Thanks to everyone that came to the LM booth at the Makeup & Martini’s Event! Everyone looked beautiful, and was incredibly NICE. The debut of the LM line of lipsticks was a MAJOR success. I apologize for not  being able to sell them the wi-fi in the lounge wasn’t available to do PAYPAL, but I have placed them on-line for you to purchase so if you remember the LM number that was tried on you that’s the one you click on in the BUY NOW area of the Makeup & Martini’s page.
Special thanks to TGaines ENT. and the incredible and humble Shelly Flash for all the shout-outs and good vibes and offering me an incredible workspace to display Lipstick Mixtapes and our services!

Harriet thank you for the awesome slide show and being available  to work with me and   working so hard to pull things together. And of course to all the Beautiful, Beautiful Women that inspired me throughout the night with amazing stories, incredible energy, and go-girl accolades you made my evening! I look forward to meeting more of you and making available HOT lipstick colors that you all LOVE and wear with the utmost CONFIDENCE AND SASS!

LOVE & LIPSTICK,

Safia Michelle

So here I am getting dressed for what I would consider an important dinner, I’m meeting my bf’s closest friends for the 1st time. Of course I want them to like me, I’m already nervous and I just want them to see me in all of my fierce glory with beauty and brains, lol. I do my hair, I get dressed in my best, I grab my makeup box, open it and I think for about 3 seconds my brain went about as blank as what was in that box. I HAD NOTHING!!  I’m a Makeup Artist… I HAD NOTHING!!! Since I have so much makeup I like to keep things organized for when I do jobs and I realized at that moment instead of grabbing my personal makeup kit before I left home, I took the kit that had nothing but all lipsticks and blushes!!! Now that doesn’t seem so bad right?? HA! I HAD NO BRUSHES, NO EYELINER, NO MASCARA… I DIDN’T HAVE THE PRODUCTS I USE TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE ME!

I had a 2 minute freak out session in my bf’s bathroom and then I went into auto pilot, after all I wasn’t about to be defeated. I lucked up and had my foundation in my purse, which even Safia Michelle would tell you is rare for me. I was in total MAKE IT WORK MODE. I turned my fingers into brushes and those blushes into eye shadows! I contoured my cheeks with bronzer, rolled some tissue up to apply highlighters and blush to my skin and cheeks. I used a q-tip to smudge a old discontinued blush I had into my lash line and the only mascara I had was BLUE! Ha, chile boo I made that thang work! 10 mins and a hot flash later I looked great, and I also changed my point on view on makeup application. Being put in uncomfortable situations forces us to fight or flee, so what you got??? And the boy didn’t even know I had a makeup meltdown! #GIRLPOWER!

Here’s what I used:

The singer showed up to a star studded charity shopping party at Gucci to help raise money for the “Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now” (FFAWN).  FFAWN is a joint venture with business partner Steve Stoute.She brought out the heavy hitters.

“Steve is a friend of mine and a business partner. Being that he knows my movement and he knows exactly who I am, he said, ‘Mary, what is it that you want to do? What is it that inspires you?’ I said, ‘Helping women.’ He was like, ‘Why don’t we start a foundation?’ I said yes.”

WWD staff askd Mary,what are the biggest issues facing women today?

“Insecurities due to lack of education and insecurities due to lack of self-love and confidence,” she said. “Anytime you abuse drugs and alcohol, that stems from your childhood. It creates this ball of insecurity. It turns into an inferiority complex and you end up believing that you’re nothing.” (MJB)

We love this woman, and Lipstick has to find a way to become involved in her movement!