Beauty Without Fuss

Sunday 14 February 2010

Valentine lip colour

Mr Lippie and I went out for dinner last night, and this was the make up look I created for the occasion (forgive the crappy iPhone pic):



It's a very clean and simple look, consisting of foundation, blusher, some black eyeliner and mascara, and, of course, a red lipstick. A couple of people asked me what the lip colour was, and it's something I mixed up myself from some Bourjois Hi-Tech lipstains, specifically, these two:


 85 - Irresistible Currant - a cool fuschia shade, and 86 - New Caramel - a neutral brown.

I use these a lot, and I love them a great deal, they're water-based stains that last and last, and feel feather-light on the skin. I find them much easier to use, and far more flattering than, say ... Benetint, for example. Swatched individually in one layer on the skin, they look like this:


Swatched together in one layer on the skin, they look like this:


This is a nice sheer cherry-red suitable for daytime wear, which I use often as a base layer for brighter, or stronger reds, but I wanted something a little more dramatic last night, so I used two layers of each, which looked like this:


Nice shade, and one that lasted very well against an expensive meal and several drinks ...

Do you mix your own colours?  What do you use?
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6 comments

  1. Wow you look stunning! I must remember to check these out next time in Boots.

    xxx

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  2. haha yeah i use those two to create that red, its so lovely and the colours on their own are too. Love them!

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  3. I absolutely love these liptints, I'm wearing one now! I like the rose and orange ones best.

    http://beauty-and-the-blogger.blogspot.com/

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  4. These are lovely! I like the colour you chose. I hope you had a lovelt V-Day! =)

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  5. I adore those lip stains, I think they are the best out there :)

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