WTF is OMBRE?!


I'm sure you've heard of ombre in some form...you can do your hair, nails and even lips.  Ombre is the process of fading your color from dark into light, usually gradually.

Ombre Hair:

The draw is that it's low maintenance because you don't have to maintain your roots...yes I realize it essentially looks like a grown out dye job.








Ombre Nails:

You can fade each nail individually

Or fade your colors across all of your nails (I prefer this one)







But the topic of concern here is Ombre Lips:


There are varying degrees of ombre lips, from super dramatic to something you can really wear and not look psycho...

I am in love with all of these, even the last one even though it kind of looks like and end of the day version of early 90s lip liner application!

Here is a great tutorial on how to achieve the look...the chick is kind of annoying but her application is great...eyeliner is used in most applications and you really need to set it well if you don't want it to all run together after you eat that club sandwich.

You might notice one thing...all of these chicks have supple lips haha I said supple.  Unfortunately all of these looks are not going to work if you have thin lips.  The dark top to lighter bottom look would work if you have a thin upper lip and ample bottom lip, but the dark outside fade to the middle look is really only going to work if you've got a pudgy pout.

Needless to say, I will be trying it this weekend.