Posts tagged Mac Lady Danger LIpstick
You may have noticed all around this summer a sea of blood orange lips, pared down with a bare face, and maybe, at the very most, a streak of liquid eyeliner. It’s a good look, but I was actually hoping the trend would pass as I haven’t been a lipstick person for a long time, and once you give up lipstick it’s hard to go back. I eventually surrendered though (sheep that I am) and decided I too wanted blood orange lips, I then decided that my way too old red lipstick which was relatively bright and doing a perfectly fine job just wasn’t good enough anymore (like you do), and what I needed was a brand new red lipstick, a blood orange lipstick, specifically for this look. So off to MAC I went..
I initially thought I’d walk out with Ruby Woo, Gwen Stefani’s alleged shade of choice, but really all that mattered was that it had to be very bright and and very striking, almost glaring, and so wanted whatever would do the job best. Of the three red lipsticks I swatched on my hand (I think there are more I just didn’t see them), Lady Danger struck out the most to me. Compared to the other reds it was just more.. modern. Less classic, dated. Although in retrospect that is probably completely false as I can imagine many a 40′s screen siren with this feisty little number now. Either way, it just seemed the one least likely to be worn by my mother.
Application
I just swiped it on, then went! Being a matte lipstick and from the MAC matte lipstick range, I didn’t feel the need for the precedure of blotting then reapply, I just applied two coats and was done. Like all the MAC lipsticks I’ve tried it just ran smoothly over my lips and painted nice pigmented colour with a good, rich texture.
Verdict
I like these matte lipsticks by MAC, while admittedly some of the other finishes from them may be more moisturising, I’m impressed with the non bleeding or smudging power of this. You don’t need to worry about accidently smudging some lipstick on your face, it thankfully seems to stay put where you applied it; so no scary smeary drunk Robert Smith type lipstick issues here. The only times I felt I needed to reapply was after eating, and even then it never smudged on my chin despite eating rather sloppily as I was at home and therefore not trying to purposely ‘keep’ it, and with drinking it was totally fine. Yep, eventually your lips do get that tired feel to them, where they go a little dry, and you can feel the build up of product, but it wears a great deal of time before you get to that point, and once at that point it is never noticeable visually, which is hugely important.
It looks a teeny bit more red in real life, photographs more orange I think
Colour wise, I don’t know. Colour pigment, fabulous. But actual colour, hmm, some times I love it, others I’m a little shy. I can definitely get away with it, but I’m not sure it’s the most flattering blood orange lipstick out there for me, it is possibly a little too orange? My mum (although I did mention I didn’t want a shade she would wear) said it didn’t look nice and I do feel massively self conscious when I wear it as EVERYONE looks, and sometimes I’m pretty certain it’s looks of horror from some inbred girl with hoop earrings and clumpy mascara (so, why do I care, right?). It’s just that despite all the trends and fashions at the end of the day you still want to look nice, that’s my main objective anyway. So I’m still on the fence with whether I do or not with this. I’m actually considering searching for another bright red lipstick, one that really prettifies me..
