Wearing Illamasqua black lipstick in Pristine / photos by Julia Chesky
I might be completely sabotaging my love life with this one? Whatever, it keeps the distractions at bay. Flipping sub-culture aesthetics on their head has become somewhat of a past-time for me. I’d advise pairing a black lipstick with a big smile so not to [...]
Tags: beauty · black lipstick · dark lips · illamasqua · lipstick · pristine
wearing NARS velvet matte lip pencil in le Train Blue / photos by Julia Chesky
Approximately 1 million moons ago, I did a post entitled Dark Lips: Test 1. Somewhere in my brain I’d obviously planned a Test 2 but who knew it would be approximately 1 million moons later. Well, here it is.
Since my last [...]
Tags: beauty · le train bleu · lipstick · nars
Alright. So I’ve been struggling to figure out how to depict my miracle product here for a few reasons…
1) I never thought it would work well enough to be worth before/after photos and doh!, I didn’t take any.
2) Even if I had taken makeup-less photos, this blog is no Proactiv commercial, and you probably wouldn’t [...]
Tags: african back soap · beauty · ghana · skincare
DIY embellished nails, old Forever 21 fingerless gloves; below: Erykah Badu for Tom Ford’s White Patchouli, nails by Sophy Robson
So I took a stab at someone else’s DIY for change — and not just “someone,” it’s actually a DIY for Elle UK from nail queen Sophy Robson (who probably had a quite literal hand in [...]
Tags: beauty · disco · DIY · nails · sophy robson
Kat Von D lipstick in Homegirl; vintage cap
Okay, I did it. I’ve wanted to try out dark lips forever. Actually, just lipstick forever. I’ve legit never worn it, which is hard to believe as I am quite a makeup junkie. Now I’ve yet to go out of the house in the look, but I’m [...]
Tags: beauty · dark lips · illamasqua · kat von d · makeup
