Even with a strong eye, I look much better if there is a hint of color on my lips. Volupté Sheer Candy wears like a balm, but it packs enough hue to look more interesting than just a slick of moisturizer. If pale roses are my most difficult shades, everything bright is second nature. No cherry blossoms for me. On the other hand hand, the texture is gorgeous–creamy without heft the lipstick glides on easily, doesn’t settle into fine lines and doesn’t bleed.Ĭool Bright Pink Yves Saint Laurent Volupté Sheer Candy #4 Succulent Pomegranate (#1 from the left) I’ve succumbed to it, because I had an optimistic notion that it could work on my sallow, pale complexion and I’ve been coveting the cherry blossom tinted lips from Japanese beauty magazines. Tsuyazakura from the Japanese brand Suqqu is much cooler on me than it appears in my swatch, but it’s true to its name, which means “cherry blossoms”. Scent: none Suqqu Creamy Glow Lipstick 03 Tsuyazakura (#3) Revlon is consistently among my favorite lipsticks but mostly for its reds–Fire & Ice, Cherries in the Snow, Revlon Red. Lustrous Matte formula can be a touch drying, so I wear it over a thin layer of balm. Scent: none Revlon Super Lustrous Matte Lipstick Sky Pink (not pictured)Ī beautiful pale cool pink without too much white.
PK5 is pink on a warm base, with a generous dose of silvery shimmer. On my lips, it’s pale, too much so, and the shimmer is pronounced. Lavshuca is a Japanese drugstore brand, owned by Kanebo, and Moist Melting Rouge is very comfortable to wear if you have dry lips. Scent: retro raspberry-rose, pleasant enough. The formula is balmy and creamy, but the shimmer gives it a slight heft. Shimmer makes it appear much lighter on lips than it appears in the swatch. Guerlain’s KissKiss Baby Rose 368 is tea rose petal pink, with a generous dose of golden microshimmer. Guerlain KissKiss Baby Rose 368 (#1 from the left) Even more than with colors, I’m obsessed with textures. If you do as well, I have no qualms recommending these selections for their gorgeous formulas. They will be going to my mother who looks beautiful in pale pink. I harp on about not buying perfume blindly, but I clearly don’t practice what I preach when it comes to lipsticks. All four lipsticks in this group were either blind purchases or optimistic acquisitions. Pale rose and pale pinks are difficult shades for me to wear I instantly look washed out.
I added short fragrance notes, in case you’re picky about this aspect of your lipstick. I prefer my cosmetics unscented, but some of my favorite formulas have a strong scent. The result is a selection of mini-reviews. The swatching exercise below was done chiefly to organize my stash.
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While reds and berries suit my pale complexion well, roses and pinks can emphasize the yellowish cast of my skin and make me look as if I haven’t slept for days. I want all of the roses on my lips.īut alas, roses proved to be a difficult case. Of course, it’s also an excuse for adding to my makeup wardrobe, because as I delve further into my embroidery and as the summer roses bloom with more abandon, my collection grows steadily. One pink is suddenly not enough.
Depending on the texture and transparency, the same hue can take a different cast, not to mention the effect provided by your own skin. Makeup is a natural way to explore color, because face products–lipstick, blush, eyeshadow, powders–allow for an infinite variation of shades and gradations of tones. When I’m not admiring the exquisite detail of local plumbing, I indulge my color obsession via my makeup kit. “Wouldn’t that be a great pairing!” I think as I walk over a chocolate brown grate that my Brussels commune stamps with its lemon yellow seal. I blame my current infatuation with color on taking up embroidery after a long hiatus. As I play with fabric and thread and search for the right kind of ivory to sparkle against white linen, I give more thought to the colors around me, sometimes even too much.
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