dyes her hair and gets contacts in order to seem like a more appealing non-Jew (i.e. "shiksa goddess") and attract a man. Oddly, there's no New York Times review, but Amazon sums it up thusly:

...Manhattan publicist Aimee Albert, who is Jewish and whose first love, Sam, died during 9/11, has just split with her goy boyfriend Peter McKnight. Desperate for a Jewish husband and children reared in the faith, Aimee, relying on an imagined Jewish male penchant for non-Jewish women (shiksas), loses mega poundage on a Depression Diet, straightens and dyes her dark hair red, pops in green contacts and becomes a Shiksa Barbie.

Of course her first love died in 9/11. Of course she's a "Manhattan publicist," (as opposed to say, a Queens publicist). Of course she's desperate for a husband and kids and obviously she has to capsize her looks and forfeit her true identity in order to trick a man into marrying her. Oy vey.

Anyway, we won't hold that against Ramy, a brow guru and makeup artist who always makes lovely products and who also actually wrote a good book about looking better (and therefore feeling better) while battling cancer. Check it out here, the man's a saint. Still, in a random partnership and an equally head scratching tag line: "This lipstick has so much sass, you are sure to forget about the Challah!"--oh yeah, for real--the limited edition Shiksa Goddess Lipstick is a "universally flattering pink rose shade with a subtle shimmer," and also contains avocado oil, vitamin E, and SPF 10. I guess besides all the shiksa silliness, it also caught my attention because come to think of it, I don't know one chick who wears pink lipstick, simply because it seems to be universally unflattering against most skin tones, not to mention makes your teeth look more yellow.

Informal beauty poll: Do you ever wear pink lipstick? What shade actually looks good (this one?)? Are you a shiksa? Does this book scare you in that way where you're deeply afraid, like it symbolizes this apocalyptic reaper galloping on a fiery steed from hell heralding the official end of great literature? Let us know.