One of my favourite beauty trends this season is purple lips. I want to embrace my inner goth/rock-chick and work that mysterious sexy look that Rihanna is rocking so well right now.
These are of a few of the celebs who have managed to nail this tricky trend:
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| Rihanna looking fierrrrrce! |
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| Leighton Meester teams bright lips with a nude palette |
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| Agyness Dean - Maggie Thatcher icon lookalike? |
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| The Hills girls sharing Tom Ford's Lip Colour in Bruise Plum £35 (Picture courtesy of Look magazine) |
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One of the models for Peter Som
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Peter Som's catwalk make-up inspiration
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As readers may already know purple is my favourite colour and as my eye-shadow blending skills are up to scratch yet i do like to have lips as my main focus. I didn't want to stretch to the Tom Ford lippie favoured by The Hills girls for a very trend-led look so i ventured into Boots and picked up Revlon's Va Va Violet (663) lipstick. I think it was about £7.50 but i got it on the 3 for 2 offer. Now i know many of you out there might shy away from such a bold dramatic look but i think this is perfect for the make-up novices who may not be that skillful with a brush but can definitely operate a bullet!
The Hills girls are going to be my make-up inspiration for the office party and i am going to attempt to recreate that nude eye with a flick of eyeliner and a dramatic lip. I'm not too sure what my colleagues may make of it but for our last night out i wore Revlon's Fuchsia lipstick so they should expect a bold look from me (i hope!).
Take a look at what it looks like on - honestly it's not that scary!
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| Yes - i have been playing around with photoshop! |
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| My X Factor style photo no1! |
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| and photo no2! |
I've tried to show the colour of the lipstick in different lights and with flash and without. I've quite full lips and thought this might look too much on me but i love it!
Here's the eye make-up look i will be recreating to go with the lips:
I like the feline flicks, so will definitely need to practice this!
And if I'm feeling brave i might go ahead with a bold brow as well as seen in Grazia:
What do you think of purple lips - thumbs up or thumbs down?
And a quick how not to do purple lips from Taylor Momsem!
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| Working that Kevin the teenager angst |
