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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Bring Out Your Girly Side Whether You're Gyaru or Punk with mac's Saint Germain Lipstick

Finally a fashion post while I was on a music fix! Recently a huge love of mine has been mac's Saint Germain lipstick which last I checked, was a top selling color in their line. It is a super vibrant girly pink color that really gives a great girly pop to any outfit I've worn. With spring here, girly colors are great. Even for when you are wearing black!


Something I love is how mac's lipstick bullets always look so damn sleek-they are quite literally bullets. The only bad part is I have to look at the bottom to see what color I have in my hand-an not to brag-but I'm quite the lipstick whore and own a shit ton of lipsticks from mac. I should take a leaf out of XiaXue's book and bling my precious lippies so I can tell them all apart while making them look super cute and gyaru-y. 

Anyway, as you see the color in the tube is quite bright. This is one of those lipsticks that is surprisingly seriously true to it's tube color. 


This is an old Harajuku-kei punk look that I incorporated the lipstick with. Look how true that color is from the tube! It really contrasted nicely with the black/silver/pink combination I had going on for this look. I wore mac's 'magenta madness' (which I've previously reviewed in a video) on the outers of my eyes so they'd look as bold as my eyes!


Up close shot of the lipstick. It's quite nice. The only thing about a lot of mac lipsticks is that if you have dry lips it will apply flakey. The lipsticks all kind of apply dry versus creamy but that's okay. I've always tried to make due since I really love the affordability of their lipsticks and the variation of colors. 


This is the full look. I've seen a lot of girls wear this lipstick but not a lot of girls that were as PALE as I am. I have the lightest foundation shade in every foundation brand I've tried and some that's not even light enough for me (yes for reals)-don't let my shitty lighting fool you for a second. Any girl I've seen that has been as light as me has worn super bold almost Barbie looking make-up or a really weird contrasting brown color-so I really wanted to show it as wearable here and with Japanese fashion. Lipsticks can really change up a look and as you see here it really pops out with the dark colors I'm wearing here and also makes this punk look seem a lot more feminine~ 




Here's a Tsubasa inspired look I did with the same lipstick. This time I toned down the color with another lipstick color to make it look a lot less crazy and YES I am wearing brown eye shadow here. There is a reason for that! This look was supposed to be old-era Tsubasa Masuwaka inspired! So neutral looking eyes were key so the eye lashes I was wearing could stand out. I teased my hair majorly here! I had recently acquired blonde streaks in my lower layers so I really wanted to experiment with what all I could do with my hair. It was  a pain... But anyway, as you see this lipstick can be toned down and wearable for gyaru babes! 


Ignore the mess, I threw things around while getting ready. This is the full look! I think Saint Germain really look good with ma*rs wear! It's kind of Barbie looking but in a very unique sexy type of way. The pink and black contrast well and because of that the lip color really stays true to ma*rs trademark color theme! 

What all do you guys think and what other looks and styles do you think would look great with this lipstick color? 

2 comments:

  1. So very cute! I love girly pink colors myself, as you know. ;)

    Bright pink lips are great for spring, and look good with pretty much anything, I think. I can't wear lipstick most of the time, though... I like the shiny look of gloss, but even that wipes off all over the place. I'm thinking of moving more towards lip stains with clear gloss on top-- perfect when you're sipping water all day like me!

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    1. You like bright everything! <3 I can see you rocking red and corals a lot! But pink is cute.

      Pink is kind of a double edged sword though. I can't do too cutesy so I have to kind of 'sex-up' my pink so it looks age appropriate.

      Ahh yeah lipstick/glosses can be a PAIN! When I photoshoot I refuse to eat until the shoot is done just because I want the lips to be flawless/I don't want to apply or make a mess. xD Tints are really nice and getting very popular. BeneTint from Benefit is really popular here in the US but I know a lot of girls who use Korean brands like PeriPera and Etude House for really cute subtle color. :)

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