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A Color Story…

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

So I am very happy and proud to say that LM has been featured in Bronze Magazine with photos by Darsha Photography .  I couldn’t be happier with the outcome of this photo shoot  and the hard work we put into this project. It’s so awesome how this  entire process of this shoot   came together.  Our model  Imani Jayy is  super amazing  and  as you can see from the images photographer Shanai is on point! All of the makeup, hair and fashion styling  was done by me and I must say as tired as I was this day, I pulled the strength from some place other than myself and did what I do best!  I knew I wanted to see color, fun, and invigoration  for this shoot and it’s looks just that!  I kept the makeup soft and colorful a nice change from my usual smokey eye look. So much fun for me to do something different and it definitely shows!

Check out behind the scene below and the link to Bronze Magazine with the full feature


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Lets get nude!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

Here at Lipstick Mixtapes we not only want you to be the best you can be…. but we’re Makeup Artists, so we also want you to LOOK the best that you can look, inside and out of course. That being said, we feel there’s a 4 alarm blaze going on in the makeup world, and we are here to extinguish that fire for ya! Its probably hands down one of the most popular trends in makeup, its a staple in any cosmetic kit, it was probably your first vanity purchase, as well as one of the easiest ones to pull of… BUT, ALL NUDE LIPS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL!!!!!! Nude on Alicia Keys, nude on Alek Wek, nude on Sieanna Miller and nude on Oprah are all gonna be completely different colors. The term “nude” is all relative anyway because it all depends on what your natural lip color is.

Lets examine that for a moment, shall we…?

This beautiful picture of Alicia Keys features her wearing a nude lip. Yes it has a slight pink shade to it but that’s because the natural color of her lip is pink! Look at the majority of her photos, there’s nothing she can do about it honestly…  unless she puts on a color. Her lip will only do so much in the nude range with that pink coming through… ask Safia Michelle.

…I wish you WOULD put a pinkish ANYTHING on Alek Wek and call it nude. Do you see the color that is on her lips in this image? It’s actually more of a deeper brown like the color of her skin. Its also the natural color of her lips…..

SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING?

oprah

These images of Oprah and Sieanna Miller show them wearing the “typical” overall effect of what people are seeking when they say “I want a nude lip”. But Oprah doesn’t have naturally pink lips and neither does Sieanna Miller! They are more of a flesh toned shade. So their nudes will differ all together unless they’re going for a more editorial look or something more specific (that’s a whole other ballgame).

**Discaimer** Not to say that anyone who has pink lips can’t have a brown based nude lip or vise versa…. 2 things to remember.

1) God didn’t give everybody everything, be realistic about what your working with… how much effort do you want to put into a lip (ie: Lip liner, Lipstick and Lipgloss vs Lipgloss alone)? Glosses and certain lipstick textures are so sheer they can’t saturate the lip enough to totally cover your natural shade without it coming through and being apart of the finished look **Remember Alicia Keys, Safia Michelle, Meagan B?**

Safia Michelle and Meagan B

2) Know what you are looking for when you go lipstick shopping. Don’t drive your Makeup Artist crazy trying to get them to decipher what it is that your looking for when you don’t even know…. at least give us an image (on paper, yes a photograph)of what you’re going for. Don’t you take one to your hair stylist?? Same deal.

That being said, we challenge all of you reading this to examine the color of your own lips, keep it real with yourself, and find a nude that works for YOU. Stop trying to match the color Beyonce has on, she gets photoshop.

Love and Lipstick,

Meagan B & Safia Michelle

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Trend Report!!!

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

I’m seeing them more and more and I think I’m starting to love this lil trend here with thigh highs as outer wear!!! Pay attention they’re everywhere right now. I like the more low key understated sexy way of wearing them over the avant garde though.

Rihanna

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Spring… into Love! Can you say FASHION WEEK?!?!?

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

MERCEDES-BENZ_FASHIONWEEK

Hi Everybody, it is September 2009 and it’s Fall already. Where did the Summer go? It comes so slow and leaves so quickly, and here we are now on the cusp of THE INDUSTRY’S FAVORITE WEEK …FASHION WEEK!!!!!! Needless to say, it’s all about FASHION, FASHION, AND MORE FASHION, SHOES, BAGS AND ACCESSORIES. INSPIRATION AT ITS FINEST!

Designers showing their Spring/Summer collections before they hit the streets, AND YOU KNOW YOUR GIRLS HERE AT LM ARE GONNA MAKE SURE WE GIVE YOU NOTHIN BUT HOTTNESS! From colors to textures, to style we’re about to fill your palette, enthuse your appetite and inspire your minds to kick off the seasons withthe newest trends, but also mixing the old with the new!

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