My Own Little Sunshine

Thanks to the recent string of dark, cloudy days that we've had, I've discovered a new - found love for bright, happy lipsticks.

Today, I've used one extremely bright and one dark lipstick to concoct a more wearable,  happy shade. Its a pink-peachy red, which works very well for my skin tone.  

The products used: 

Products Used

1. Colorbar Velvet Matte lipstick in ' Peach Crush'

I love this shade - a matte-finish, full-coverage peach. Although this isn't a true peach, as it is more of a coral (in the swatch, it seems more orange than it is), this bright lipstick is still a pretty good buy. I find it a bit intimidating to wear the lipstick on its own - the colour seems a bit too neon for my lips. Good peach lipsticks are difficult to find for duskier skin tones.  But this is definitely a shade worth having in one’s collection. 

One swipe of 'Peach Crush', worn like a stain

2. Lakme Enrich Satin '422'

Think Rekha circa 1980, Rekha of the 'Khoobsurat', 'Ghar', 'Umrao Jaan' fame - shade 422 is reminiscent of those times and of Rekha. Wear this shade on its own with lined lips and a clear gloss to invoke the 1980s Rekha maroon shade. 422 is a deep maroon with reddish brown hints. By the way, I am not a big fan of this number system in Lakme's Enrich lipsticks, but I will leave that for another day.

So how do you like this shade? 

Brightness on a dark day

I adore pink lipsticks.  Always have. I am always on the lookout for new pink shades. And I can spend hours mixing rarely worn pink lipsticks to come up with new, more wearable shades.

And yes, there have been numerous experiments with frosted baby pink lips, a-la Asha Parekh (also a fan of everything retro!), albeit not to the best possible results. There was navy blue shadow involved, of course,  but that story is for another day.

So in my quest for the perfect pink lips to suit my mood (and my complexion), today I came up with a pretty, bright pink. Its just perfect for the dark, cloudy days we've been having.

Products involved:

1. Maybelline lipliner in 'Choco Pop'

2. Maybelline Colorsensational lipstick in 'Crazy for Coffee'

3 . Maybelline Colorsensational lipstick in 'Hooked on Pink'

4. Colorbar Velvet Matte lipstick in 'Sultry Pink'

How do you like this shade?

Hello

So I thought this blog could be about my second greatest love (after food, of course!) - make up! And yes, there are blogs galore about make up, but this one could be about all the products I love and use, about all the 'jugaad' techniques that come handy from time to time, about my obsession with buying lipsticks and about playing with colours and shades, with a little bit of other girly stuff thrown in.