Revisiting: The Creamy Salmon-Pink Lip

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Want a color that pretty enough for Spring, but still bright enough that it's not a wishy-washy pastel? 

This is something that showed up on the catwalks about 2 years back, but is still gorgeous today. You take any fuchsia pink or coral you have, and you mix it with a flesh-toned concealer shade. What you get is a highly-pigmented salmon-pink (fuchsia lipstick) or milky-peach (coral lipstick) that takes on a bright pastel hue and really pops against your skin. 

Perfect on a sunny day OR as an alternative to the usual nude lip with smoky eyes!

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The easy way to apply it:

1. Smear a layer of concealer over your lips.

Get a stick concealer like Revlon Photoready or Maybelline Cover Stick since those are in convenient "lipstick" tubes so you can apply quickly without fingers.

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2. Apply your fuchsia pink or coral lipstick over the concealer and then blend it into the concealer either by rolling your lips together or by using your finger or a brush.

I find the above method (apply both products straight from the tube and then press the lips together to mix them) the fastest way to re-apply while out, and it's really not that much more inconvenient than touching up a regular lippy.

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Other suggestions:

The easiest way to get a consistent color is to squish a bit of both products into a pot side by side(so it looks like an eyeshadow duo) and then use your finger or brush to rub both shades before applying to your lips. 

Barry M Lip Paint 147 Peachy Pink: Review and Swatches!

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Barry M Peachy Pink Lip Paint is a lipstick that seems to have caused equal amounts of joy and disgruntlement among makeup aficionados. For one, it's one of the most beautiful peach-nude lip colors around. At the same time, it's one of the hardest to apply evenly due to the dry, slightly-cakey texture. Swatches (L-to-R): Barry M Peachy Pink, Lime Crime Cosmopop, Revlon Soft Nude, NYX Orange Soda

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For orange-nude lovers, Barry M Peachy Pink is a perfect salmon orange tone as compared to Lime Crime Cosmopop (true pastel orange) and NYX Orange Soda (pale beige-orange). It's easier to wear the either of the other 2, and has the opacity to really pop on the lips when applied heavily. However (here's the kicker), getting it to apply evenly requires a number of conditions to be met first:

Your lips must be in perfect condition; i.e. not flaky, patchy, rashed, etc.

Your lip surface must be moisturized evenly.

That's because the lipstick is quite high in pigments, but a little lacking in emollients that will allow it to "slip" and adhere to lips in an even layer. The patchiness is often caused by the lipstick particles clinging to each other more than they do your lip surface.  TIP:

Applying a touch of lip balm (potted ones work a bit better than stick ones as they have a higher oil content) to your lips, rub it around to remove any loose flakes, and then kiss the back of your hand a couple of times so you are left with a thin, even layer. 

Then apply Barry M Peachy Pink generously. Better to get it too opaque and then kiss the back of your hand to even it out and remove the extra product. 

Lip Mix: Getting that Nina Ricci F/W 2011 Milky-Salmon Lip!

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Remember the gorgeous creamy-salmon lip color on the Nina Ricci F/W 2011 catwalk every magazine editor was raving about?

Pat McGrath just disclosed the formula. Mix concealer with a coral shade to get that perfect shade. I used MAC NW25 (it's more pink than an NC, and it has the best opacity and texture for the lips) and Revlon's Kiss Me Coral Super Lustrous Lipstick for the image above.