The Perfect Red Lips
As we all know, red lips are huge right now. All the cool kids are doing it. So, I want to do it too. But who knew finding the perfect hue would be such a du-ty? (Get it? Hue, du … duty. Rhymes. A little. No?) Literally months passed where I’d try on every lipstick within reach—fire engine red, cherry red, brick red. But nothing. They were all too bright or too orange or too something—just not the classy red I was looking for. Then came TheBalm, rather, a package of TheBalm products. This was it. I’d found my perfect red in their Plump Your Pucker tinted gloss in Strawberry My Daquiri (which is described as a ruby shimmer and is awesome). Success! Until I came to work, told a friend we’ll call Klonda Kleinhart for anonymity’s sake that I’d finally found the perfect red, and was informed that my new lips were really in the pink family. Foiled again! The good news: I found the perfect pinky red lip gloss. Bad news: I’m still on the hunt for a real red.
Oh, illusive red lip, will I ever find you? Any suggestions from you TalkShoppers out there? Please help!
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My lips tend to turn every “red” lipstick pink. If you have the same problem, go to Chanel (preferably at Stanley Korshak and ask for Audrey, my personal beauty hero). They’ve got that new-ish gloss - thicker than a glossimer and it’s a clicky tube which is fun (Creme Gloss Lumiere). Plum Souffle makes my lips the perfect shade of red. When I walked into Mi Cocina to meet a table of guy friends I immediately got compliments all around, AND my boss even loved the color so much she picked one up.
That sounds amazing (and delicious). I’ll have to try it.
Katie-
You beat me to it! The go to gal in town for ANYTHING make up related is Audrey at Stanley Korshak. She will not sell you something that does not look good on you and if you walk in with something heinous on your face, she’ll tell you to wipe it off!
I’ve got to meet this Audrey woman. She sounds heaven sent.
I may pay a visit to Audrey, too!
[...] said she had one for me to try called Rapturous. The problem is, like Katie discussed in a previous blog, reds always end up looking pink against my fair yellow-toned skin. Plus, I alway feel I need to [...]
Girl…you gotta go check out my “Red lip” tutorial….