50 Shades of Red ... part 5

You didn't think last time was actually the last time, did you? I still have a ton of products to try and compare. So, let's get this over with so that I can start using the other lipsticks I somehow acquired ;-)=

Ok, let's start. I chose them randomly, since they are all different brands. Don't look for hidden meanings in their order, okay? 

The most wine-y color from the set is Manic Panic's Black Rose. I love the shade. It's cool how it changes. One swipe of the lipstick is enough when it comes to pigmentation, so adding layers means deepening the tone. When it comes to staying power, if you have a couple of layers on then it's quite good. One layer will be eaten instantly. But if you only talk and sip some drink every now and then, then it looks still fresh for hours. Maybelline's Coral Diamonds sparkle. It looks wet all the time and the color goes to the orange-y/brown side. It's not super-pigmented but it can build up. Somehow the glittery parts in it ensure something always stay on you even if you eat so that's not bad. And the last from the first set is Rimmel's 01 from that Kate Collection. Just one layer will give you enough color to be satisfied. When you talk, it stays put. But the first drink or food will make it betray you. Since it's so pigmented, you can clearly see your pink lips showing through once you have eaten.

Next is 42 by Make Up For Ever. I like the shade which is warm-toned. The staying power is decent when one only talks and drinks but the food test will show that it can be easily eaten if you don't pay attention. Red Flame by NYC has a lot of pink shimmer in it so that it doesn't look red at all. And since it looks more like my lip color, no one notices it partially disappears when I eat. It's the most wearable color from all I'm going to mention today - I mean, I wear them all to work but for those who are afraid of loud colors, this one is for them. My Red Card by Catrice was the biggest let down from all of these. Since it wasn't the cheapest of them I thought it would hold better. It is supposed to be more luxurious line by the same company which produces Essence so I thought it would be better. But it wasn't. Twice as expensive as Essence lipsticks and absolutely no staying power. One sip of a drink at it was mostly on the glass. Even super cheap 140 (btw, I love the brick-y color) by S-he held longer than one sip!

So, that's it for today. There were definitely surprises in this, so let's take a final look at the colors indoor and outdoor while I prepare next chapter ;-)=

Ombre Lips

It seems we've got stuck in an Ombre Period of human history. All websites, magazines, TV commercials, and even everyday people are showing off in their gradient colors. It's only a matter of time when we will be able to buy a puppy of our ombre color choice. 

Even though I now find it a little too much I liked it at the beginning. One of my friends once came with ombre hair which looked fantastic. But I don't have the nerve to let someone cut my hair or even put color into it! I'm saving those dreadful moments for the time when I'm having too much grey hair. Hair was out of question then.
Plus since I only knew the sound of the word ombre, I lived quite long under an impression that it was spelled HOMBRE which was puzzling since I knew this word from Spanish. So.... took me a while to realise Mr Google kept correcting my attempts to find some info on what else I could do with myself.

Tie-dyeing of my clothes was out as soon as I recalled my early experiments with colors and my mother's new expensive curtain mysteriously stained red (I was using colors in the bathroom and kitchen - however, the frickin' red somehow stained the curtain which was near my mother's bedroom - out of my reach, path and everything).

And since I didn't know how to "ombre" myself, my ombre experimenting was solely focused on the lips. Yes, that seemed like a reasonable idea and on the left you can see how it came out.

For the middle part of my lips I used Avon Red2000, the rest of the lips was colored with Manic Panic Black Rose and a tiny part in the corners of my mouth was stained with Fantasy Makers' Black. I applied all these colors with the lipsticks and then used a brush always going in horizontal lines from the corners to the center till I was satisfied with how the colors blended together. I also wiped the brush after getting to the centre and before going to the corner again, so that the center color didn't dilute the corners too much.

Ha, I did it! I officially participated in the ombre frenzy and liked the result! I'm not sure I'm going to do it ever again, but hey, I had fun and that's what counts!