Look: 4th of July with Red Lips

It was one of the best 4th of July’s I’ve had in a long time. We went over to our friend’s place around 1pm and stayed until after 1 in the morning! We ate bbq, chips & dip, drank some wine and beer, played poker, hung out at the spa, played Apples to Apples, and watched fireworks. Of course there was also a lot of laughter and good conversation too. Today’s my friend Marie’s birthday, so I gotta give her a shout out - Happy Birthday Marie! Ok now on to what I wore…

It was a toss up between wearing a blue shirt and doing bright blue eyes or wearing a red shirt and doing red lips. I threw both around for a while because I like the red shirt better, but red lips is hard to keep up with all day long! In the end, I decided to go with the shirt that I felt was more flattering, and decided to keep up with the red lips, and it worked! Thank you YSL!

So what did you all do makeup-wise for the 4th??

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For this look I used:

  • Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Bare Study PP (base), Bobbi Brown Nudes Palette: Pebble (inner lid), Maple Sugar (middle lid), Caviar (outer lid & crease), Beige Linen (highlight), Smolder Kohl (liner), Plushlash mascara
  • Cheeks: Bobbi Brown Flame Shimmer Blush + Bobbi Brown Nude Shimmer Brick
  • Lips: Brick lipliner + YSL Rouge Velupte #18

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Look: Lips are Buzzin’

I’m in a total pickle…maybe you can help me out. So I went to the MAC counter yesterday to place my Norstrom Anniversary pre-orders, and my favorite MA James talked saw me and brought me over…and talked me into buying a lot of Naked Honey stuff. Now, I had already told myself that I wasn’t going to buy anything until the F&F sale (25% off!). I like most of what I got…so my dilemma is this: do I keep what I got, and just say oh well to the 25% off, or do I return most of it (unused) to a different location and then re-purchase online and get the discount? What should I do? I guess I’m only conflicted because I don’t like to return stuff. I know it counts against them, and I dunno. Thoughts? Advice?

I had to use the lippies…just couldn’t wait, so I won’t be returning those. But to not use my Honey Light Powder…that took a LOT of my willpower!

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For this look I used:

  • Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Cash Flow PP (base), Larua Geller Devil’s Food (outer lid & crease), Laura Geller Mint (middle lid), light side of Heat Element MES (inner lid & highlight), Bobbi Brown Black Ink (liner), UD 24/7 Zero +Carbon+UD24/7 Zero (waterline), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
  • Cheeks: Springsheen blush + Refined MSF
  • Lips: Buzz lipglass

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Look: Gray with Dark Lips

The lips looked great when I looked in the mirror…forgive the close-ups :-) I wore this look on a day when I had to make a really important presentation to the whole faculty! Despite some technical difficulties, it went pretty well. And apparently people think I’m “dressed up” when I wear darker lips. Go figure!

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For this look I used:

  • Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Seedling (inner lid), Remotely Gray (middle lid), Print (outer lid & crease), Daisychain (highlight), Penultimate Liner (upper lashline), Guerlain Loose Kohl Powder #01 Noir (waterlines), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
  • Cheeks: Laura Geller Pink Grapefruit Mineralized Blush
  • Lips: Chanel Perplex l/s + Coach Freesia lipgloss

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Look: Firey Lipstick

This YSL lipstick reminds me of fire! It’s so firey!

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For this look I used:

  • Eyes: UDPP (primer), Soft Ochre PP (base), Bisque (inner & middle lid), Kid (upper middle lid), Copperplate (outer lid & crease), Brown Script (above crease), Brulé (highlight), Penultimate liner (upper lashline), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
  • Cheeks: Laura Geller Pink Grapefruit Mineralized Blush
  • Lips: YSL Rouge Pur #41

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Look: Neutral Eyes & Red Lips

Very easy look for ya! Of course I love showing off my HG red lipstick!!!

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For this look I used:

  • Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette, UD 24/7 Stash (upper lashline), Feline Kohl Power (waterline), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
  • Cheeks: Eversun BPB
  • Lips: YSL Rouge Velupte #18

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Look: For the Flight Home

I know you’re probably super-duper tired of me forgetting the specific breakdown for my looks lately…I blame my “vacation” which made me unfocused. So I apologize for that! I DO know that I used Expensive Pink in the middle, probably Typographic on the outer lid & crease. On the lips was Guerlain Matte Lipgloss #2. This was the look I did for our long flight back to the mainland where we watched “Confessions of a Shopaholoic” which was great! I’m totally like her…except only with makeup haha! :-)

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Look: Other e/s Experiment

I got some different kinds of eyeshadows and decided to put them together and see what came out of it…that’s 5 different brands on my eyes! Wow!

**Edit** I have since returned the Chantecaille Sel and Guerlain Holy Smoke…they were very expensive, and there were other things I wanted to have more, so I compromised with myself by exchanging. They were great shadows and what really stood out was their texture…but they just didn’t give me the same kind of excitement as my new lippies do :-)

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For this look I used:

  • Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Greenstroke PP (base), Chantecaille Sel (inner lid), Guerlain Holy Smoke Mineralized shadow (middle lid), Amber Lights (outer lid), Carbon (crease), Femme-Fi (highlight), Orpheus Kohl Power (liner), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
  • Cheeks: NARS Super Orgasm
  • Lips: Guerlain Terracotta Velvet Matte Lipgloss #1

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Look: Jupiter for Graduation

The day I did this look, it was C-Track 8th grade graduation day at my school. I wore a new dress that had pink and red flowers, so I centered my look around wearing the Chanel Glossimer Jupiter. I don’t know why I found it so surprising that I got so many compliments on it, but I did. Probably because I just thought it was “ok, another red gloss” on me, but others were like “wow, that looks so great on you!” Thanks! :-) Since I wore the red lips, had to do something semi-neutral on the eye.

For this look I used:

  • Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Bisque (inner lid & highlight), Kid (middle lid), Coppering (outer lid & crease), UD 24/7 Zero (liner), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
  • Cheeks: Dior Bronze Harmonie de Rose Brazille Blush
  • Lips: Cherry l/l + Chanel Jupiter Glossimer

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Swatches: Chanel Lumier Celeste Collection Glossimers

Lip swatches! Of course I fell in love with all of them! These pictures didn’t capture the glitteriness of them either which bummed me out. Maybe if I wear them with looks or with some lipstick underneath they’ll come out more. Several are very pigmented. Jupiter looks very similar to Red Shine that came out before the holidays. I swatched all of them at once, so some of them are not very perfect at all! Wiping off each one then reapplying made my lips say owie! :-) Hopefully it’s worth it! Enjoy!

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Bottom: Cosmos, Jupiter, Meteore, Mica

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Look: My HG Red Lipstick!!

I can officially say that I have found my HG (holy grail) red lipstick! Yves Saint Laurent’s Rouge Allure in either #17 or #18 are my red lipstick to end all red lipsticks. I’m pretty confident that I will not buy another red lipstick again (unless it is like magic or something). This stuff goes on like butter, stays on like a stain, and is moisturizing, smooth, vibrant…it doesn’t fade or clump or bleed into my lips. If you’re not convinced, then I urge you to go to your local YSL counter (Nordstrom, Saks, Neiman, or even Sephora!) and get them to try it on you. Then go the rest of the day or night, or just shopping trip and take a look. You’ll be convinced and rush back to get it!

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For this look I used:

  • Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Rubenesque PP (base), All That Glitters (inner lid), Expensive Pink (middle lid), Amber Lights (outer lid), Illusionary Burning Ambition Mineralized e/s (brown for crease, light gold for highlight), Orpheus Kohl Power (liner), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
  • Cheeks: Bobbi Brown Flame Shimmer Blush
  • Lips: Brick l/l + YSL Rouge Allure l/s #18

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