Red Lipstick!

So .. I have a thing for red lipsticks - it just looks so striking when you see a girl with a bare face and a shock of bright red lips!  A la ... 

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Anywho I can't seem to stop buying red lipsticks despite the fact that I rarely use them ... Here are the four I have (left to right: Trish McEvoy "Kisses," Shiseido "RD 514,", Chanel Rouge Allure "Passion," and Revlon "Coral."  My favorite of the four is probably the Shiseido because it's more of a plum-y red.  

The Chanel is a true, in-your-face fire engine red, a touch on the pink side.  The Revlon is a coral, orange-y red that I wore maybe once during the summer (before I probably swiped it off).  I'm wearing the Chanel lipstick in the pic on the right.  Now that I look at this pic it does look more pink, actually ... 

I'm wearing the Trish McEvoy today and I should probably take a picture but I am not so good at selfies ;)

I love red lipsticks.  I VOW to go through all four of these lipsticks this year!!! I just have to remember to take it EASY on the blush :) 

What are your favorite red lipsticks?  How do you ladies feel about wearing it?  Trashy?  Elegant?  

Is it OK to wear red lips during the day or for PM only???

Lisa

Wedding day makeup & hair

It's been a while, blogger land!  Lots of fun goings-on have occurred in the past few months, most especially Maria & Arden's wedding!  Maria & Arden were married in my hometown borough of Queen (holler!) and it was a beautiful ceremony followed by some serious dancing. 

Arden if you're reading this, JD envied your moves :)  Maria if you're reading this, I envied your curls!!

Speaking of curls I have finally found the perfect curling iron - it's a 1 1/2" curling iron made by Hot Tools.  It's expensive but Ulta had them on sale a while ago so I bought it!  And it's perfect.  Just the perfect width to give you beachy waves! I used to have a 1" curling iron but I found it gave me beauty-pageant curls ... anyway here it is - go get it!  

Back to the wedding!  I was in a rush that day so I didn't get to mess with my hair much ... I parted it in the middle, because I wanted change, but change sometimes isn't all that good eh... not happy with the middle part but oh well!  How pretty are Iris & Yvette!  Yvette had some serious Great Gatsby-hair, loved it!!! 

On to makeup ... oh man, I decided to be a little adventurous and glued on some false "wispies" - you know, the individual false lashes.  They are HARD to put on but after a few tries I got it!  I trimmed them a tiny bit because they were looking very long.  In the end I was happy with them!! I put just 1 on each eye.  

My face as always was a shiny disco-ball.  I give up, nothing works!  That Rimmel anti-shine powder I wrote about a while ago only works for the first 30 minutes after you apply it.

That's all for tonight, ciao!

Lisa