It’s almost my birthday! Just like it didn’t really feel like the holidays this year, it certainly doesn’t feel like it’s time for it to be my birthday already… Alas, time does not stop!
Per birthday tradition, my dad is visiting me in San Francisco this week. He’s come out to visit every year for my birthday since I moved out here (this is year 5!). We have wild plans. Work from coffee shops/the Adobe office during the day, squeeze in a little shopping here and there and, of course, eat. Obviously.
The official anniversary of my birth is tomorrow (January 13) and I fully intend on feeling glamorous and magnificent all day long. One of my favorite ways to do this is to put on a bit of red lipstick. Red lipstick always just automatically makes me feel beautiful and confident — exactly how I should feel on my day!
Here are three of my favorites (all contenders for tomorrow’s celebration).
From left to right: Bite Beauty Luminous Creme in Tannin, bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in “Live It Up”, and NARS Audacious Lipstick in Olivia.
All of these shades are incredible. Vibrant. Powerful. And the formulas? Amazing. So smooth and comfortable on the lips.
Bite Beauty Luminous Creme in Tannin
The shade Tannin is described as a “Poppy Red.” It is bright, but not too bright (definitely not neon). What’s most interesting about this lipstick is that it delivers super antioxidant resveratrol, which fights free radicals with potent long-term antiaging benefits. Each lipstick contains the amount of resveratrol found in five glasses of red wine. They’re also formulated without synthetics, polybutenes, and petroleum byproducts and are made exclusively with lip nurturing food-grade ingredients that are healthy enough to eat. Boom.
bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in “Live It Up”
This has been a go-to red of mine for quite some time. You’ll see me sporting it in many-a-Fourth-of-July photo! It is creamy, super-saturated and incredibly moisturizing. It’s a little on the glossy side, so if you’re looking for a matte red lipstick, this is not the one (although you could certainly use a little dab of setting powder to mattify a little bit). This lipstick is packed with abyssinian oil and omega fatty acids for supple, smooth lips. It also is full of vitamin A, C, and E complex helps to deliver antioxidant defense. Like Bite, bareMinerals is also formulated without parabens, sulfates and phthalates.
NARS Audacious Lipstick in Olivia
First, let me just say that I am obsessed with this new range of lipsticks from NARS. I own several as the formula is just incredible. Easy to wear and very pigmented. Love. Olivia is a “garnet” shade which is perfect for my birthday as the garnet is my birthstone! I wore this shade (and Audrey) pretty much non-stop this holiday season.
Which do you think I should go for tomorrow?
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