Red Riding Hood….and those red red lips

Hi guys,

I have a somewhat different post today which hopefully you will enjoy. I certainly had fun creating it 🙂 It’s not just my usual eye makeup but sort of a full styling attempt :).

The inspiration came from my friend, and pro MUA, Malou, who suggested I try some dark lips…so I did. My lipstick collection doesn’t really contain true dark colours but it does have some gorgeous red shades.

Some time ago, I ordered an adventure pack with 10 NYX Round Lipsticks from rockthecatwalk – basically the lovely people at the online store picked 10 shades for me (I could give them an idea what I wanted) and I had no clue what to expect.

Overall, the lipsticks turned out to be really pigmented and creamy, especially the matte ones. I instantly fell in love with one of them though, a red beauty named Hero…

(photo taken from Internet)

Naturally, with a lipstick like this, one has to remain a bit on the neutral side with the eye makeup. All I can say is, I tried!!! 😛

To make it even more fun, I used as a prop another favourite of mine – a red beret I got from Accessorize several years ago.

And that’s how the complete look turned out:

No flash:

And now without the red beret:

I used:

Face:

• Bourjois healthy mix foundation #54
• Bourjois healthy balance powder #55
• Bourjois cream to powder blush #2
• Essence Ticket to Paradise shimmer powder

Lips:

• NYX Round Lipstick Hero

Eyes:

• Essence colour arts eye base
• MUG pigment Blitz
• Makeup Studio shimmer effects
• MUG pigment NY’s Eve
• MUG eyeshadow Frappe
• MUG eyeshadow Beaches and Cream
• MUG eyeshadow Shimma Shimma
• MUG eyeshadow Bada Bing
• Essence eyeliner pen
• Max Factor black kohl pencil
• Max Factor Wild Mega Volume volumising mascara

What do you think about this look? And the lipstick? Let me know in the comments 🙂