Liner Notes

A few weeks ago the lovely Eliza (I know, what a great name!) at Oyster gave me a bunch of beauty products that were hanging around the office. Amongst them were products from the latest Chanel Noirs Obscurs Collection! Lucky me! As you can tell by the name, everything was really really dark (obscure blacks, if you will). I instantly put on the nail polish (I received “Diabolic”, a black with a deep red base) and pretty much haven’t taken it off since.

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The lipsticks on the other hand, I’ve really been struggling with trying to use them. I used this lip colour (above) on a test I did for Henson Threads. The brief was “a sexy dead woman” so that was obvious, super pale skin and smoldering lips. But in day-to-day wear, I haven’t had a clue… Until last night!

(Jayson Brunsdon Fall 2008, Image from FashionWindows.com)

I put on my Sacre Coeur dress (sans leggings and skivvy), had my long dark brown hair out, messy and in my eyes, but still needed something else… Then it struck me, my lipstick in “Obscure”. It’s a brown-black lipstick although because I have such a strong lipcolour it comes up on my lips as black. I didn’t need any other makeup besides a touch of mascara and then I was ready to go.

It felt amazing!

It was so simple, so striking but not scary or overwhelming. It was just a touch of something different. And because it was so bold it just gave me this confidence that now I want to wear it every single day and never take it off!

The trick is not to over do it. My hair is so thick and quite long so I feel like I always need something on my lips to balance my face out, and last night I needed a strong lip colour to parallel the intensity of the red in the dress. I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of it before!

It’s so much fun, you must give it a try. I’m definitely going to keep on playing with the colour and try to figure out more outfit-options!

Thanks Eliza! You made my long weekend!

xxxx