Post #31- Colours of the Season: SUMMER!

Hello Loves! Don’t you just love Summer?! 😁 In Toronto, Summer for me means long days, warm nights, friendly faces thawed out from the previous colder seasons, and colour everywhere! It’s amazing! Music Festivals, and BBQs, and friends hanging out after work because the sun won’t set for some time and even when it doesContinue reading “Post #31- Colours of the Season: SUMMER!”

Post #16- Matte, Satin, & Shine. Let’s talk about texture!

If you’ve been reading and watching for any length of time in this Lipstick quest of mine, then you would know that I love a good stay-in-place-matte lip. You would also know that I am broadening my sights and setting them once again on gloss and satin finishes. In the last couple of years, aContinue reading “Post #16- Matte, Satin, & Shine. Let’s talk about texture!”

Post #3 Black Owned Cosmetics (Part 1)

#Black Lips Matter Stay tuned, as this will be an on-going series of finds and comments that will take more than a couple of posts! My first personal experience with a Black-owned cosmetic brand was about 6 years ago. I grew up noticing the Iman and Black Opal brands usually placed in Black Hair storesContinue reading “Post #3 Black Owned Cosmetics (Part 1)”

Post #1- Two Toned Canvas

As a Woman of Colour, I am always looking for shades and hues that translate boldly and evenly across my two-toned lips. My top lip is brown and my bottom lip is a peachy-pink. When I’m hot or flustered, they’re both cherry red. (A name my peers called me in university.) This being the case,Continue reading “Post #1- Two Toned Canvas”