TRENDING RIGHT NOW……. Berry
lips!
I recently stumbled across this photo of the very lovely,
the very gorgeous, Michelle Williams (I will warn you now – I am OBSESSED with
her). To me, Michelle rarely puts a fashion foot, or makeup brush wrong – she
knows what suits her and she sticks to it!
Michelle has a very minimal look to her makeup – with clear,
even, pale skin, mascara, liquid eyeliner and blush with nude or light pink
lips.
However, I found this photo of Michelle Williams with Berry Lips and my
eyes almost fell out of my head. Up until now, I haven’t been a big fan of
lipstick – I always though I looked like a bit of a clown with anything other
than a natural pink or nude colour. I was so impressed by Michelle’s look I
immediately raced out and got myself 2 different shades of berry lipstick – L’Oreal
Infallible Le Rouge in Blazing Sangria and Eternal Rose (approx. $24.95)
A great tip I got when I bought my new lipstick to see if it
will suit your tone, is to rub it on the pad of your fingertip and hold it
against your lips in front of the mirror to get a better idea of how it will
look on your face.
Here is my how-to...
In general it is a beauty rule than when wearing makeup,
choose one feature on your face to accentuate. For example, you can wear smoky
eyes, or a bright, bold lip, but NEVER both together (unless you are a pro).
Most times, if you try both together, you will look overdone and the effect won’t
be the same as we don’t know where to focus on your face.
Start with smoothing out your skin tone by applying your
favourite foundation. Apply a very light, neutral colour to your lids (try a
baby pink or a vanilla tone) and line with eyeliner on your top lash line only
(or forgo eyeliner altogether). I prefer liquid liner because it is more
defining and makes a bolder statement. Apply mascara to your top lashes only.
Line your lips with a pencil close to the shade of lipstick
you are going to wear. I found this is a must with darker colours to prevent
the colour ‘bleeding’ (leaking) outside your lip line. Follow the natural
outline of your lip. Apply your lipstick, rub lips together gently. You can
bite a tissue and then reapply if you like. You could also put some gloss over
the top to really make the colour pop – I like Revlon Super Lustrous gloss in
Pearl Plum (approx. $21.95) to go with berry shades.
Finish off your look with a light dusting of a pink blush on
your cheeks – make sure you don’t go overboard so you don’t look like a clown (i.e.
bright cheeks and lips).
I didn’t notice until later but the L’Oreal lipstick I
bought claimed that it would last up to 10 hours. This wasn’t a factor when I
purchased it, but I apply my lipstick at around 6am, and by the time I had had
a coffee and some lunch at midday, the colour was completely gone, so I am
lucky to get 6 hours out of it. So, I would strongly suggest that you put it in
your purse for touch ups throughout the day.
My only other tip for berry lips is to be careful what you
wear it with. Personally, I like to wear berry lips to brighten up a boring
black outfit, with some cute studs in my ears or simple accessories. Berry
looks lovely with the colours that are going to be hot this autumn – think fuchsia,
mustard and emerald green.
I think berry lips are going to be huge for autumn, so get
cracking!
