Buffy ,'Chosen'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
What Plei said. It means you have a similar skin tone to me, and you absolutely want cool undertones.
Of course, you can go a lot darker with lipsticks than she can, and she can go a lot brighter (Tep could rock a blue-based hot pink, for example), so Tep, don't go stealing Jilli's lipstick wardrobe.
So when you say "cool undertones"....that's colors with blue-ish-ness?
Yes. The best example I can think of that you could take a look at is the NARS lipstick Scarlett Empress. That is a blue-toned red. I know that it's probably a darker color than what you're looking for, but it's a great example of a lipstick with cool undertones.
And I've had them for over 10 years, so all that coffee has discolored them.
Lipstick with the right undertones will actually make your teeth look whiter. That's the surefire way I can tell if a lipstick is wrong for me.
I have non-porcelain veneers on the 6 front-most top teeth; whitestrips don't do anything on them b/c of the material they are. And I've had them for over 10 years, so all that coffee has discolored them.
Aha! You may want to try the Sally Hansen lipsticks that are supposed to make your teeth look whiter, assuming they still make 'em.
Tep could rock a blue-based hot pink
I'm raising my eyebrow in doubt at the idea of a hot pink on me, even one that has the proper undertone. IJS.
NARS lipstick Scarlett Empress.
*Really*??? I like that a LOT.
it's probably a darker color than what you're looking for
Not necessarily. I wouldn't wear it to work, for instance, but I'd wear it at night.
but it's a great example of a lipstick with cool undertones.
Excellent. Now I know which way to aim. Thanks!
I'm raising my eyebrow in doubt at the idea of a hot pink on me, even one that has the proper undertone. IJS.
Hee. Try it in a sheer gloss sometime.
NARS lipstick Scarlett Empress.
*Really*??? I like that a LOT.
I do too, but I need warm undertones so it actually looks like ass on me. I'm envious of you cool poeple that can wear it.
I wouldn't wear it to work, for instance, but I'd wear it at night.
If you apply a single, very light coat of it and then blot it a couple times, it would turn into a good lip stain for you.
(At least, that's what I've heard. I don't quite get the notion of applying lipstick lightly.)
Apropos of nothing, I present to you a 4 minute Youtube video called Coming to Alderaan: [link]
It may be old news to you peeps, I'm not sure, but I found it much too funny.
I also made Jilli suffer through it.
Sorry to say, but I had to skip ahead like 100 posts. After much stressing, I think I found my new home. Daisy Jane, I sent you the link. Please veto it if you know something bad about it. It's a bit smaller and more expensive than I was hoping for, but still bigger and cheaper than what I have now. And it's like 3 miles from work!!!!! OMG! So some application~ma that it works out, and thumbs-up~ma from DJ. And then, one huge stresser will have been checked off. Still have to pack and find how I'm moving my crap down there. But hey, a destination is a start.