Ol' Green Eyes: June 2022

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I bought the Lisa Eldridge Luxuriously Lucent Lip Colour in 'Atomic Cherry' when it was released last Summer but I hadn't opened it until this week. Mostly because when I bought it I was heavily pregnant and between that and the mask wearing mandate I figured I probably wouldn't be wearing red lipstick too much. I thought it would be better to wait and save it for when I would be able to wear it more. I'm so glad I did wait now because I really haven't been wearing too many bright shades on my lips over the past year.

A couple of weeks ago on Instagram I mentioned that it was Judy Garland's 100th birthday. I wrote about how seeing The Wizard of Oz over and over as a child ignited my love of red lips. The closest shades I've found to the red that Dorothy wears in the film are Revlon 'Strawberry Suede' (now sadly discontinued not to mention Revlon going bankrupt) and Lancôme L'Absolu Rouge in 'Idôle'. You can see me wearing Strawberry Suede here and Idôle here. I would describe it as a creamy, muted, slightly warm red, verging on coral. If that makes any sense at all.

My friend Celine mentioned that Atomic Cherry is very similar to this kind of red and she was spot on. This could most definitely be Dorothy's lipstick. I love the Luxuriously Lucent Lip Colour formula and I own several of them in various different shades. They are the ideal low maintenance lipstick with the perfect amount of pigment for when you don't want too much opacity. They feel so comfortable on my lips too. One of the most frequent comments I get from people when I post about red lipstick is how they are scared to try it. If you're someone who would love to try red lipstick but a full on opaque red is too much, this particular formula and shade would be a great way of easing yourself into the world of red lips.

I wanted to try the Liquid Lurex in Diana with a red lipstick as it's a combination I hadn't tried before. It definitely could have been too intense but I think the semi-sheer nature of Atomic Cherry worked well with the bronze shimmery eyes. I applied the eyeshadow directly to my eyelids and blended it out with a Zoeva 228 Luxe Crease brush and then to create a gradiant look I applied some of the Hindash Eye Tone in Intra, a warm chocolate brown, along the lash line and blended out. I then applied a tiny amount of the Heroline Liquid Eyeliner just on the outer corner to give some fullness to the roots of my eyelashes. I added some of the Half Magic Beauty Light Trap Glow Powder between the edges of the eyeshadow and my brow bone to create a bronze into gold gradation. It's technically a highlighter powder but I've been using it on my eyes and it works beautifully.

I felt like my cheeks needed some extra colour to bring some cohesion to the eyes and lips so I mixed the Enlivening Blush in Island Glow with Pink Soap to tone it down slightly and added some of the Elevated Glow Highlighter in Crystal Nebula to create a luminous liquid blush. I think this step really made the look come alive. I was worried it would be too much altogether but I think the textures and finishes of the products meant they all worked well together and the result is a bronze, glowing Summer look that I felt great wearing.