Let's Talk Lip

A subtle glow, a glossy finish, matte perfection, and that WOW factor. Every women has their idea of the perfect lip, and what it means to them. I have been a makeup lover since I was old enough to sit on a counter top watching my mom apply the layers of beautiful perfection, the war paint to take on her day. The creamy shades that adorned her eyes, the bright shades swept across her cheeks and that beautiful shade of mauve that she swiped across her mouth.

I fell in love with makeup and the way it transformed what was already beautiful into a masterpiece. As I grew up I dabbled in all kinds of makeup to find my perfect matches, but lipstick is a game of anything goes. There is a red, pink, nude shade for every skin type out there, it is just a matter of finding it, which is half the fun. For every bad shade I purchased a perfected one followed.

Lipstick to me is a power statement of the women who is wearing it, and it does not matter the shade. Walking into a board room with a bright red screams in-charge, a soft pink on a first date is a flirt all on its own, and nude lip on a summer morning screams I am ready for the day.

Lipstick can get us through the worst times. As Elizabeth Taylor once said.

I have had my moments where I am staring in a mirror, mascara running down my face wondering what I did wrong. If you haven't had this moment yet, at some point in your life you will, whether you're 20 or 60. At that very point I pull open my lipstick draw and put on the most vibrate color I can, smear it across my lips, and give my self a badass pep talk and move on with my day.

I want you to walk into any type of beauty supply store and look around. The shelves are stacked with everything from matte to gloss and sheer. The colors are more than just a rainbow, they exceed the spectrum of color possibilites. I am telling you on this day go out and bye a shade that intimidates you and wear it with confidence.

Like many styles lipstick never goes out and colors rotating through the years from your absoulute favorite to the one you wear on special occassions. I always go with a soft sheer nude or pink for a romantic date night and on those days I am feeling alittle spicy I pull out my trusted red. If you have not tried Ruby Woo yet from MAC cosmentics you are missing out and doing yourself a disservice.

My everyday go to is not as glamoures as I op for a lip oil or a nice gloss to give me a little something. I can count on my fingers the amount of days that my lips have not been slicked with a color,tint, or gloss. Its not just something I buy its part of my idenity.

Lipstick has power and not all women harness that said power. In my opinion nothing looks better than a confident attitude paired with a bad ass lipstick. It's a new year and we have all been through the ringer. If you are looking for a change start with something small, that can fit in your purse, that comes in any color you could think of. See where I am going with this?

Lipstick is meant to be fun, fearless and carefree and to me that is exactly what I want my 2022 to be.