50 Shades of Lipstick (As Demonstrated on Me) Part 2: The Pinks

Okay so one of these isn’t a “pink” per say but I didn’t have an even number of nudes so I had to push one over…lol. So as I mentioned yesterday, I did a project that involved putting on most of the lipsticks in my stash (sadly I have to report that these weren’t even anywhere close to the amount of lipsticks I own *sigh* BUT at least I truly now know that I DON’T need to buy any more lipsticks) in an attempt to be a guide for those of you looking for new lipstick shades and wanting to see it on. Like I also mentioned, putting on and taking off more than like three lipstick shades HURTS and I did all 50 shades in a matter of hours…lol. It’s one of the reasons why I mostly do lip color swatches on my arms (even that hurts sometimes, too…lol) but in the name of beauty and community, I pushed through it. Thanks to my homey (and former college dorm neighbor) Nas of Nasilele Photography for shooting this—working with her has seriously been one of the best things I could have done for better pictures of myself…lol. She’s taught me so much with how to pose, knowing my angles, etc. that I don’t cringe as much when I see pictures of myself…lol. She has a studio in Brooklyn (and also travels) and is amazing so if you need photos for weddings, kids, head shots, or just because (I do just because stuff with her all the time…lol), you totally need to contact her.

So by the time I started to get to the pinks, my lips had just started to hurt so be mindful of that for any misapplication. I didn’t want to alter any of that in editing them in case it changed the way the lip colors looked.

I also loved doing this because I did find some colors I don’t wear at all that I totally need to put into rotation like MAC Zen Rose Sheen Supreme and Style Curve Lipstick. It also warmed me into wearing pinks more often as I used to gravitate more toward reds and plums.

ANYWAY, enough blabbing, onto the pinks :)

(Oh, one more thing—my bad on the obnoxious “watermark” on these. I actually had an instance where a blogger took like 37 of my blog posts AND my swatch pics and used them on her blog to enter a beauty blogger contest Allure UK was hosting so I threw the @StyleNBeautyDoc on there myself all ignant-like so I get my proper street cred. *pops collar* lol. Consider it my 2013 The Club)

Note: There may be discontinued or limited edition lipsticks in this series but they’re included because sometimes they come back or another color might be very similar so I added them so you have a reference point.

Tom Ford Pink Guilt (the only true gloss in the series…lol), an opaque pinky champagne with slightly golden shimmer

MAC Honeylove, a matte light pink beige (Not a shade I’d personally wear alone but just showing it because it’s a “popular” color)

Tarte LipSurgence Natural Matte Lip Tint in Envy, a super comfy rosy pink matte

MAC Style Curve, a creamy with shine magenta pink

MAC Flat Out Fabulous, a retro matte magenta pink

MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Zen Rose, a very creamy slightly opaque with shine (like a cross between an opaque gloss and a satin lipstick) bright cool pink—some of the brightness is toned down because of the texture

NARS Velvet Matte Pencil in Never Say Never, a matte deep rosy pink

MAC Play Time, a creamy satin with shine lavender pink

MAC Quick Sizzle, a matte bright cool pink

MAC All Fired Up, a retro matte deep rosy pink that can sometimes look a bit on the pinky red side

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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