This year, our San Francisco spring has announced itself with lots of rain. This past week has been particularly gloomy, but that doesn't mean SF's most fashionable aren't wearing their prettiest colors with pride (albeit with galoshes).
Join Elizabeth Street Cosmetics and yours truly on Friday April 19th from 4-7pm for a trunk show that will push the clouds away and get your springiest sensibilities revving. ESC's Kelly has some gorgeous new lip colors she'll be debuting (have you seen Franklin yet?), and I'll have a fresh stash of everything silky and lacy. Tons of Knickers and some new Moonshine Chemises to show, all perfect for putting a spring - so to speak - in your step.
Join us on the 19th and make sure to let us know you'll be there with bells on on Facebook!
I've had a love-hate relationship with red lipstick since I can remember. As a kid, I always associated it with a look of scowly disinterested detachment. The wearers always seemed cold, a bit garish and higher-than-thou, which I blame entirely on Robert Palmer.
Seriously though, I think my anti-red lipstick mindset came from my youthful affection for all things lightly hued. I grew up with a makeup drawer filled to the brim with Clinique glosses and Bonne Bell balms. In high school, a friend of mine started wearing The Body Shop's Rutabaga and, desiring her effortless glamour, I hopped on board as well.
Drew Barrymore, 1998. Is that Rutabaga?!
The berry-stained hue was all over the red carpet in the late 1990's, so I felt really refined and adult wearing it, though when paired with Coty face powder, I looked downright spectral. Sadly, despite my attempts to rock Rutabaga, I couldn't, so eventually I let the pretty silver tube roll to the back of my drawer to the land of lost cosmetic products. Then finally, when I graduated from college and moved away from Pennsylvania, it made its final journey to the trash.
These days I can't get enough of red lipstick. I don't wear makeup every day, but when I do, it's always in my arsenal. Nars' Velvet Matte Lip pencil in Cruella has been my go-to for a year or so, but now I'm all over Chanel's Rouge Allure Laque in Coromandel! I spotted it on a beauty blog last week and it was love at first sight. It's a little orangey, so it's the ideal choice for summer!
Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Coromandel (72), Chanel Le Crayon Lévres in Carmin (14)
So, Chanel? Je t'aime!
You're a reminder that red is always in style, fun, flirtatious and totally attainable. No slicked-back hair and bad faux guitar playing required.
