Each season the cosmetic industry puts out a "color story" or trend. This fall is no different and there are two main looks to include in your back to school wardrobe.
My favorite is the return to 1940's noir glamour. Here is the one item you must get for your Fall look: a great red lipstick. Preferably matte red. A nice, deep, dark tone of red. I have some favorite brands to recommend to you because of the companies commitment to the environment and botanical ingredients. Take a look at and experience these:
1. Arbonne International "Frankly Scarlett". The company is highly devoted to Earth with recycling efforts, use of post-consumer plastics and papers in their packaging, plus only using sustainable resources in their products that are pure, safe and beneficial.
2. Aveda "Uruku Annatto". Aveda has long been an early pioneer of botanical ingredients with minimal packaging that is 100% post consumer recycled materials.
3. Cargo Plantlove "Joshua Tree". Cargo has created this lipstick in an environmentally sound compostable tube. It's not as red as I would like, but I regularly drive through the Joshua Tree Forest here in Arizona, and the color will work for our second Fall trend.
4. Lorac "Explore". As a company, there are some efforts towards recycling, and I only mention this one because it is by far the best color, texture and slip I have found in a matte red lipstick. It's also known as being the "Moulin Rouge" lipstick worn by Nicole Kidman as Satine in the Baz Luhrmann film of the same name.
Now here's how you wear that red lipstick and make it look fabulous:
Start by exfoliating your lips with either your toothbrush while you are brushing or a soft textured facial scrub, keep your lips hydrated with a moisturizing balm, use an over the counter tooth whitener (I like Crest Whitestrips for ease of use and good results on a budget...visit their website for free coupons: www.whitestrips.com), line your lips with a nude liner and apply your lipstick with a brush for the best application that doesn't get squirrely on you and begin to resemble Bob the lead singer from the Cure.
Next, pair that amazing red mouth with a full brow and black or eggplant shade eye liner and you've got your 1940's glamour going on! A creme pot eye liner or liquid eye liner will give you the most dramatic effect. So for your "daytime going to school" version of this look; try wetting a slant tip brush, dip it into your dark purple shadow and make a soft smudgy line close to your eyelashes. You still get the drama with out the "queen for a day" look.
Our second Fall trend is a return to a "fresh scrubbed" look. Here, it's simple. You must have amazing skin to pull it off. The look is built around healthy vibrant skin that is dewy and moisturized, put a light gloss on the lips, follow with a soft coat of mascara, wear a fuller eyebrow ( hold in place with clear gel ) and sheer cheek stain...like Tarte, Lorac Sheerwash or Benefit Benetint.
It's simple, easy and can go from school day to football game party with the addition of your great red lipstick.
If you are wondering where the "less is less" comes from, it's not the makeup...it's the carbon impact.
This school year, why not decide to start off right by starting with less.
I challenge you to commit to recycling in your house or dorm room. Reusing: get at least two uses out of each product you purchase. Finally, reducing your carbon impact. Maybe you plant a tree, carpool, ride your bike more, or switch to a fluorescent light bulbs.
You can test your carbon impact and learn more by visiting: http://www.self.org/cnc.asp
Remember, beauty is more about who you are on the inside than how you look on the outside.
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To learn more about reducing/reusing/recycling...please visit www.earth911.org ... especially if you are on your way to Burning Man.
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