Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in F-Bomb

It's hard to blog pictures of your face on days when you can't seem to get any good pictures of your face, isn't it? I don't know what it is, but today my iPhone camera and I are not friends. 

So, of course, since every lipstick I have has a story attached, I suppose I ought to tell you this one. 

This all started when I was at that one beauty store at the mall; I forget what it's called. That one that I go to all the time? S-something. I was helping Sahara pick out a red lipstick, because I think once you have more than 10 lipsticks in your collection, you become known as the Lipstick Guru of Your Circle of Friends. Which is actually a fairly awesome position to be in. 

We ended up at the Urban Decay counter swatching Mrs. Mia Wallace from the limited edition Pulp Fiction collection, which is the one that Sahara ultimately chose. I was looking for blush, because I'd gotten tired of using cream blush from Josie Maran and wanted to try a blue-toned pink, so unfortunately I couldn't also pick up that shade. But boy, did I want it. 

Fast forward a week or so to the night before my friend Carlie's birthday. Carlie and I decided to go hang out at the mall, because I wanted to go burn some more of my paycheck buying Mrs. Mia Wallace at that one store and also buy her a present, if I could. 

Well, when we got there, the limited part of limited edition had taken effect. Mrs. Mia Wallace had sold out, gone forever, and so on. 

So I promptly started looking through the UD lipsticks to find the next best thing. I have to admit, the name sold me on this one. I took one look at the bottom of the tube and cracked up. One of the best names for a true red lipstick, possibly ever. It's half historical joke, half dirty joke, half profane. I know what you're thinking--Wait; that's wrong, three halves? Nope. This lipstick is actually just that awesome. It's not as blood-toned as MMW, but it's sure gorgeous. This is my current go-to Agent Peggy Carter red. 

Matte red lipsticks are great. I own a few. But I like this one because it's not matte. It's glossy, but not sticky. It's creamy, which means that it's less drying than some of the other reds I own that are matte. It's super pigmented (seriously, do I own anything that's not pigmented? I have great taste), unscented, and the wear is good. The only conundrum is, how do you eat and not end up eating your lipstick? Sahara brought this up the other night when we were at dinner. Unfortunately, the only solution I had for her was wear lip stains instead of lipsticks on nights when you're going to be doing a lot of eating and drinking and you don't want to keep reapplying. 

IDK, I feel like there must be a better answer to "how to eat with lipstick on" besides "buy stains or don't eat." 

Red lipstick is my truest friend. Sorry, Kate, Sahara, Sky, and Tay. 

New angles! Gettin' all kinds of crazy up in here

I almost didn't post any pics of my face because I really don't like my face today.
Or my phone camera doesn't. One of the two.

Even though my face in pictures is making me weirdly self conscious today, I still LOVE red lipstick. And this red, in particular. I like it because it's probably the nicest true red I've ever had on my lips, without being obscenely fire-truck-like. It doesn't look cheap, probably because it's not--UD lipsticks run at about $22, so; mid-level expensive depending on what you're used to.

To me, red lipstick is about feeling confident and powerful and sexy. All my golden-age Hollywood icons seriously rock(ed) a red lip, and even though they were flawed, they knew what was what and they were brave. Every time I wear a red lip, now, besides getting super stoked about wearing red lipstick and how awesome that is, I think about them; how if they could face their demons and do amazing things, I can, too. And that's why I won't ever be found without a tube of red lipstick in my bag, or in my pocket. Red lipstick is so integral to my look and to my personality, and no man is ever gonna convince me to give it up because he hates lipstick kisses. It's all or nothing. 

That's all.