Expecting Beauty: Red Lips

Wearing NYX's Alabama with Wet N' Wild's Fuchsia Fusion lipliner

You want to know a truth universally acknowledged?

Red lipstick makes everything better. 

Always

. 

Fact. 

Bible.

I'd like to debunk a few red lip lies told by good people with bad information:

1. Dark Girls CAN wear red lipstick. Hear that ASAP Rocky? Don't listen to the haters, ladies. There is no reason for you to think you can't rock a daring red hue with the best of them.
2. Lip liners are your friend. They will never leave or forsake you. There is nothing more heartbreaking than seeing all your hard work smeared on the cap of your Starbucks cup. Lip liners help your gorgeous shade stay on all day. Also, lip liner can help accent different elements of your lipstick and help compliment your skin tone with the color of the lipstick.
3. Blot between layers to get long lasting stay.
4. It is totally appropriate to wear red lipstick to menial outings like Walmart, the bank, and beer runs.
5. When hugging people...my lipstick literally fights to smear itself on other people..especially since I'm shorter than most (if not all) people.Tuck your lips in when hugging someone....trust me.
6. Wear the lipstick. Don't let the lipstick wear you.
7. Hilary Clinton's personal aide wears the red lipstick to help Clinton shift though emails and diplomacy and to help her Weiner of a husband. Think about that. The flawless women that Hillary Clinton surrounds herself with rock a bold lip. Red lipstick= bold, flawless, bffs with Hillary Clinton.
8. It gives you confidence! Studies have shown that women with the fiery hue painted on their lips are more confident and self assured than bare lipped ladies. 
9. Lip size doesn't matter. Red lipstick is not a size queen.
10. Shop around for a shade. Not every shade of red will end up being perfect for you, shop around and do some research about the type of red that would be the most flattering. It'll be worth it when you find your perfect color.