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Nail polish -> healthy nails -> healthy body -> lots of resources & good genetics.

Lipstick -> red lips -> sexual symbol (looks similar to vaginal labia) -> more reproductive choice

Sure, I get that, as I also wrote here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6839794

But those are messages for the men, not for the woman who applies the lipstick. So is the desire basically to be sexually attractive like a woman? Or falling in love with one's reflection in the mirror?

I find it fairly obvious that natural seating contest must have worked in favor of women more inclined to beautify themselves (whether out of vanity or something else, doesn't matter at all).

Sure, but doesn't that mean that we agree there is no genetic disposition towards liking nail polish/lipstick? The reason people like lipstick is not that they have a genetic disposition to like lipstick, it's because lipstick fakes a sexual signal.

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