Posts with tag red lipstick

So we've heard about the Lipstick Effect, thanks to the underwhelming economy, but what about the Cheeker Cause? So what if we just made it up – no girl should forgo rosy cheeks this winter just because of a little money crisis!

One of the first makeup tips you learn in middle school is to emphasize either your eyes or your lips, but never both. Shortly after you master that lesson, you learn that really dark makeup shouldn't be paired with a light, flirty, feminine outfit. So, did Jennifer Lopez miss out on all of the middle school beauty gossip, or what?

Now summer is in full swing and your beauty routine is feeling it. Here are a few words of advice to get you through the rest of the summer in that lovely, ripe sort of way rather than that sticky icky one.

Check out Jennifer's juicy lips and then read on more ways to look spicy in the summer.

Recently our sister site Stylelist did a beauty evolution slideshow of Gwen Stefani. She had a lot of kooky looks, that Gwen. Blue hair, bindis, and that red, red lipstick. Something about that story stayed on our minds, and we finally figured it out.

Gwen owned every single look, no matter how off the wall or potentially unflattering. True, some worked better than others, but she always seemed comfortable with herself and really excited about her style. And because of that she looked terrific all the time.

We could all benefit by taking a page out of Gwen's book, and just go for it once in a while.

Poor Paris, she falls victim to so many Style Fouls, but this particular foul can happen to the best of us ... Getting lipstick (especially red lipstick) on your teeth. This beauty mishap can completely devastate your look. It's pretty amazing how a little lipstick can take you from looking posh to looking utterly insane in seconds.

The good news is this tragedy is preventable, here is how:

1.) Wash your hands.
2.) Put your index finger into your mouth (about half way).
3.) Close your lips around your finger.
4.) Pull your finger out of your mouth.

That simple (yet dirty) little trick removes the lipstick from the inner part of your lip. I am sure Paris is familiar with putting her fingers in her mouth so I am unclear on how this disaster happened to her. Plus doesn't she have a posse that should be warning her that she looks like a demented clown? I don't know maybe her posse was mad at her that day.