I haven't been able to get summer lip colors off of my mind. When I was at Ulta the other day I saw a color called "HD Love." I mean, hello? Clearly, it was meant for me, it has my initials on it! I ended up getting the Smashbox color, which I love, but I couldn't stop thinking about the HD colors.
The cool thing about this website is that you can see each of the different colors as they look on a variety of different skin tones. The color I first tried on, Love, is a bright blue-red. I think it could be a cool summer color, and if I am being honest, I will probably get it before too long. I have a real problem when it comes to lipstick. Do you remember that episode of Sex and The City, where Carrie is trying to buy her apartment and cant because she spent all her money on shoes? And she says she is going to be the Old Woman Who Lived in Her Shoes? I may have to build a house made of lipstick. There are four of these colors that I am holding myself back from buying at this very moment:
Since my camera is a little fuzzy, those are flirtation, love seduction, and passion. And if you noticed that two of those colors aren't red, you are correct.
Red is definitely my true love, but summer is the perfect time to try and change things up a bit. I went back the next day to try flirtation, because its sort of a corally color, and apparently, I just cant let that go yet.
It applies really well, and it smells fabulous. Sort of peachy and sugary and fresh all at the same time. I love the scent, and that is something that you cant usually say about lipsticks in the drugstore pricepoint. These are a little pricier, they run about $9.00, but the smell is great. They are a little more sheer than I would like in a liquid, and you have to build up a few layers to really achieve a good color. Especially with the flirtation, it seemed to really settle into the lines on my lips and I had to apply several layers to get it to actually sit up.
I kind of love the seduction more than the flirtation because I feel like it could look good no matter what my hair color is, or what else is going on with my face. I'm having a thing about coral right now that will make me get the flirtation and then be sad about it later, but this color, I really really love. This is a really easy color to wear, anyone could slap this sucker on, and look polished. I think that this color probably looks better on pale people than on people with warm skin (which hardly ever happens) but I think really anybody could make this work.
I kind of want all eight shades, actually. I think they are all fantastic and are fun colors. They all smell amazing and seem to wear really well. I think they are all good bets.
The cool thing about this website is that you can see each of the different colors as they look on a variety of different skin tones. The color I first tried on, Love, is a bright blue-red. I think it could be a cool summer color, and if I am being honest, I will probably get it before too long. I have a real problem when it comes to lipstick. Do you remember that episode of Sex and The City, where Carrie is trying to buy her apartment and cant because she spent all her money on shoes? And she says she is going to be the Old Woman Who Lived in Her Shoes? I may have to build a house made of lipstick. There are four of these colors that I am holding myself back from buying at this very moment:
Since my camera is a little fuzzy, those are flirtation, love seduction, and passion. And if you noticed that two of those colors aren't red, you are correct.
Red is definitely my true love, but summer is the perfect time to try and change things up a bit. I went back the next day to try flirtation, because its sort of a corally color, and apparently, I just cant let that go yet.
It applies really well, and it smells fabulous. Sort of peachy and sugary and fresh all at the same time. I love the scent, and that is something that you cant usually say about lipsticks in the drugstore pricepoint. These are a little pricier, they run about $9.00, but the smell is great. They are a little more sheer than I would like in a liquid, and you have to build up a few layers to really achieve a good color. Especially with the flirtation, it seemed to really settle into the lines on my lips and I had to apply several layers to get it to actually sit up.
I ended up really liking it, but I think I can only wear it when my hair is really, really red, which it is right now. Red is a bitch of a color to upkeep and it fades like crazy. When it fades on me, it becomes sort of a reddish/brownish color, that I don't think this would mesh with very well. I kind of felt like a Barbie doll from the 1950's in this color. I just needed my striped swimsuit, winged eyeliner, and kitten heels. It was a fun, bright color, and with bright hair, and the pinkish undertones in my skin, I feel like it worked pretty well.
I'm also starting to think nude lips are kind of fun. I was resistant to it for a long time, because why would you want to make you lips the same color as the rest of your face, but its grown on me, in spite of myself. I decided to try out a couple of pre and post-makeup selfies to see what the difference really is. As it happened, it ended up that I didnt have any lipstick on.
I decided to try out the seduction in this line, which is really close to the American Girl I already own. Honestly, I don't need any of these colors, because I already own 18 other ones that are exactly the same, but I cant help it. I love lipstick. Love.
I kind of love the seduction more than the flirtation because I feel like it could look good no matter what my hair color is, or what else is going on with my face. I'm having a thing about coral right now that will make me get the flirtation and then be sad about it later, but this color, I really really love. This is a really easy color to wear, anyone could slap this sucker on, and look polished. I think that this color probably looks better on pale people than on people with warm skin (which hardly ever happens) but I think really anybody could make this work.
I kind of want all eight shades, actually. I think they are all fantastic and are fun colors. They all smell amazing and seem to wear really well. I think they are all good bets.
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