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Friday, 16 November 2012
Burgundy Lips! Or, Why Makeup Trends are Stupid
If you type "burgundy lips" into Google images, you'll find lip colors ranging anywhere from deep red to light mauve. It's the hot new lip color for Fall, but no one seems to be able to agree on what burgundy is. My impression has always been that burgundy is a deep red/purple wine color, but the lips above prove that even that doesn't narrow it down much.
Ditto the Oxblood phenomenon with nail lacquer.
You'll find a lot of articles advising you how to avoid looking overpowered by a deep burgundy, or washed out by a matte burgundy, or too splotchy from a hot pink burgundy -- further confusing matters. In a recent article in Vancouver's Metro, YouTube makeup artist Tanya Burr recommended MAC's Rebel as a great burgundy for deep skin tones. For reference, this is Rebel on Christine from Temptalia:
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