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BASED OFF THE PHOTOS I’D LIKE TO POINT OUT 2 THINGS. ONE… MY HOME GIRL TANIA IS DROP DEAD GORGEOUS AND A HAIR EXPERT ITS  QUITE GENIUS ACTUALLY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BRAIDS AND CURLS…ITS HER SPECIALTY. & TWO IT IS SO OBVIOUS THAT I… A GIRL CANNOT PULL OFF THE OH SO VERY FAMOUS DUCK FACE. THANK THE LORD. 

BASICALLY THIS WEEKEND THIS GIRL WENT CRAY CRAY FOR LIP STICK.  TRIED OUT THE FIRE ENGINE RED ON FRIDAY, AND TODAY I WENT FOR THE BRIGHT ORANGE COLOR. I’M NOT GOING TO LIE…FINDING THE RIGHT SHADE WAS THE HARDEST THING EVER. SO MANY COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM IT WAS OVERWHELMING, AND ON TOP OF THAT CHOOSING THE PERFECT SHADE.  AY YAI YAI …SO I DECIDED TO LEND A HELPING HAND FOR THE REST OF YOU LOVELY FOLK WHO FIND DIFFICULTY IN CHOOSING THE CORRECT COLOR. 

& HERE THEY ARE:

TIP # 1: MAKE SURE THE COLOR YOU CHOOSE IS A SHADE OR TWO DARKER THAN YOUR NATURAL LIP COLOR.

TIP # 2: KNOW YOUR SKIN TONE! I CAN NOT EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. F’REALS! 
DARKER RICHER COLORS SUCH AS A PLUM COLOR WILL LOOK SPECTACULAR ON THOSE WHO HAVE A DARKER SKIN TONE. WHILE PINKS, NUDES, LIGHT CORALS,ORANGES AND LIGHTER COLORS LOOK GOOD FOR US LIGHTER SKINNED GIRLS. THEN FOR THOSE GORGEOUS OLIVE SKIN COMPLEXION GO FOR BROWNISH REDS, BURGUNDY,AND BERRY COLORS.

TIP # 3: KEEP YOUR LIP COLOR LIGHTER DURING THE DAY. DARKER DURING THE NIGHT. I ALWAYS SAY THAT BUT I ALWAYS BREAK THAT RULE. NO BIG DEAL. I’M OVER IT.

TIP #4: EXPERIMENT. GO CRAZY AND HAVE FUN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A WEE LITTLE GIRL AND YOU’D ALWAYS GO THROUGH YOUR MAMA’S MAKE UP AND PUT LIP STICK ALL OVER YOUR FACE AND YOU JUST DIDN’T GIVE A CRAP CAUSE YOU KNEW THAT YOU LOOKED FABULOUS NO MATTER WHAT. WELL I’M NOT TELLING YOU TO PUT LIP STICK ALL OVER YOUR FACE…BUT WHAT I’M SAYING IS HAVE FUN WITH IT. 

TIP # 5: CANT FIND THE COLOR YOU WANT? COMBINE SHADES. MAKE YOUR OWN COLOR.

OH AND ONE LAST TIP FROM BEAUTY EXTRAORDINAIRE BOBBI BROWN:
“IF I HAD TO TEACH SOMEONE JUST ONE THING ABOUT LIP COLOR IT WOULD BE THIS: FIND A LIPSTICK THAT LOOKS GOOD ON YOUR FACE WHEN YOU ARE WEARING ABSOLUTELY NO MAKEUP.”

— BOBBI BROWN, “BEAUTY” 

PRETTY MUCH THERE ARE SO MANY TRICKS AND TIPS FOR LIP STICK, AND HONESTLY YOU DON’T HAVE TO FALLOW ANY OF MINE CAUSE I’M NO BEAUTY EXPERT BUT OVERALL IF THERE IS ONE THING I CAN SAY IS JUST SIMPLY HAVE FUN WITH IT.

PUCKER UP!