Susan Strzemien, mother of Anya Strzemien, Style Editor, Huffington Post Media Group

My mother's beauty advice was simple, and passed down from her mother: wash your face with just soap and water and always wear lipstick.

She has declared Revlon's shimmery coral gloss 24K Orange to be the "most perfect" lipstick color for me, so naturally I rebel by wearing a fiery red matte by Sephora pretty much every single day.

I really do share my mother and grandmother's lipstick tenet, however: no outfit is complete without it.