50 Shades of Lipstick 2: Find Coral Lip Colors to Add to Your Stash

So back in like June I had this idea of gathering up all my lipsticks and taking a pic of me wearing each one. That was until I realized just how many lipsticks I own. From what I’ve bought over the years, what’s been sent here for the blog, and what I have in my makeup artist kit, I have waaaaaaaay too many to do that. So then I settled on 50 and even trying to decide which colors got to make that list was a lot of work, too…lol. You can see the first 50 Shades of Lipstick Series here.

Then I decide why stop at 50 and decided to do it again!

I enlisted the professional services of my girl Nas of Nasilele Photography and decided to call it 50 Shades of Lipstick but what I really should subtitle it is 50 Hours of Torture…lol. The first set was one helluva process! From picking out the lipsticks that I would use, to writing them all down in a notebook to keep track, to putting FIFTY SHADES OF LIPSTICK ON MY LIPS BACK TO BACK for over a few hours with my lips burning and screaming for help and being stained a melange of the 50 shades for like a day after the shoot—and let’s not even count the time it took for me to pick out which shots I wanted to include as my best shots nor how long it must have taken Nas to go through them and edit them. YIKES! And then came the part of me having to label the files and make sure I didn’t get any shades confused. *PHEW*

But I did it because I know it would help a lot of you deciding on lipstick shades to see it on. I do tons of lipstick reviews and don’t often show the colors on my face because well, trying on lipsticks back to back HURTS…lol. Shoot, even the swatches on my arms can hurt if I get a series of shades in and need to wipe off the previous set of colors. This blogging stuff isn’t as easy and glamorous as it might look, ya know…lol. But that’s where my love of all things beauty and fashion and of course socializing and helping others comes in because I’d do it again—after I get a plastic surgeon to help me put my lips back on after I’m done…lol.

The second time around I tried to make things easier on myself by using a chalkboard to notate which shades were which, but looking at it now, I kinda look like a made-up mugshot…lol. Ah well—it SO made the post work so much easier of labeling the pics.

I tried to stay within a few family colors such as nude, pinks, reds, plums, and wines so that even if a particular brand’s shade wasn’t used, at least you’ll have an idea of what a certain shade would look like. I really hope you guys find this helpful and that if you enjoy this post you’ll share the link on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and such but please tag me and link the blog ;)

I’m releasing these in sets so stay tuned for more!

So first up…CORALS!

Can I just say how obsessed I am with coral lip color? OBSESSED! It’s so pretty and soft and springy and summery all at the same time. It’s also a color family that no matter your skin tone, you need to try one out. I tend to lean more on peachy corals, but I do love a good pinky coral which I also showed here. Anyway, check ’em out :)

Armour Beauty Nina Lipgloss, an opaque pinky coral

MAC Sheen Supreme in Full Speed, a semi-opaque pink coral

MAC Lipglass in Pink Lemonade, a light pinky coral gloss with slight golden shimmer

MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in Saigon Summer, a sheer coral with golden shimmer

MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in Sunny Seoul, a semi-opaque creamy pinky rose

MAC Lipstick in Vegas Volt, a creamy true coral

Milani Brilliant Shine Lip Gloss (new product) in Coral Crush, a creamy semi-opaque true coral gloss

Milani Power Lip (new product—features a click pen & brush applicator like YSL Touche Eclat) in Mango Tango, opaque and super pigmented pinky coral gloss

NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Descanso, a light pinky rose

NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Torres Del Paine, a light pinky coral

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Kimber, neon orange coral

Revlon Lacquer Balm in Tease, a glossy orangey coral

Tarte Lip Stain in Blissful, a semi-opaque true coral

YSL Rouge Volupte Shine #14, a light pinky coral

YSL Rouge Volupte Shine in #16, a deeper slightly pink coral

Makeup info:

The makeup I have on was done by Shon Michaux and we were TOO busy cracking up for me to remember to ask what she used—though I do remember Jouer foundation and concealer and Urban Decay Naked 1 eyeshadow palette.

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Stay tuned for more 50 Shades of Lipstick! See more shades here.