Trendy Tuesday || Let's Talk About Lips

Hi friends! Long time no chat. Silly life, getting in the way. But we are back and ready to get the ball rolling again.

Today I just wanted to have a chat because you know, it's been awhile. And now that the weather is changing and the leaves are falling, fall fashion and beauty is in full effect. Needless to say, I'm having a great time. I am living! Fall fashion is my favorite, hands down. But that is a different story for a different day.

I want to talk about lips. No, not like the Kylie Jenner lip plumping business. But lip products! Lipsticks, lip glosses, lip stains, lip pencils. Because I think I've found my staple lip combination for the fall and I am very excited about it.

I want to throw it back a year. I remember 19 year old me, just really starting to get into makeup. My lipstick collection grew leaps and bounds in a short period of time. I like to think that I was different - in the sense that instead of gravitating towards the subtle nudes, I chose every bold lip color in the book. I was into the vampy, almost black lip, the hot neon pink... You name whatever bold color you may be thinking, I was probably willing to try it. Besides orange. I'm still not a fan of orange, but I'm warming up to coral!

Anyways. Fast forward to present day and I've completely changed my lipstick preferences. Lately I haven't gravitated towards the berry lip, or any matte lip of sorts. During the summer I was into the "your lips but better" color with gloss on top. So I've been confused about how I want to deal with the transition between summer and fall when it comes to what types of lips I want to rock... Until yesterday morning!

I was just going about my usual morning routine, getting ready for class and applying my makeup, until I reached the end of my makeup routine and had to choose what lipstick I wanted to wear. I started out with Spice lipliner by Mac. Too pink, I thought. So I grabbed Whirl lipstick by Mac and began dabbing it onto my lips. I took a step back, looked in the mirror and thought, "whoa, that is too dark, that is too much." Finally, I took Velvet Teddy lipstick by Mac (lol, I don't know whether to be embarrassed or ashamed for using all Mac lip products... Yolo I guess!) and applied it to my lips and boom. Magic. I discovered my staple lip combination for this season.

I appreciate the combination because it is slightly vampy thanks to Whirl, but it's still subtle and fall appropriate because of Spice and Velvet Teddy. I know I will be wearing this combination well into the next few months!

So, I hope you enjoyed my ramble about lipsticks! It felt nice to just sit and type out my excitement. If you stuck around and are currently reading this, thank you. I appreciate it!

See you guys on some Tuesday in the future to talk more about all things fashion and beauty! Xx.