lip service

As some of you might know, I love beauty products--LOVE! I pass Sephora and it is physically hard for me to walk by without going in. A Bloomies makeup counter is practically like my heaven. Anything remotely related to a moisturizer, lipstick, nail polish, hair conditioner--you name it, I love it. I find comfort in incredibly pleasant fragrances, ridiculously perfect skin creams and the wonderful feeling I get after washing my face with 'just the right' cleanser.

Because of this, I have decided to incorporate a weekly beauty moment in my blog. This will include my own personal tips, suggestions or just 'aha' moments I am having that particular week.

This week, well I should actually say the last two weeks, I have been having an 'aha' moment with statement lips, specifically red ones. I know, I know...many of you fashionistas out there would say I am behind with the times, but I think this trend isn't going anywhere. I think you just need to adjust the red depending on the season.

I have been trying to work red lips into my look for the past six months and it has not been working out. After seeing one of my fabulous co-workers pull the look off with ease, I thought I need to re-visit my originally failed effort. She looked chic and gorgeous in her red lips.

So, I went to try on the lip pencil she bought (exact shade) and again I looked terrible and unsophisticated. I found out that I was searching in all the wrong shades. My co-worker is blonde, so she is going to look completely different in a shade than I would...me being a brunette.

I decided to try a slightly darker shade of red and voila!! I actually look chic and sophisticated [see pic below].

The color is NARS CRUELLA Velvet Matte Lip Pencil (fabulous and so creamy)

So go ahead and try a ruby red lip...and don't be discouraged if it takes a while!

HAPPY WEEKEND everyone:)