Alice in Wonderland is a famous tale of a girl with a rare
fascination with a wildlife rabbit with time keeping problems. As a result of her
fascination she fell down a hole experiencing strange gravitational abnormalities and began to take orders off food labels. In some ways I can relate to the
naïve, fictional character of Alice in Wonderland. Although I don’t share her
urge to follow wildlife into dark , unknown spaces, what I do share with Alice
is her passion to try new things. If you
have any memory of the Disney film you may remember the assorted foods and
drinks with labels such as; ‘Eat me’, ‘Try me’, ‘Drink Me’, ‘Take one’ etc, if
not, trust me, it’s in the film. For anyone with a brief knowledge of the
dangers of eating the ‘unknown’ they would quickly redirect their attention
without taking suspicious instructions off food in a bizarre world. However, for Alice it was a welcoming
invitation, consuming the food and drink and experiencing their magical after
effects. For me, magazines are my welcoming invitations, along with shop signs.
They demand your attention with colours, carefully arranged displays, formats
and layouts. In the beauty sections of the shops there are stalls tailored for
exploring, encouraging a curiosity much like Alice’s.
I am a Disney fan. I
am also not ashamed to say that my last viewing of Alice in Wonderland was not
when I was in my single-digit years but far beyond them. Perhaps the displays
in stores aren’t exactly demanding me to ‘Try Me’ like Alice and her cookies,
but with rows and shelves of testers, I feel almost obligated to try them. By
‘them’ I mean the lipsticks that have arrested my attention. Like I mentioned
in my recent blog post, ‘9 Beauty Essentials’, I haven’t always had a desire to
wear lipstick. Wearing lipstick has been something that I have grown to do and
love over the past couple of months. I have been wearing my Dior Addict
Lipstick for a generous couple of months now, not everyday, but that’s because
not every outfit allows for such a vivid colour. Standing by the lipsticks I
began to test almost every colour, graffiiting my hand with strokes of colours
in the process. Not wanting to make a ‘wrong’, impulse decision on choosing my
next lipstick, I walked out of the shop and admired my newly lipstick-stained
hand…The multi-coloured, lipstick-loaded hand only had a few seconds of fame
before I wiped all the traces off with a spare tissue, for as much as I loved
the coral, pinky colours that my hand had adopted, I didn’t care for the
attention my hand was getting from others – I saved myself the social suicide
and swiftly removed the evidence of my new lipstick obsession.
I can now happily say that I have found my new
lipstick and the perfect colour. In fact, indecisiveness meant that not only
did I find one but I found two perfect colours and not being able to walk away
from a lipstick that I adore, I’ve got two new lipsticks!
The first lipstick is from Bourjois’ collection in their
Rouge Edition.
I love this colour, it’s a perfect peachy/coral tone making
it perfect for the Spring season and its lighter colour palette. This lipstick
is also more of an everyday kind of lipstick, it's natural and has a really nice
finish!
The second lipstick is Maybelline’s ‘Shocking Coral’ shade.
Creeping into the redder spectrum of colours, this lipstick is bolder than the
Bourjois shade but is equally a fantastic colour. Still very much a pink shade,
I love the fact that I could wear this colour with my everyday outfits and my
evening looks. With an everyday outfit it would be a statement look and with
the evening dresses and party outfits it would inject the energy into your
outfit. I also fell in love with the tube encasing this lipstick!
Although they are only small additions, I love my new
lipsticks and can’t wait to find more shades to add to my, soon-to-become
collection! And so, my story of becoming Alice begins...
