{style inspiration | how-to : red lips for the holidays}
Monday 19th November, 2012
by Joey Bailey
. . . and how could not feel festive in red lipstick? and so, for upcoming dinner invitations and holiday soirées, a guide to the achieving the perfect red . . .
how-to | the perfect red lip :
1. Prep It — gently exfoliate lips with a lip scrub to ensure a perfectly smooth base
2. Hydrate It — moisturize lips with a lip balm or milk
3. Prime It — prime lips for a silky smooth application
4. Apply It — for precision application, use a lip brush
5. Blot It — for longevity, blot and reapply (facial blotting papers work wonderfully)
lipstick colours as featured above : chanel in passion /// nars in jungle red [& here] /// yves saint laurent in le rogue [& here] /// tom ford in cherry lush /// dior in warm red
Joey Bailey Contributor, Australia
Inspired by film noir, F. Scott Fitzgerald novels & the thought of a summer spent in Paris, this high tea connoisseur enjoys photography & designing & making her own clothes. Joey has been buying fashion, wedding & interior design magazines since a wonderfully young age, and would spend hours browsing through their glossy pages making ‘inspirational’ scrapbooks. Never spotted without high heels, a sketchpad, a pop of pink lipstick & a strong coffee— Joey adores great love stories, chandeliers, crème brûlée, the French countryside & sequins & sparkles & her long time sweetheart— the love of her life whose kisses still give her butterflies …
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anonymous — hello! yes, there are two links — one before the “+” and one after — just copy and paste them in your browser and you should be able to shop from both links x
Hi again,
I’m so sorry to bug you, but the link didn’t work!!
If you get this message, I’d still love to know the colors!!
Thank you!
Kari
kari — yes, nars — good eye :) the two colours are:
http://bit.ly/TrCid9 + http://bit.ly/V3E7tU
x
Hello,
Just wondering what the lipstick is that the model is applying, (below how to: the perfect red lip tutorial? It looks like a NARS?
Thanks,
Kari
nice post. love red lipsticks!!
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This is such a perfect and inspiring tutorial! I can’t wait to try it on my own! The photos are simply breathtaking!
xx Ivana
Macarons and Pearls
So lovely! I usually go with a more orange-y red (Nars Heat Wave, the BEST) but I think for the holidays I am going to go bluer to a true red. I’ve got Revlon’s Red Revival and it’s a pretty amazing color as well.
wow,love the red lipstick!!!
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