Dark Kisses

For the past few weeks, I've been admiring the current dark lipstick fad. Though I do love the vampy look from YSL...


...being the modest girl that I am, I prefer the Derek Lam's more reserved take on the same trend:


Nonetheless, I've been trying to get my hands on this super vogue black YSL lip gloss:
Though I could never pull off looking like a YSL vampire, customer reviews were saying that the lip gloss was as subtle or extreme as one wanted it to be. I was sold. Alas, when I finally decided to fork over the $28 on Barneys.com (they were offering free shipping), they canceled my order because the lip gloss was sold out. How rude! Oh well, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Apparently it's sold out EVERYWHERE except ebay --no thanks.

I didn't give up though! I was having some "me-time" this weekend and came up with the idea to recession-proof this makeup trend with the help of my black and purple eyeliners. (To be exact, I blended NARS "Jungle Red" lipstick + Estee Lauder black eyeliner + Sephora lilac eyeliner + un-tinted lip gloss). Crazy, I know; I'm actually a little embarrassed about it even though I shouldn't be; these are hard economic times! Anyway, my lips came out kinda blotchy, but hey, (a) I forgot to apply lip primer first and (b) I didn't spend an extra cent! I'm pretty stoked with the results. See for yourself: