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Lipstick Icon: Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry

August 13, 2019 by WendyB

A huge thank you to reader Catherine, whose comment on yesterday’s lipstick post alerted me to hammer thrower Gwen Berry and her blue lipstick. Berry won a gold medal at the Pan American games in Peru over the weekend. While she was on the podium with the American anthem playing, she raised a fist —…

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Filed Under: blue lipstick, Fashion, In the News, lipstick, makeup, pictures of me, politics, sports Tagged With: gwen berry, pan american games

NSFW Lipstick

August 12, 2019 by WendyB

I’m a lipstick lover, and I’ve been fascinated by color names since childhood, when I used to read the names on my mother’s lipsticks and wonder about the inspiration behind Revlon’s “Fire and Ice” and “Cherries in the Snow.” When lipstick names got edgier in the 1990s, I was so excited that I wrote a…

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Filed Under: Fashion, lipstick, makeup Tagged With: francois nars, nars cosmetics

Throwback Thursday: Long-Term Trends and Lipstick

October 6, 2016 by WendyB

In 2013, I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post about the surprisingly long life of fashion trends — a story that grew out of my “Never Is the Next New Thing™” adage. CLICK HERE TO READ THE TREND STORY. For the story, I spoke to Sheila Aimette, vice president of U.S. content for WGSN,…

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Filed Under: blue lipstick, Fashion, fashion trends, lipstick, makeup, red lipstick Tagged With: black lipstick, blue lipstick, green lipstick, mac, purple lipstick, urban decay

Awards for MrB and Barbaralee

December 15, 2015 by WendyB

A belated congratulations is due to MrB for being inducted into the Deadline Club’s New York Journalism Hall of Fame on November 19! I attended the celebratory lunch with him at Sardi’s. I forced MrB to do this #deadlineclub #selfie #coupleselfie #journalism #awards #halloffamer #smiles #proud A photo posted by Wendy Brandes (@wendybrandes) on Nov…

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Filed Under: awards, hair, journalism, lipstick, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore, zang toi

The Weeks in Review

May 4, 2014 by WendyB

The past two weeks have been wild around here! The big news was the announcement that the Columbia Daily Spectator — the undergraduate newspaper of my alma mater, Columbia University — would focus on its website, while reducing its printing schedule from five times a week to once a week. As the chairman of the…

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Filed Under: cats, columbia daily spectator, Eminem, journalism, leopard print, lipstick, MrB stories, news, newspapers, pictures of me, Press, social media, Stacy Lomman, vintage designers, week in review, wendy's bio

Celebrity News: Rihanna’s Green Lipstick, Clooney’s Bio

May 3, 2014 by WendyB

Thanks to gorgeous blogger Vyque of Fasshonaburu for directing my attention to Rihanna’s dark green lipstick at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday. Vyque knows about my recent passion for crazy-colored lipstick. I loved Rihanna’s look from head to toe. I haven’t read anything yet about what brand the lipstick was, but if you want…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, Huffington Post, lipstick, makeup, necklaces, Rihanna

Blue Lipstick #3 by Pretty Zombie Cosmetics

March 26, 2014 by WendyB

After mentioning in my last post that I needed to test my new Blue Moon liquid lipstick by Pretty Zombie Cosmetics, I couldn’t resist doing it immediately, so I wore it yesterday afternoon. The color is electrifying and goes on perfectly opaque. As I expected from a liquid lipstick, it feels very dry once it…

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Filed Under: blue lipstick, Huffington Post, makeup, pictures of me, Product review

Crazy Lipstick Colors on the Huffington Post

March 25, 2014 by WendyB

I still love my red lipstick, but I got a hankering for a purple lip back in 2010. I tried various purples for years; none of them seemed quite right. By the time MAC made its bright purple Heroine lipstick part of its permanent collection last December, it had been so long that I was…

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Filed Under: blue lipstick, Huffington Post, makeup

What Wendy Wore: Gangsta Boo’s Sunglasses

March 19, 2014 by WendyB

My gorgeous rapper friend Gangsta Boo was in town last night to perform at Webster Hall with her group Da Mafia 6ix. Before the show, some fabulous sunglasses from Her Tiny Teeth arrived for Boo at my apartment. I was amused that the frames were made from “door knocker” earrings. Boo received one gold pair…

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Filed Under: blue lipstick, Gangsta Boo, music, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore

What Wendy Wore: Blue Lipstick #2 by Melt Cosmetics

March 10, 2014 by WendyB

I was very pleased with the blue lipstick — Doll by Ka’Oir — that I wore to my designing friend Zang Toi’s Fall/Winter 2014 runway show last month. Because I was happy with that one, I wasn’t planning on buying another blue lipstick, but I couldn’t resist a deeper shade by Melt Cosmetics, mainly because…

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Filed Under: blue lipstick, movies, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, Stacy Lomman, What Wendy Wore, zang toi

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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