Two tone lipstick

Anyeong! It's been a while. I guess that's my style. *guilty*

I moved. I've "settled in" but I'm not ready to take pictures of my place. I haven't decorated, nor have I gotten rid of this one piece of useless furniture. So maybe when I get a couch I'll show you my place.

On my way home today I could stare directly at the sun. This is thanks to the "yellow dust" from China.

Until I get a couch and finish house stuff, you can see the view from my window.

The sunset out of my living room window. 

Looking left from my window. Trucks, cars and an apartment complex in the distance.

I get to see this lovely view if I lay on my bed and have the window open. Oh but those are mountains in the distance.... They're not super clear because of smog (aka yellow dust). 

But this is not the reason for my post! I'm such a tangential writer! A while back I bought 2 orange lipsticks and a lip concealer. My friend wanted to see them, so I thought I'd write a small piece about this fashion in South Korea. The fashion is called ombre lips, or two toned lips. 

I applied the makeup to myself since I lack a model. I will say that I like it better on Korean girls. They really know what they're doing when it comes to makeup. Whereas I just kind of attempt things. 

These are my supplies: 

From left to right - Etude House lip concealer, Color Pop (Dear My   Lips Talk), Sweet Recipe (Dear My   Jelly lipstick)

The idea of lip concealer is to apply it to even out and tone down the redness of your lips so that paler colors will show up or be more vibrant. 

The color pop lipstick is a basic matte orange. 

Sweet Recipe jelly lipstick is a glossy more sheer color, also orange. 

This is the color pop orange, applied with no concealer. I applied it thickly so you could get the gist of just how orange it could be (the red of your lips makes it quite showy).
I would not wear this like this outside the house!!!

This is the jelly lipstick. Notice its sheen is quite different. The color is light. 

If I were in a hurry, I'd put this one on as is. 

Okay. On to the concealer. 

Apply concealer either from the outside edge - blending inward with your fingertip. 

Or apply the other way - inner edge blending outwards. 

For 2 tone lips, I've read applying concealer to the inner edge is key. 

I just kind of fudge it up. I just blend it out as you see in the second picture. 

Now apply your color to the inner edge, like so. 

I've seen girls go around with lipstick just like this. I've seen a few variations too. Usually I see "two tone candy lips". It looks like a gloss is applied, and the colored area is even less. 

I have yet to master this look. 

Feeling rather hesitant, I usually add another color to my two tone. I use the jelly lips over the whole thing, lightly on the outer edges and more toward the orange center. 

This is pretty much what I'd walk out of the house wearing. It's more conservative. I try to look as normal as possible here since my skin makes me stand out enough. 

So there you have it. Orange lipstick!