I ordered about a dozen lipstick samples from Elea Blake. Here's my results!
I definitely recommend ordering their samples. Some of their colors on the site don't match up with the actual color of the lipstick. All of these are cream lipsticks, unless I note they are gloss. Unfortunately, their website doesn't distinguish (until you read the description, so be careful). Correction: you can tell if it's a lipstick or gloss by the shape of the icon.
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I'm wearing a bright top, which I changed the color of in just a few pics.
Most of what I ordered are True Summer, with a few Soft Summer and Deep Winter to compare on a lark. Now I might order more!
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| Soft Summer Afternoon Delight gloss |
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| Soft Summer Networker creamy, comfortable, lighter than expected very close to what I wear already every day |
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| True Summer Come Hither has a bit of a shimmer |
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| True Summer Demure darker than I expected for TSu |
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| True Summer Dreamy quite a bit redder than their purple swatch |
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| True Summer Coy |
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| True Summer Quiet Hottie gloss |
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| True Summer Smitten also quite a bit redder than expected might retake this pic later |
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| True Summer Steamy gloss |
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| True Winter Absolutely Elegant gloss |
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| Dark Winter Perfect Pout I ordered this one while also dark, of course, I find the deeper color is balancing with my eyes and hair |
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| Dark Winter Swoon |
Showing how the deeper color does balance my eyes and hair
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... but hey, don't listen to me or anyone, EXPRESS YOUR TRUTH! Jane
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1 Comments
I completely agree that level of contrast is important. Light skin and dark hair needs some contrast to be sharp. Maybe a little frost/gloss on the really dark one would be enough to take the harshness off.
I have found that I do better with frost rather that cream lipsticks. Not obnoxiously frosty but just a little. I have found the same thing with nail polish. I can apply a thin coat of pearl (the color of dust) and it takes the edge off dark colors so they look more like me. It is one way I adapt dark colors to more of a Soft Summer or Soft Winter (my own made up category) vibe.
We dark haired individuals really throw a wrench in many systems of color analysis. Have you read "Color Me A Season"? I like the Moonlight Summer description.
Have fun with your EB lippies!