When fashion-forward types like him start advocating pink and you see it popping up in a lead rather than supporting role in makeup collections, you know it is time to give it a go again.
I've always loved a classic red lipstick and, in recent times, have been pleased to find the right warm nudes for every day and to play around with coral and cyclamen, but when it comes to that everywoman colour of rose pink it has been a firm no thanks.
I realise I've been guilty of pretty much writing off an entire colour family, based on that aversion. An aversion held without good reason, because as Vinson knows, pinks do flatter.
Rose pink especially suits my colouring, even if I think it may be a tad boring.
So, with pinks coming up roses again - and Valentine's Day taking hold of our senses - it seems timely to reconsider.
The boring thing about having pre-conceived ideas might be that I've written off a pretty proposition as a safe selection rather than owning it as a style statement.