"I'm told it's a big deal in Korea."

Hi everyone!

I've taken a little break as things got hectic, and have been thinking a lot of this blog. Hope all my readers, past and present, are doing well!

I came across a Refinery 29 Article talking about Korea's newest lipstick sensation: Gradient lips! As so as I saw it, I thought to myself: That would be so weird here in America... I *have* to try it!

So I tried it for the first time last week... and it... did not, umm... go well. (I tried using a beige lipstick on the outer rim, instead of concealer.)

This time I got dead serious on a relaxed Wednesday morning and started with the concealer, then the lip stain, then lip liner in bright red! Next I used a lip brush to blend the red out from the center. After that I used an almost negligible amount of clear and sparkle gloss and finally put tiny bit of un-blended red right at the center. I found that it didn't look quite as nice unless the gradient sort of followed the basic shape of the lip itself.

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Check out this excellent example from BeautifulShoes.com!



I didn't think I would like this look on me, but now I'm pretty sure I'll do it again, and soon! I think though, next time, I'll to a little more colour on the eyes, so I don't look washed out.

I don't know much about her, but I'd like to nominate Rihanna to try this look next...

Look at that perfect canvas! Mmm!

Oh wait... It doesn't work that way? I guess that's just the ice bucket challenge! Haha!

I added a little update. Since it's hard to photograph this look without direct sunlight, I decided I would try again this morning. Further, I noticed that gloss, even on the lighter part of the lip, makes the look seem less washed out and ghost-like.

Why hello!

So hard to hold my eyes open in the sunlight...!