RT @SoSo_Stace: Black girls should not wear pink lippy. #randomthought

(A post by Rhoda)

Around 12pm on June the 3rd, one of my FAVE models: Ms Stace rose (twitter: @Soso_Stace) Made the comment: 'Black Girls Should Not Wear Pink Lippy'

This sparked up a bit of a debate between a few of my followers on twitter.

I COMPLETELY disagree.. I personally think there is a shade of pink for EVERY skin tone.

I've searched the Net...quite disappointed as i didn't really find a lot of people in support of my theory...

There are all sorts of advice columns and articles about selecting the right shade of lipstick:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pink-lipstick-for-african-american-women.html says:

Light skin tones: Shimmering rose

Medium skin tones: Magenta

Dark skin tones: Sultry Pink

Now i don't know about you, but i thought that information was pointless and boring..*yawn*

Here's what i Think

• DO NOT paint your face..you will look like this:
  RIP LEE 'ALEXANDER' MC QUEEN
• A lot of People like to paint waay over their lip line, making them look like a clown. just don't do it! its not hard, watch a tutorial on youtube, purchase a lip liner and take it from there!

• A lot of what suits you, depends on what you can pull off..which depends on what you are comfortable with. my advice would be to buy a very inexpensive lip palette (from ebay) and experiment with the colours. This way you can try a lot of shades in the comfort of your own home.
  

• Some people like to get pasty chalky colours..this looks bad on ALL skin tones in my opinion. I'd try just one layer of clear gloss over your colour, so that it doesn't look so chalky. rimmel and barry m have great inexpensive clear glosses.

• YOU ARE NOT RIHANNA..you may not look so good with the shades of pink her MUA chooses IE
  

• Another great way to pull off a pink is to not go with a full on lipstick. sometimes a tinted gloss looks wicked! alternatively. you can create your own tinted gloss...using eye shadow/pigment pots (again barry M have a wide selection of pigment pots). simply mix the powder from the eyeshadow/pigment pot with a clear gloss. and you have your tinted gloss. you can do it on the back of your hand or a little empty pot. however with this way, the colours don't stay on as long.

Any way! i Could go on forever with tips and tricks Ive tried..but I'd seriously be here all day!

I'll just end by saying there are a million and one shades of pink, each one to suit a different personality and skin tone. find one that works for YOU :)

and can i just say miss Stace...i do believe i put a pink on you a few months back!!

Vintage Black and White Shoot @ Central Saint Martins

(post by Rhoda &Ekene)

Right..so Ekene and I were recently asked to do makeup for a shoot. a Student At University of the Arts (Stephanie) was doing a project. The story board for the shoot was a 1930s Style shoot. two posh drunkards at a cocktail party.

I wont make you read for too long :) I'm gonna post some of the images below!

Hair

Ekene used 'Hair Putty' to smooth down Chris's hair, he had short spiky hair to begin with

Result

The finished look. We gave the male a suave side parting and darkened his brows. we gave the lady sharp bright red nails. a plum coloured smoky eye and matching dark lip. and a bob with a full forward fringe.

LOL ....CSM has the most ODD graffiti in the toilets ever.... in fact i didn't even know uni toilets had graffiti in them..
This ones quite artistic though.

' No Bleeding In The Toilets ....Period'......would that be a Drake Bar??

This one reads: 'Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the ugliest of them all..... YO F***IN MAAM'

Overall we had a lot of fun on this shoot :)

Despite having to walk up and down these flights of stairs...I'm anti exercise.

Were Sooo close to launching the online portfolio, so keep checking back for more details.

More Blog Posts Soon :)

Ekene & Rhoda

TEST RUN! (Post By Rhoda)

Ok...After Endless Days and nights i think I've finally figured out how to use blogspot!!!
ran into a few snags but i vowed that blogspot would not be the end of me!!!

So.. To Those of you who know I'm a Jr MUA and training Beauty Therapist. I go to the London College of Fashion... and i get to go on loads of fun outings/jobs based on the work that i do. so the purpose of this blog is to document exclusive behind the scene footage of this. We'll also be blogging about other random cool things.

Where REDD is at right now is, were waiting on the launch of our online portfolio. This should be Up and running by bank holiday weekend! Excited!

We will Also Be at Afro Hair and Beauty Live supporting 'The Platform' Ekene and I as Assistant MUA's for the big Show that usually takes place every year. Come Down and Say Hi!
We Will Also be Doing Nails on a shoot For independent Designer Karine Jones, being shot by Makeda Grant (check out her entertainment blog!)http://www.itsdirtysexymoney.blogspot.com/ . We will be Blogging about both events soon enough

As the Blog is a bit late to go up, we have a backlog of events and photo shoots to blog about! so Stay tuned..

So..Tell All your friends! REDD is coming about in a BIG way! And Follow Follow Follow!!

Thank you and See You All Soon :)