Time for frivolity.

[sofiaviolet]

I have decided I like red lipstick:

Its texture helps remind me not to bite my lips all the time (much like the slickness of nail polish helps remind me not to bite my nails).

Red lipstick + pale skin + dark hair = seems not inappropriate when my clothes required any degree of effort above "jeans and t-shirt." Not necessarily always the "right" choice, but probably not egregiously "wrong."

On the other hand, I'm not sure how well it goes with purple. (I am always purple, thanks to the hair. But so is a lot of my clothes, and most of the eye makeup I own.)

At any rate, the possibility that my mouth clashes with my hair shall not stop me from testing ALL THE RED LIPSTICKS at Sephora tomorrow before the munch.

My eye makeup skills are still subpar. I can kindasorta apply eyeliner now (I never thought I'd learn that skill! *excited*), but I still can't get it nice enough to wear in public. More practice needed. Eyeshadow... I can apply one color to my entire eyelid, that's about it.

Comments

[alpheratz]

Red and purple are beautiful together. I love red lipstick and go through very brief phases of wearing it. I have L'Oreal Infallible in Beyonce Red right now - it's lovely and hard-wearing and a really true red.

Eyeliner skills really do improve. Are you using pencil? You might get nicer lines with liquid! I find it a lot easier to apple.

[sofiaviolet]

So far I can do smudgy soft pencils and creams/gels applied with a flat or angled brush (but not a skinny brush). With liquids, I am still getting a visible gap between the line and my eyelashes.

I should add that I have never managed to do anything productive with harder pencils, and have removed them from my optimistic Sephora splurges as a result.

[alpheratz]

I get that gap too. It's hard to get rid of it - but once you've drawn your initial line, you can fill in the gap without worrying about your line being even. But it all depends on what kind of look you want/are comfortable with.

Harder pencils are terrible. They're just not compatible with soft eyelids. If you roll them between your fingers a bit, they should warm up and soften some, but they'll still be hard to get a nice defined line with.

[amryfal]

interestingly enough, i prefer the harder pencils, because i can sharpen them to a point and then run them under hot water for a couple of seconds to soften them. i am a disaster with liquid eyeliner or even the soft pencils.

[sofiaviolet]

Fortunately for me, I no longer own any hard pencils, just softer, semi-smudgy ones.

I did not realize filling in was an option.