{"id":24994,"date":"2014-03-25T14:24:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T18:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=24994"},"modified":"2014-03-25T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T18:24:51","slug":"crazy-lipstick-colors-on-the-huffington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/crazy-lipstick-colors-on-the-huffington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Lipstick Colors on the Huffington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

I still love my red lipstick, but I got a hankering for a purple lip back in 2010<\/a>. I tried various purples for years<\/a>; none of them seemed quite right. By the time MAC made its bright purple Heroine lipstick<\/a> part of its permanent collection last December<\/a>, it had been so long that I was a little bit over it and ready for something more exciting. MAC was also offering a limited-edition Punk Couture collection, which included a black lipstick, Hautecore, so I got that along with Heroine. I’d tried several black lipsticks over the years, and decided most of them weren’t opaque enough. Hautecore was quite impressive.<\/p>\n

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Hautecore, from my Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

But I realized that what I really, really wanted was a blue lipstick. MAC didn’t have any, so I started searching online and discovered all sorts of little companies that I hadn’t heard of before. I’m pretty hesitant about buying makeup online, but after studying people wearing it on Instagram, I picked Doll by Ka\u2019Oir<\/a>. I loved it!<\/p>\n

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Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div>\n

After that, I couldn’t be stopped. I had to try crazy colors from all the little companies. I’ve already blogged about the blue by Melt Cosmetics<\/a> called DGAF.<\/p>\n

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Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div>\n

I also got By Starlight purple from Melt …<\/p>\n

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From my Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

… a neon pink called Shady Lady …<\/p>\n

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From my Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

… and a gray-blue called Space Cake, which scared some small children. (MrB’s youngest grandson pondered this for a while after we had a family brunch and then told his father, “Wendy has a black mouth.”)<\/p>\n

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From my Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

As my orders were coming in, I decided I had to tell the lipstick lovers of the world about all of these cool option, so here is my story on crazy-colored lipsticks for the Huffington Post.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MY HUFFINGTON POST LIPSTICK STORY.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As always, I did way more reporting than I could possibly fit<\/a> into the original story — I like to have a lot of facts! — so I’ll be posting about my visit to the offices of Manic Panic<\/a> on this blog shortly. Tish and Snooky, the fabulous sister-owners of Manic Panic, have a lot of interesting tales to tell.\u00a0 But read the Huffington Post story first, then we’ll get back to Tish and Snooky.<\/p>\n

SERIOUSLY! CLICK HERE!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Even after I decided that I was writing a story on the lipsticks, I bought all of my personal samples. Tish and Snooky really wanted to give me a couple of lipsticks, so, after they ran off to a trade show, I had to beg their employee to let me buy the product instead. It was like a New Yorker cartoon with nice Manic Panic gal — who was sporting vivid purple\/pink\/red hair, tattoos and facial piercings — looking at a jeans-wearing woman twice her age and thinking, “You’re weird.” Anyway, the Manic Panic lipsticks I got don’t have the staying power of my No. 1 all-time-favorite lip color, Lasting Lust by MAC<\/a>, but hardly anything conventional lipstick formula does. The colors were fabulous. I got Electric Amethyst …<\/p>\n

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From my Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

… which might be my favorite purple yet. I notified a purple-lipstick obsessed friend that this was a must. “Worth the hassle of re-application,” I said, and I don’t say that lightly! I also got Green Envy lipstick. I couldn’t imagine green would look good, but, as Tish pointed out, you never know until you try. Some surprising shades are unexpectedly flattering and this is one of them.<\/p>\n

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From my Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

For a liner for Green Envy, I got Autograph Pencil liner in Eyegasm from Kat Von D at Sephora<\/a> — it’s a perfect match. I still have to take my liquid lipstick in Blue Moon from Pretty Zombie Cosmetics for a test drive.<\/p>\n

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Got it, tried it on, but haven’t worn it all day yet.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m very excited for Blue Moon because it seems most like Lasting Lust in its formula and feel. Stay tuned for my review. In the meantime …<\/p>\n

DON’T FORGET TO READ MY HUFFPOST LIPSTICK STORY!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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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…<\/p>\n

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