Hi, you have a brand with organic ingredients for the lips? The color I have in mind is a cross between plum and raspberry. No, a little brighter than that but not pink. Would you have it as a lip liner? Matte but creamy. Wide-stick. (Eh, a little lighter than I wanted.) Oh, I wish…
Hi, you have a brand with organic ingredients for the lips? The color I have in mind is a cross between plum and raspberry. No, a little brighter than that but not pink. Would you have it as a lip liner? Matte but creamy.
Wide-stick.
(Eh, a little lighter than I wanted.)
Oh, I wish I were a man.
And don’t even get me started on finding shades suitable for African-American skin tones! Yeesh!
Oh!!
so very true…
Many times it hurts to be a woman.
LOL.
Oh gosh. I like wearing make up. Is that a bad thing?
You’re asking the wrong woman, obviously. Let’s just pretend you never shared this.
So you’re becoming a fashion/ beauty blogger? Please no! 🙂
HA HA HA HA HA HA.
Over. My. Dead. Body.
(If I ever seem to go there, you’ll get the guest spot you don’t want.)
Me? I prefer something a little redder. It helps bring out my lips. Heh!
LOL. You DO have a keen eye. 😉
I’m a photographer. Color is everything. 🙂
But you will never convince me that men have it as hard, Ray. =)
lol! Yes they have it easy no? But you look beautiful and I’m liking the lip color
I look decent because MY little Korean EYES ARE CLOSED. LOL. But I admit I’m glad you like the color. I was surprised by all the compliments from our homeschool group (all moms).
Moms support group is the best lol.. I’m sure you would be pretty with eyes open as well
I say otherwise but I’ll take all the help I can get: even the little girls in the group liked the lips, ha ha ha.
Of course we have it easier. That’s why when our parents were doing that nasty little thing we spermy little things chose to be lazy rather than pretty. Have a great one and Aloha – pjs/
*Chuckle* I, in fact, do have a post on men and laziness. Wait, two, actually.
Just that small example has made me realize that I was blessed in the womb to arrive with no need of lip color. I had no idea. I would be suicidal if the choices were so complicated for me. To add insult to injury, after you went to all that trouble, I think your choice looks marvelous. You are a gorgeous woman and I would be very disappointed if your wonderful husband didn’t agree with me on this point.
You had me laughing. Suicidal. (And then laughing hard at the gorgeous. If you only knew.) But thank you. (I almost went Korean and didn’t acknowledge the compliment.)
It is painful, the logistics of hue and shape of accessories (silver or gold today?) and the lines (brows to match the design of shades). I am amazed I can pull this off. And I simply hate that I do.
LOL! Tiger mom bristles if I call her Yobo. She’d probably kick me if I called her gorgeous. But in all seriousness this complicated system of femininity is beyond me. I only have two color of shoes and I get busted out pretty hard if I wear brown when fashion rules dictate black. That’s with a 50% chance of always getting it right. hats off to the ladies that pull it off every day! 🙂
“I only have two color of shoes”
I envy you.
Are there other colors? 🙂
Don’t rub it in.
“Hi, you have a brand with organic ingredients for the lips?”
Tinted lip balms, nearly always named “pomegranate.” Burt’s bees makes one.
Also, about the menz, shhh, don’t tell anyone, but you can arrive sans make up wearing a flour sack and they still think we’re beautiful. 😉
Now THAT part is true. How twisted is this? It’s the men – esp the one we should most wish to please – who barely notice the nuances and effort (for me, labor). It’s the other WOMEN who notice. Sigh!!
Poor girl, I seriously do empathize with you, all of you that have to endure “the make-up” ritual.
But to be honest, I for one am glad you are not a man, lol.
HA HA HA HA HA HA.
Fascinating. Makes me wonder how my follower count would look if I were a man.
Welllllllll,
Truth?
Looking the way you look, you are beautiful, on the inside as well…..
But, you got my attention the moment I saw you, so I wouldn’t care…
😉
Wow. Where do I begin. I have always loved makeup but the thing that ticks me off the most is when I find something I really love and then when it’s time to replace it, it has been discontinued. Heartbreak. And lately I have discovered I seem to be sensitive to almost every mascara out there. My husband wouldn’t care if I stopped wearing it, but I care. It’s the Italian in me, what can I say? 🙂
Ah – the Clue. Italian. I may post this someday: I was mortified when, in response to my pajama look outside one recent day, my husband informed me that even sanitation workers (the women) take care to wear lipstick in Italy. Self-respect. Bella. That hurt below the belt.
I wanted to purchase a little finishing powder (don’t ask me what it finishes…) Matte or sheer? Full coverage or light? Do you use foundation or not? Cream to powder or just powder? Never mind, I have a headache….. That lip color looks really good on you, by the way.
Laughing and…about to cry. Eh…I don’t wear foundation (that implies layering the face!) but I confess to the powder – GASP. It’s been triple digits in CA and I can’t go around looking greasy. (Thx for the thumbs-up. =) )
Do NOT go to Sephora! Your head will spin….
Okay. So get this. I didn’t KNOW what Sephora WAS until I got a bday gift card two yrs ago. LOL. I know, right?? There’s hope for me yet. I’m not a real woman. And then I walked in to redeem the card…dang it! It’s the options that kill me. (And the prices there.)
Whisper: their HD microfinish powder is a killer. Pure silica. Absorbs oil so well. You did NOT hear this from HW. This is her twin the Grammar Mafia.
Ha! Going to Sephora online now…..shhhh
Hear no evil, see no evil…
I gave up on lip color long ago. I eat lipstick off within the first 10 minutes. Pointless. I am content with minimal makeup…grew up in a family that believed and professed openly …and I quote…”Only ugly women need makeup”.
I have settled on eye shadow, mascara and blush. I use mineral foundation in the winter when my color turns ghostly. The freckles I hated growing up are kind of special to me now. Most women are much prettier with a scrubbed face than they believe. 💕
Shadow, mascara! Wow, too sophisticated for Yours Truly.
“Most women are much prettier with a scrubbed face than they believe.” Hear, hear!
Every time I think about how much money I have spent in tampons makes me cringe. Stupid men
Now, no name-calling on this board. I should do a post on all the challenges men face. Though they’ll be REALLY difficult to come up with. -)
How about learning to interpret “female-speak”? She: “Honey, while you’re in the kitchen see if there is any vanilla ice cream left.” Moments later, He: “yeah, there’s about a pint or so.” She: “where is it?” He: “in the freezer.” She: “you didn’t bring me any?” He: “No, I thought you were making a shopping list or something.”
If you still haven’t gotten your footing in female-speak, I wish you gOOd luck on life!! =)
I play it safe and pretty much go with the Jack Nicholson character in “As Good As It Gets,”
When it comes to this topic, I can’t necessarily disagree with you. Maybe I should write the post about the challenges men face … like the fact that when it comes to business attire, our choices are so ridiculously limited. You know how monumentally tired I am of slacks, dress shirts and ties? And if we wear anything out of the ordinary — a shirt or tie with a splash of outrageous color — the comments we get.
Ha ha ha. You should do the post. (I still have trouble pitying you.) That darn grass over there….
Hey, you’re gorgeous! You’ll make any colour look good so go for your own choice.
*Shake head* No, Ian. The raspberry is a tone that flatters the Asian complexion. (It isn’t just with words I am intentional. =) ) But thank you. 😉
Way too many expectations. Just be who you are. The lip stick looks great!😀
Way too many choices. Esp in America. (Thanks. =) )
Pretty lady!
With eyes CLOSED…behind SHADES!
The story every woman knows! :)))))
I hate that I know how it’s done and can pull it off. =/ =)
Why? Then you wouldn’t be having these conversations :). Plus…you’d be a man.
LOL. (I swear it’s easier on the other side!!)
No way. I love being a woman, and I only wear makeup when I feel like it 🙂
Mr. Wayfarer must’ve fallen in love with you once again! But let me tell you, you are adorable to him whether or not you wear any sort of makeup 🙂
Eh. Things get old after 10 yrs. =) (But the piano-playing works magic that make-up doesn’t.) =)
We men have a hard life, Di… very hard
Prove it.
Easy!
?? *The guy gave me nothing.* LOL.
C’Mon… As one of many millions of guys who have tried to understand women, I can tell you, it’s a hard life!
*Opened his hands…and still nothing*
Still nothing? Oh… hello!!
Hi. LOL!
We slog.. We slave… We are so misunderstood.. It’s a hard life 😉 .. Hello there !
You’ve said it’s hard. I asked you to prove it. Now we’re getting somewhere…(or just do a fist-shaking post.) =)
I shall indeed… On my “Camera & Chai” series…. Just you wait!
So funny that you’ve posted on this as the exact situation presented itself to me a couple days ago. I haven’t worn color on my lips since my little one was born. But now as she’s about to start Pre-K funds to daycare will be cut in half and those funds can finally be spent on little things I’ve gone without — I can once again be nicer to myself. Oh the joys and sacrifices of single-parenthood are endless!
I don’t like lipstick as I prefer lip-gloss instead but my brand discontinued certain shades I liked, then there’s the price issue — especially if it looks good in the store then I get it home and it doesn’t work as well as I’d hoped. That’s $8 – $10 (won’t go over $10) on a product that will just sit there unused when I could have used that cash on something else.
So there I was staring, and checking and perusing the lip color section of the makeup aisle and in utter frustration I gave up and left! I only had a few minutes to find something that would undoubtedly take about an hour so I will try my luck another time.
That color looks nice on you though. Great find! Happy Sunday 🙂
Aren’t you a great Mom. (I realized I’d stopped carrying purses since giving birth. The diaper bag slowly was replaced by the cooler that carried all his homemade food.) Someone else mentioned the banes of our favorite shade being discontinued (of course! Business trends turning over inventory like leaves). Don’t let the disappointing color sit there gathering dust. MIX it with another! =)
Great idea, thanks! 🙂
Purse? What’s a purse? You’re right! When I have to carry my stuff, her stuff which includes lunch/snacks, change of clothes, toys… Me with a purse would look like a bit from a comedy show. 😂
http://www.amazon.com/Color-Me-Beautiful-Carole-Jackson/dp/0345345886 + http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008RQ1ZZS/ref=s9_hps_bw_g194_i3 begin to ease one’s worries about proper color selection… however because I’m a horrible non-playful jerk, I wont be sharing pictures of me in drag… not quite my thing. but it would stand to reason that color matching should only be attempted in color correct enviroments so one gets fewer surprises and a handy approach to guides about which to pursuee of the shades MIGHT aid significantly in easing the angst . courtesy of your favorite KNOW_IT_ALL… and 😉 change the color you change the composition and thus the color is the foundation within art… according to my fancy class in art at school which i so flunked….so not only am i not sharing drag pictures, I’m a lousy student giving horrendously valuable advice 😉 for my next trick 0 I shall as a non-parent have all the best advice in child-rearing! 😉 or, I am here only to keep you laughing.
I have no idea why the lighting in makeup stores is so terrible. It’s a different color on your face when you walk out with the purchase. Thx.
Beautiful Picure ♡.
Thank you.
Men = easy life 😆 (I hope my husband isn’t reading this lol)
He should see it. It’ll remind him of how good he has it. =)
Lol
Yes, yes, yes. It’s so hard to choose make-up that we like for us ladies. I’m not one for wearing lipstick but am on the hunt for the perfect foundation. It has to be matte, but doesn’t dry out my skin. It has to be orange or yellow toned rather than pink or peach. Oh, perhaps the moisturiser on my face has something to do with how the makeup on my face looks like. Ugghhhh. It’s such a pain 😀
Read the Sephora comments above. Sephora is finally coming to the state where I live in Australia 😀
Sephora’s on its way, eh? Hold onto your $. =)
That’s what my friend at work told me…she mentioned something about HD concealer that works so well and I really want it… 😀
It was their best-selling product when I went. I had to wait for the new stock to come in.
Ahhh, D, you are tempting me to get that so bad 😀
Men may have it easier, but they simply don’t get it. Or don’t get many things that us women get…
Ha ha ha. Hmmm…..would I trade in female intelligence for the simplicity? =)
so true…I have felt it many times.. LoL
*high five*
I don’t see why you think it’s easier for a man. Our pharmacist’s selection of lipsticks for men is hardly extensive.
Right? Wouldn’t you love more choices… =)
You can say that again. My men go and get their hair barbed under a few minutes and cheaply too, whilst I sit until my butt is flat, trying to get mine braided or whatever it is I wish to do with it. Oh well, I still enjoy a lot of the feminine sides..
Options are a double-edged sword (that I want to run through my side sometimes).
Men most certainly do not have it easier. You try wearing that with a goatee and a soul patch! And what if a string breaks in my cod piece?
What was I thinking?
Lol!
Uh huh. “Nobody knowwws….the trouble I’ve seeeeen.”
Ha! “Men have it easier”….as long as they’ve got a woman telling them what to do!
(I keep my make up routine quite simple + am loving the Burt’s Bees organic tinted lip balm–it adds a natural boost of color, nothing fancy though.)
Another blogger mentioned the B Bees balm. (Didn’t see this thread becoming a hotline of recommendations LOL.) As to being told what to do….gee WIZ. He prefers it that way, keeps his life even (enviably) simpler. And he hates it at the same time. LOL.
With one short paragraph, you have me in stitches. As usual, you’re hilarious 🙂
*grin*
Is that why men usually live so much longer than women? ; )
A wise man among us.
Your lipstick looks nice.
Ha ha ha. For all the trouble it was, I would hope so. Will take that – thx.
“Oh, I wish I were a man.”
Maybe the Jewish Talmudic scholars had makeup in mind when they introduced the following prayer into the morning ritual.
“Blessed are you O God, King of the Universe, Who has not made me a woman.”
I do not find the prayer derogatory as I did when I first heard it. Let’s see: makeup, accessories, PMS, sexual abuse, being married off without consent, laundry by hand and financial dependence on husband (back then)…You don’t have to be a scholar to add it up. Even God decided to be a man!!
I don’t have this problem since I don’t wear lipstick – but it looks like a very pretty shade 🙂
Here is a sane woman (bc you forgo lipstick, not bc you complimented me). =) And thx, A.
I don’t wear any make up now and attempted to pull off some deep red lipstick maybe two weeks ago… and as it turns out I actually prefer myself Onatural … with zero make up on I feel most like myself and most comfy 🙂
Very nice that you liked yourself natural. This color was a big deal to me bc I usually do quieter colors when I do at all. =)
Actually I could make a strong case that women really do have it easier. Better to be agonizing over lip color than to be a male and have to face the dreaded question: “Honey do these jeans make me look fat?”
lol You almost have a point. As I’ve said here, I don’t know what’s worse some days. Being a woman or having to live with one.
Changing oil in the car, fixing the plumbing, blowing snow. Do I wish I were a man? Umm . . . nope, I’ll deal with lipstick instead. It does look beautiful on you, though.
You should do a post on behalf of the male species. =) (And thx, C.)
It may be easier for them, but they don’t get to be work of art!! 🙂
Ha ha. (It’s a lot of work trying to be a work of art!!)
Hey, David got to enjoy the free ticket out of womanhood and be immortalized as a statue.
Hey, hey now that’s a great photo of you, Diana. So pretty and the lipstick is a perfect color for you and similar to a shade that I used to wear. I stopped wearing makeup in my fifties. It made my face look harsh.
Yes, men have it easier. No worries about make up. Just shave and get a decent haircut.
They don’t even have to shave and they can look good. (And thx, Y.)
It’s all a matter of perspective … We cannot change our lip color based on our mood …
And I do hope you are happy about that. =)
Reading some of these made me smile Diana, Im lucky I have a smart man that always says the right thing, ” but you don’t need make-up honey, I love you just the way you are.” ….. See, a smart man. And yes he gets more gorgeous with age….
You guys sound like a match made in heaven. Over here, it’s just so sad watching him look better with age…and his wife go the other way!
By the looks of your photo I am not convinced, I think you look gorgeous and young. Talk to me when you hit your fifties.
Ha ha ha. I took 40 shots and deleted 35. Oh, I’ll be talking to u.
At my age I have to wait for the soft afternoon light to work its magic Diana. Im due for a new head shot and Im betting I will beat your number.
Soft afternoon light…LOL. (THey NEVER have to think about such things. Or the angle at which you take those shots.)
Agreed! You win!
LOL
ps my hubs is six years younger so I do need to take care of myself to keep up.
Oh hoah….6. Niiiice!!!! *wink*
Cougar? Far from it….More like a snow leopard …..cute and cuddly with claws ha!
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Thx. =)
If you really wish it was so, why don’t you get inspired by it and test how it is to shift the perspective a bit? 🙂
Much Love <3
I can’t go beyond convictions of faith. =)
I’m not sure what I would do with all my free time if I was a guy – about 90% of the things I do unrelated to work would just be taken care of/non-existent!
The Mr. actually NAPS. Omg. =)
Wait, naps?! What is this amazing event of which you speak?
‘Tis quite a phenomenon. (Female) Scientists have yet to make sense of them.
Very pretty. Wish I could wear matte but it only highlights my agin lips lol.
It was creamy matte. =)
Hmm really?? I’ll have to check this out. I love the pigment in mattes, just don’t like the drying effect. If there are creamy ones though this just may fix my issue. Thx D
At Sephora. They have more than one organic line.
Oh that’s good to know. I buy several items from Sephora.
But contrary to what I was told, it does bleed after a few hours. (Lipstick, not the lipliner I’d wanted.) Now, to go hunting for the matching liner, right?!!! Bordering it – the upper lips, esp – with a thin brush kept it from bleeding. Gee, just shoot me.
hahaha yeah this is the first time I’ve heard you talk anything remotely close to cosmetics. But I will seriously check this out. Bummer about the bleeding though and I can’t do a brush for lining I just use pencil.
“the first time I’ve heard you talk anything remotely close to cosmetics.” Exactly. I hate it. Let’s just forget this whole thing ever happened. *shudder*
Okay, you’re cracking me up right now. And don’t you worry, with my pathetic memory this is totally forgotten.
LoL
Brand: BITE Beauty
At Sephora:
Brand is BITE Beauty
Matte creme lipstick
Color Juniper
with antioxidant resveratrol and monk fruit extract
*Tosses note and runs away*
You’re too funny D. and while I knew your talents ran deep I wasn’t aware of this comedic streak – charming. Thank you so much for this D. Today I found a list of organic brand makeup which I pinned to Pinterest and I was going to go through it to see if I could find the lipstick you mentioned the other day. This is the first year when asked what I wanted for my birthday I thought “hmm I want some cosmetics for fall.” So my brother surprised me with cash (this is huge from a Scrooge like him) to make my purchases. Believe it or not I makeup really doesn’t rank high on my list of priorities but I’ve been wanting to make a gradual switch to organic products. This is superb!!!! ~S..
*laugh* I am SO glad you got the moola to do yourself up. It can be fun. *stuffing socks in my mouth. bye*
>:D
Ah yes, finding makeup that isn’t full of toxins is difficult. Finding ones that are nontoxic and in the exact color you have in mind is even more difficult! I agree with the other comments that this is a great color on you!
You know it: “Finding ones that are nontoxic and in the exact color you have in mind is even more difficult!”
And thanks. =) Color’s a little louder than I’m used to wearing.
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