Black Lipstick : Would You Wear It?

I present to you, two totally different skin tones, sporting the black lipstick look, Rooney and RiRi. And neither one of these women were taken at a Halloween costume party. They were just out on the town doing their celebrity thing of being on the red carpet and attending an NBA game.

And now I give you my everyday woman (non celeb!) attempt at wearing the almost black lipstick look in broad daylight. I wanted to play around with this lady of the night look before I went to pick up my boys from the bus stop, just in case it didn’t go well and I needed to wipe it off with a kleenex before meeting them out in front of their friends!

The shade I’m wearing is an old YSL Rouge Pur Couture lipstick in shade 18, Noir Laque, $34.
I don’t think it’s around anymore, but a similar shade is #206 this one.

It’s not a true black, but as close as I could get without going super goth. I was trying to give this shade a real chance, so it’s more borderline-black. It has been in my makeup drawer for over a year now after a girlfriend gifted it to me because she bought it for herself then realized it wasn’t a good fit and figured I could do something with it! And so it’s just now getting photographed!

Despite the fact I’m wearing a very pricey and creamy lipstick and actually smiling while wearing (almost) black, this shade just doesn’t cut it for me. I’m not hip (or dare I say, young??) enough to pull this off. I had to wipe it down to an almost stain before walking to the stop sign to greet my boys. I think had I have kept it on, my kids might would have walked on the other side of the street from me!!

What do you think – would you sport BLACK LIPS?

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