Of tiny dogs and black lips

[mmymoon]

Oh goodness, my baby girl chihuahua is... very small. (We're probably going to go with Chloe, but I haven't completely decided yet.) Hansel definitely behaves like a chi, but his dachshund side makes him slightly more like a normal dog: a tiny bit sturdier, heavier, and more grounded. Chloe is all chihuahua. If Hansel is dainty and sometimes odd, she's dainty and odd concentrated --

She's the Chibiusa to Hansel's Sailormoon. A tiny little brat!


So we all know about MAC's Style Black collection, no? I know a few of us bought it already; I've seen ashbet rocking it in pictures!

While I've been miserly with my pennies so far, I must admit, I'm very tempted. I've always been somewhat lazy with my makeup and NEVER do touch-ups, which black lipstick rather demands -- I could learn, of course, but I hid behind my olive complexion and perkigoth status and figured I could just avoid black lips. After all, they (almost?) never costume Abby Scuito in black lipstick, and she looks consistently adorable. Yet The Lady of Manners over at Gothic Charm School wrote up a review (and defense of the black lip) which is weakening my resolve.

To make matters even bleaker, as it were, Lime Crime has a new lipstick line with Styletto black lippie, which looks delightfully pigmented. Doe Deere wore it to a goth wedding, so it's been gothically field-tested!

I dug out some of my Wet and Wild from three Halloween seasons ago...




So what do you think? Am I finally old and cosmetically versed enough to rock the black lip? (And if so, which products should I get?)


Bonus Out-take:



Chihuahuas have no concept of personal space.

Comments

[ashbet]

I really like the lip gloss -- I haven't decided yet how I feel about the matte-ish black lipstick as something other than a mixer. Then again, I don't usually wear lipstick straight out of the tube -- I put on a little Vaseline or lip conditioner first, since I'm prone to chapping.

However, mixing the matte black with the "Blackfire" Glimmergloss is really nice -- I don't like lip gloss in general (doesn't work with frequently having hair in my face), but the mixture of the two is sufficiently non-sticky.

I need to play with it more, I haven't gotten it out since I got home, given the onset of The Plague.

LOVE the peektures!!

-- A :)

[mmymoon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wasn't going to go for the actual lipsticks -- I hate matte lips in general, and the review-pics of the regular lipstick didn't look all that promising. However, I LOVE glosses... but, like you said, sticky is annoying, particularly with curly hair! (Mine is short now, oh ho ho ho, but still.)

MAC's are kind of hit-or-mix, texture-wise, with me. I looooooove Plushglass. ("Oversexed" is probably the only lip color I should be wearing!) I'm not super fond of the regular Lipglass, and the Dazzleglasses are completely meh. While I'd probably shell out my Ridiculous Amount of Money for another tube of Plushglass when I run out... I don't know that I feel like playing with these new glosses.

I'm actually moving more into the tinted balms/creams for everyday; I've finally found a few mineral makeup-y ones that don't go all Kool-aid red on me. (Aromaleigh's Bete Noire is good for everyday-goth purple-y sort of looks, although I'm amazed she hasn't done any LE "really stupid subculture color" glosses or anything.)