Wearing red to work can be risky. Red is such a bold and sassy color you don't want to look like you're trying to hussy your way to the top. You also don't want to look like the consummate party girl who doesn't understand that a blazer on top of a club dress doesn't make it business casual (No Shade Tho). So how do you wear red lips to work? Well in my research (yes I do research for y'all, that's the kind of mensch I am) I find two ways were consistent across the board:
1) Satin or Sheer Lipstick
Yesterday's post on finishes detailed the various ways in which lipstick comes. Satin or sheer finishes offer you the color without that disco ball shine that's best left for Park or some other dark club when you're looking to get chose by that billionaire who's going to pay all your student loans off (One day Lord, please. Amen). A matte red can also be really good here but consider how opaque and how strong it will be when you put it on.
2) Light Makeup
Remember that day I had to detail the makeup choices I made when wearing MAC Lady Danger. Well it's important to note that while your lipstick can draw people in, it's your entire face that keeps them there. When wearing a bold lip you want to keep the rest of your makeup more or less minimal or at the very least subdued. Your eyes and your lips should not be having a shouting match on your face, at least not at work. A dramatic eye and a bold lip when your billionaire-hunting is totally acceptable.
Remember that day I had to detail the makeup choices I made when wearing MAC Lady Danger. Well it's important to note that while your lipstick can draw people in, it's your entire face that keeps them there. When wearing a bold lip you want to keep the rest of your makeup more or less minimal or at the very least subdued. Your eyes and your lips should not be having a shouting match on your face, at least not at work. A dramatic eye and a bold lip when your billionaire-hunting is totally acceptable.
**Now Tip 3) isn't really so much an "official" as it something that I just tried and happen to work**
3) Use Your Liner
I picked up this tube of lipstick, mostly because the case was pretty, but when I put it on it was really loud. I checked it in all the lights of my apt, I tried my room, the bathroom, natural light, kitchen light--the color was deafening. I didn't want to take it back so I thought about how I could tone this color down. And that's when I realized I could use liner. Using MAC Lip Pencil in Burgundy I colored in my lips almost entirely leaving the area where my lips touch bare. THEN I applied my lipstick. That brought the color down from the rafters completely. Using a darker or neutral color lip liner as a base can help bring some of the color as well as some of the shine/shimmer down in your lipstick and make it more day-friendly.
Do you have pics from V-day weekend with bae? Or were you killin it Sunday night cause you had to let bae go? Send me your evening and V-day red lip looks at blackgurlzboldlips@gmail.com.
 | |
| Today I put on Covergirl Colourlicious Lipstick in Hot 305 and I used MAC Lip Pencil Burgundy on my entire lip as a base |
 | ||
Leda really emphasizes her MAC Ruby Woo with MAC Nightmoth Lip Pencil with a sleek updo and barely there makeup |
