Tradition dictates that in summer months, lipstick should be traded in for something subtler and more sheer, such as a gloss or tinted balm.
He's so well spoken, his manners polished to such a high gloss, that -- aside from the fact that he's been a methamphetamine addict and career criminal since age 13 whose only formal education is a high-school degree earned in juvenile detention -- he could blend easily into a gathering of witty young professionals.
But the basic elements of the Civilization experience — "Do I build a barracks or a library?" "Do I pay tribute to the Mongols next door or go to war?" — have been balanced so delicately and polished to such a high gloss that most players will never miss the more advanced concepts.
But no one has polished the colonial look to such a high gloss as Ralph Lauren, whose most recent interpretation references the original uniform: Note the brass buttons, the set-in belt and the bellows pockets.
We followed Annemarie along a succession of ancient streets whose paving stones, buffed by a constant swish of soles over the centuries, have achieved such a satiny gloss that the approach of a scooter, with its headlamp dipping and swaying, made me think of those luminous perspectives you see in old editions of Dante's Inferno.
Dubai's thrusting itself into the 21st century with such a high gloss has, unfortunately, removed most of what once constituted a historic culture, with old neighborhoods razed to make way for the new.
A gloss such as Estée Lauder's Pure Color High Intensity Lip Lacquer in Electric Wine will give a glassier appearance.
Ultimately such choreographic notions function as a gloss on the play, like literary criticism made flesh – and there are as many ideas as there are choreographers.
"It's such a vast field". But Gloss says the most valuable cookbooks aren't commercial best sellers, like the array of Barefoot Contessa cookbooks by Ina Garten, or the raft of books by celebrity chefs.
Such arguments gloss over an important distinction.
