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Here’s a thing that sort of haunts me, since I’m on a fashion kick here and thinking about it.
Years ago, literal years ago, on this hellsite, I posted about how I’m continually frustrated in my quest for genuine red lipstick. I want Agent Carter red lipstick, and I compulsively buy True Red lipsticks every time I see them, and yet. Always, always, always, pink. I put them on, pink.
I know it’s that my lips are naturally pretty bright pink, that’s just my coloring. I get it. But I don’t want a pink lipstick, I want a red one.
(Dark reds turn pink too. Amazing.)
And I bitched about this, and this was back before xkit had any reply to replies function. Someone replied, someone I didn’t follow, I don’t remember who it was, they said, “Oh, I know a lot about that! Tell me what colors you have that didn’t work, and i can advise you!” or something to that effect.
But I lost the notification, I don’t remember when I made the post, I don’t know who it was.
But. Is– is that a thing? Is there anyone who can tell me how to find a shade that will genuinely be red on my actual face??
(I am a cheap bitch who continually buys $3-5 lipsticks at drugstores so that might also be the problem, but I am not going to splash out twenty fucking dollars on yet another tube of gloriously red-with-yellow-undertones lipstick only to put it onto my face and have YET ANOTHER SHADE OF FUCKING PINK.) (And I’ve considered buying the orangey shades, but I happen to know they turn fucking fuschia, so, not a success story so far.)
exhibit fucking A: L’oreal Colour Riche “Eva’s Red” #403, apparently discontinued because I can’t find it online.
Nice bright red, not pink in the slightest
OH LOOK IT’S FUCKING PINK
Maybe I’m asking too much from the world at large.
But I can’t make myself buy any other color of lipstick. I could buy a pink lipstick on purpose! It might look awesome! I WOULDN’T KNOW BECAUSE MY OBSESSED ASS WILL ONLY BUY THE RED ONE AND THEN GET MAD.
Ugh.
(Your picture was not posted)
Here’s a thing that sort of haunts me, since I’m on a fashion kick here and thinking about it.
Years ago, literal years ago, on this hellsite, I posted about how I’m continually frustrated in my quest for genuine red lipstick. I want Agent Carter red lipstick, and I compulsively buy True Red lipsticks every time I see them, and yet. Always, always, always, pink. I put them on, pink.
I know it’s that my lips are naturally pretty bright pink, that’s just my coloring. I get it. But I don’t want a pink lipstick, I want a red one.
(Dark reds turn pink too. Amazing.)
And I bitched about this, and this was back before xkit had any reply to replies function. Someone replied, someone I didn’t follow, I don’t remember who it was, they said, “Oh, I know a lot about that! Tell me what colors you have that didn’t work, and i can advise you!” or something to that effect.
But I lost the notification, I don’t remember when I made the post, I don’t know who it was.
But. Is– is that a thing? Is there anyone who can tell me how to find a shade that will genuinely be red on my actual face??
(I am a cheap bitch who continually buys $3-5 lipsticks at drugstores so that might also be the problem, but I am not going to splash out twenty fucking dollars on yet another tube of gloriously red-with-yellow-undertones lipstick only to put it onto my face and have YET ANOTHER SHADE OF FUCKING PINK.) (And I’ve considered buying the orangey shades, but I happen to know they turn fucking fuschia, so, not a success story so far.)
exhibit fucking A: L’oreal Colour Riche “Eva’s Red” #403, apparently discontinued because I can’t find it online.
Nice bright red, not pink in the slightest
OH LOOK IT’S FUCKING PINK
Maybe I’m asking too much from the world at large.
But I can’t make myself buy any other color of lipstick. I could buy a pink lipstick on purpose! It might look awesome! I WOULDN’T KNOW BECAUSE MY OBSESSED ASS WILL ONLY BUY THE RED ONE AND THEN GET MAD.
Ugh.
(Your picture was not posted)
