The Perfect Pout
14.02.12
Beauty
Glossy red lips are a longstanding classic, and the only way to go this Valentine's Day
Season after season, stunning red lips of all kinds continue to strut down the runway. It is a timeless look. So what better excuse does Valentine’s provide than to pucker up and don the red lip?
I’ve pulled out three of my favorite lippies that not only give you the pout of your dreams but are also making great headway in terms of caring for our environment.
Stila Acai Crush Lip & Cheek Stain
First up is the wonderful Stila. Many of their core products are formulated and produced locally, thus reducing your carbon footprint. Their products are never tested on animals and the packaging is mostly recyclable, and often refillable, too. I have always been really fond of this brand, and the products are stunning. Acai Crush Cheek & Lip Stain is packed full of wonderful antioxidants to keep you looking youthful, while delivering a perfect pop of lasting colour. Because the stain is so natural looking, it’s the perfect introduction when trying out this look for the first time.
Keep the rest of your make up really simple and apply straight from the pen to your lips, then pat with your forefinger to give a lovely rosebud effect. Patting this way adds a little more volume to your lips. Pop a little on the apples of your cheeks and pat away again until you see a lovely seamless rosy flush appear. Beautiful!
Trust on some of Karen's favourite ladies, KT Tunstall, Kara Tointon and Holly Vallance
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Trust Lipstick
Next up we have a wonderful lipstick called “Trust”. Created by a group of beauty wizards (which I must admit includes myself), the “Trust” Lipstickraises money for the Prince’s Trust. It is a charity so dear to my heart as they helped me buy my first make-up kit! We all worked
really hard and put lots of time into creating a really high quality lipstick. I even went to the factory to mix the perfect red for you all! It was an amazing experience and I am so incredibly happy with the results. We used pre-formulated lipstick to cut down on wastage, managing to find a little gem that’s baddie-free and packed with Vitamin E. Luckily enough we sold the whole lot to one retailer, thereby saving on storage and transportation, and keeping the old carbon footprint down. The colour is stunning! It has a real wow factor, and the satin finish makes it so wearable and modern. So far we have raised a total of £80,000 for the charity, and we are hoping that our future King will allow us to make more.
Organic Glam
The last (but by no means least) of the lipsticks I would recommend is Organic Glam’s stunning red lipstick. The average woman consumes 5lbs of lipstick in her lifetime- shocking, right? Thank you Organic Glam for addressing this issue. When I first did research into lipsticks I was totally shocked by what their contents. Whale blubber: ew. And cow’s spinal cord! Double ew. Organic Glam’s lipstick is a wonderful red that is completely natural and formulated with mostly organic ingredients. I love that Shea butter infuses this rich and creamy formula and the packaging is really very chic.
And now for a little beauty secret: Kylie taught me this trick many moons ago, when we worked together on the ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ music video. She told me that the following is how Marilyn Monroe created her bombshell lips:
Firstly pat the tiniest amount of concealer over your entire lip, and then blot by pressing a little translucent powder through 1 ply of tissue, using a brush.
Line the lips with a matching red pencil and blend the edges in, so the lip line is soft.P op on ‘Trust” straight from the bullet and blend again with your favourite lip brush. Blot again with the powder and repeat. I always do this now and find the lipstick lasts for hours. With a flesh coloured lip pencil, half a shade lighter than your skin tone, just softly line the outer edges of your Cupid’s bow. This gives a brilliant fullness to your lips.
