Ok let me just start off by saying that
despite the fact that I look like I am topless, I’m actually not. It was just hot this
weekend and I was wearing a boob tube top loool I didn’t realize til it was
time to edit the pictures that it almost looks like I’m in the buff (when I’m
really not) . . . it was just really warm in my room . . . I swear!!!!!
Now that disclaimer is out of the way, I
actually love orange . . . as a lipgloss or a blush. I’ve never really been into orange-toned
lipsticks as I find them very bold and difficult to pull off properly. I have
seen many ladies with bright orange lips that makes me cringe inwardly and want
to scrub off their lipstick with a wet wipe. On Saturday; while doing a few
errands for “The Mother”, I popped into Superdrug and somehow managed to leave with
Sleek Makeup’s True Colour OMG Sheen Lipstick, which would you believe is a bright
orange-toned red lipstick! Actually scratch that, OMG has more orange in it
that Red so I’m just going to call it as it is.
To support my new bold lip, I decided to
test just how much orange I could place on my face without looking like the sun
baby in the Teletubbies. A swish of Stargazer’s Orange Eyeshadow (from the Velvet palette) across my eyelid with MAC Rule Eyeshadow
to blend and soften it out, creating a warm matte eye.
Going for a dramatic blush effect, I swept
Sleek Makeup’s Aruba Powder Blush over my cheeks, high into the sides of my
face. Unfortunately Aruba is a Limited Edition Powder Blush but NARSExhibit A is a great alternative . . . more expensive, but a great
alternative.
As confused as I am over my lipstick
choice, it did inspire me to make this post so all is well that ends well (I
suppose) as it meant I got to paint my nails with Superdry’s Sweet Peach Nail
Paint and Leighton Denny’s Hanky Panky Nailpolish and I’ve been looking for a
reason to wear these for almost a year!
