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You know what’s funny—like not even six months ago I wasn’t into pinks so much but I SURE did put a lot of pinks into this series…lol. More than even what has come to be known as my signature–red! I had some overflow from the pinks and had to create a category to put the shades that are kinda coral-y and those that are plummy but not vampy so you’ve got this ;)
In case you’re coming to this series for the first time, you totally want to check out Part 1: The Nudes, Part 2: The Pinks, and Part 3: The Reds. I also want to remind you again, I did all of these in one sitting so if you look close and my lips look like they might have been on fire, it’s because they were…lol. But I committed to this and pushed through wiping off and putting on 50 shades of lipstick back to back because like Jay-Z once uttered in rhyme “I do this for my culture.” :D
If you love what I’ve done here, please feel free to share via Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook—put please make sure you tag me and link to this post. Also please don’t take these pics and my words and use them on your blog posts—don’t do me like that…lol. I’ve already had an incident like that happen (like Antoine Dobson said “We will find you!” lol) and it doesn’t feel pretty which is why I have the “watermark” that looks like it came from the Mr. T collection all up and through these pics. It takes away from the beauty of Nas of Nasilele Photography‘s beautiful work of photographing me (hit her up if you need wedding, anniversary, family portraits, head shots, or if you’re like me and want to have great photos of yourself while all your limbs still work) but the internet is kinda like NYC in the late 70s and 80s :x
Also how cute is this canvas I ordered from Nas of a photo she took of me earlier this year? I seriously need to re-do my whole entire home life and have a wall dedicated to photos of me—you know, to counter all the bad ones of me out there…lol.
Anyway, let’s get into this!
Sleek MakeUP Fandango Purple, a matte magenta that looks so much like MAC Flat Out Fabulous (goes on like a gloss and dries matte)
Milani Uptown Mauve, a cream with shine magenta pink
black | UP #19, a satin coral pink with a teeny bit of shimmer
Tom Ford Crimson Noir, a satin tomato (neutral) red
Votre Vu Margaux, a cream with shine berry red (OMG this lipstick is SOOOO comfy and moisturizing—it was like a relief to put it on after my lips went through 27 other lipsticks before it–sold here)
Hourglass Opaque Rouge in Empress, a matte rosy pink (goes on like a gloss, dries matte)
MAC Pink Pigeon, a matte bright bubble gum pink
black | UP #18, a satin coral
Milani Sangria, a cream berry red similar to MAC Rebel
Bite Beauty Shiraz, a very creamy mauve pink
P.S. The makeup in all of these is the same and if you’re curious as to what my MUA pal Mila Thomas used, check out this post.
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The makeup in all of these pics in the series is exactly the same—if you want to see what my MUA friend Mila Thomas used on me, check out this post.
Love these posts, so helpful, most of my favs have been milani, your make up is gorgeous.
Lupita Nyong’o also wore the Votre Vu Margaux http://www.refinery29.com/2013/09/53146/lupita-nyongo-red-carpet-beauty
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Thank you!!!
Ohhh—thanks for sharing that link! She’s so gorgeous :)
Are you like the lipstick goddess? Every color looks awesome on you! Milan shades are my fave for random colors I want to try.
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HAHA @ lipstick goddess! thanks :)
OMG and the Milani lipsticks smell like candy—I LOVE them :)
I love all these shades, your makeup looks, it looks great with all the shades of lipstick. I love the magenta one.
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Thanks, Lorie!!!
The Black up 18 and 19 look really warm and great on you. I went on a milani binge this summer so I have Sangria; I thought about getting uptown mauve for a long time but I couldn’t justify the lipstick madness haha
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haha! I know the feeling–after this series I told myself NO MORE LIPSTICK PURCHASES! I hope I can heed to it…lol.
Thanks!!!
Love the lip colors Danielle! Beautiful as always!! I have an unrelated question…I was wondering if you had a chance to check out the Naked 3 palette by Urban Decay, and your thoughts?
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Thanks, Danielle!!!
I haven’t yet—when I went to check it out, it was sold out. I’ll try to get one and share my thoughts soon (hopefully…lol)
This series has been great but you kind of look great in all of the colors! Did you find any that might make it into regular rotation?
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Thanks, Andrea!!! Totally—definitely a lot of the soft pinks and nudes. Before the series I would normally just wear whatever lipstick was in my purse which was usually a red or lately Tom Ford Deep Mink + Pink Guilt or MAC Flat Out Fabulous, but the series has really made me want to go through my lipstick stash more—I own WAY too many lipsticks to wear the same ones all the time…lol.
This so helpful I wanted to get the Hourglass empress but wanted to see on dark skin.xoxo