Little History Class

The red lip stems back to 3000 BC, in the ancient worlds of Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt. The most familiar red lip-donner in the ancient world was Cleopatra, of course. How she get red color? They created it using crushed insects mixed into a vibrant paste of red waxes. Gross, isn’t it?

Fast forward through Medieval times the next point in time that was extremely red lip-centric was the Elizabethan Age when red lipsticks started being made with dyes from plants. Red lips became a symbol that warded off evil spirits during Elizabeth’s rule.

Regardless of its true origin, the concept of wearing red lipstick has always been a major social expression that carried with it a number of meanings. Depending on the location and century, red lips were a flirtatious signal of seduction, a declaration of social status, a show of wealth, or an indication of confidence.

In the U.S., its peak was in 1912, when women started to march in order to gain attention for equal rights (including the right to vote). In order to gain more attention to their cause, some would wear red lipstick to public events.  As red lipstick became a symbol of the American suffrage movement, it began to gain popularity internationally.

How To Choose the Right Shade of Red Lipstik?

It is generally best to choose red lipstick according to your skin undertone. If you have warm undertones in your skin, you should choose a red lip color with similarly warm tones. That means choosing reds that have orange, coral, copper, gold, or brown undertones in them. Tip: If your teeth aren’t extremely white, you should avoid reds with orange tones in them. They have a tendency to make to bring out the yellow tones in teeth.

If you have cool undertones in your skin, you should choose a red lip color with similar cool undertones. That means choosing reds that have blue, pink, or plum undertones.

If your skin undertone is neutral congratulations! You can wear whatever shade you want.

Pro Tips For Beautiful Red Lipstick

• Dry, chapped lips never look good. Don’t forget to hydrate them! Apply balm past the lip line, onto the skin before putting on lipstick.
• If you put on matte liquid lipstick, and after a regular lipstick over it in similar shades, you will create its own beautiful color and texture.
• If you want to make your lips look pouty, use a slightly lighter lipstick on the center of your upper and lower lips than you do at the edges.
• To keep the red lip color from bleeding outside your lip line, it’s important to use a lip liner. Trace around the edge of your lips with the liner, and then fill in the inside of your lips.

Red lipstick is a bold choice and, at the same time will make you feel powerful. It deserves a bold outfit too. Choose an outfit that matches with you, powerful girl, and the world is yours. If you need more pro tips and you want to become a makeup artist, check this offer!

New Year’s Eve Makeup – A Classic Makeup

If you don’t like to experiment, the cat eye is a timeless makeup look that complements all eye colors and shapes. The key to perfecting the winged liner look is finding a great eyeliner that glides on smoothly. Of curse, mascara is always a secret weapon. For a sexy, smoky effect, try smudging the pencil liner. You can have fun with smudging, especially if you’re young. But, the more mature you are, you’ll want to minimize how much smoke you’re doing at the bottom. And if using black under the eyes feels too harsh, try this trick of using a dark brown color underneath the eyes instead.

New Year’s Eve Makeup – Halo Eye Makeup Look

Did you notice that halo eye makeup trend is popping up everywhere? This attractive eye makeup technique uses bright and dark shades to create a halo-like effect around the eyes and give them a glowing appearance. To get the look, put one, shimmering shade in the middle of both your upper and lower lid, surrounded by a contrasting color on each side to create a halo effect. The halo eye makeup is a perfect choice to make your eyes appear bigger.

Sparkle & Shine

Glitter for the holidays? Yes, please! While glitter might not be something you utilize every day when applying your eye makeup, try something new just for the fun of it. Be careful: Glitter has a tendency to get everywhere, and the wrong product can end up all over your cheeks instead of on your eyes, creating one big, sparkly mess. Glitter eyeshadows should be ultra-pigmented, high-sparkle, long-wearing, and of course, fallout-free.

Pro tip: Use eyeshadow primer!

New Year’s Eve Makeup – Red Lips and Long Lashes

Red lipstick doesn’t really need anything else. That’s the beauty behind a statement look. But if you are looking for a balance – long lashes are the perfect match! Whether it’s the work of a volumizing, lengthening mascara or a great set of falsies, we all love big lashes! To keep the look feeling modern, look for a red lipstick with a semi-matte finish (instead of a high-shine finish).

Black Smokey Eyes

Smokey eyes are renowned as a gorgeous nighttime makeup look. This eye makeup style is generally considered to be formal and elegant. Want to master the art of sexy smolder but worry that you might end up being more raccoon than raunchy? All you need to remember is to blend to get that shadowing effect that can just nail the look. And to put one by one layer of eyeshadow. Pair it with nude lipstick.

While you are preparing for the craziest night, check makeup trends in 2021. I hope they’ll be useful!