Lipstick Sales Are Hot Nationwide.

Byline: Catherine Fitzpatrick

Nov. 29--Martha Clark is looking for the perfect orange.

Lipstick, that is.

With one swift, practiced motion she swipes a streak of Ginger Brandy color across her wrist. Glamour in a tube for a mere $18.50.

For Clark, hunting and foraging for lipsticks is a small indulgence. These days, she has plenty of company.

Nationwide, sales of lipstick are hotter than the firecracker shades women are scooping up.

Across the giant Estee Lauder empire -- which includes Bobbi Brown, Clinique, MAC and Prescriptives -- lipstick sales are zooming. MAC lip products, for instance, are up 12 percent in the last three weeks over the same period a year ago. Laura …