I hate lipstick! I really do!!!

Maybe it is because my skin tone is weird, so nothing looks right on me (except for my own sheer lip tints, LOL). The only lipsticks I can get away with are really sheer lipsticks that blend with my natural lip color. Anything else looks fake and painted.

My skin tone has a definite yellow undertone, while my lips are more plummy. I have heard that this is a common thing in Scandinavians. But it makes it pretty impossible to pick a lipstick that actually matches both your skin tone and your natural lip shade.

Over the years, I have collected bag-fulls of lipsticks that I NEVER use. I try, and then wipe them off, because most of them look awful.

However, the other day, I just happened to stumble over a video tutorial that gave me hope for my pile of unusable lipsticks – maybe I can use them after all?

Lisa Eldridge is showing you how to apply a lipstick in her super duper tutorial. She has picked one of the most unusable colors of lipsticks you can imagine, and shows you 4 different ways of applying this horrible color in such a way that it can flatter pretty much anyone…

This is pure magic!!! If you have a few minutes, check it out! It is fascinating what you can do when you are a makeup artist. In the mean time, I’m off to buy another lipstick in an awful color so I can play too….

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