A Nod to the 90s: 12 Celebrities Pucker up the Brown Lip for the Season – Essence – Beautifaire

18 Oct

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While a red lip could also be a moment, the brown lip is endlessly, and with fall in full effect, there’s no higher season to pout the classic swatch. The 90s-derived makeup look has initiated its takeover, with stars like Rihanna stepping out in glossy, and possibly, Fenty Beauty and Gabrielle Union rocking a lighter mattified version. Paired with a lip liner, the damaging combo serves because the deluxe trend you won’t have the ability to flee.

Although a classic staple in Black households, social media attempted a history rewrite. In August, the controversial “Brownie Glazed Lips” craze, rooted from model Hailey Baldwin-Beiber, took the decades-long strategy of lining your lips, adding lipstick, and topping it with lipgloss, and gave it a senseless rename. While Baldwin-Bieber never officiated the combo, each fans and Tik Tokers were quick to saturate the algorithm with “Hailey’s Hot Latest Trend.” Black and Brown content creators voiced their annoyance and frustration on the makeup mania because, once more, cultural traditions are being warped into an “unheard” or “never before seen” idea.

I remember going through polaroids, gazing at my mom in her 90s prime, and he or she couldn’t help but reminisce on her go-to Revlon’s Super Lustrous Iced Mocha lipstick and liner, which remains to be sold today. The sultry swatch worn by her, her homegirls, and almost every Black and Brown woman —from highschool teens to grandmas — is a novelty that culturally can’t be taken away.

Want in on the look but undecided what to decide on? Try Mented’s Dark Night Semi Duo or Fenty Beauty’s latest She A CEO that gives a hydrating matte look without sacrificing dry lips or for a creamy feel, perhaps Chocolate Spritzer by The Lip Bar or Bombshell from Black Radiance. Irrespective of how brown you aim to go, Black-owned beauty brands are an ideal start.

Like our wardrobe, it’s time to swap our summer makeup favorites to make room for neutral soft glam faces, and celebrities are ahead of the curve. Whether you’re going for a shiny daring pout, a lighter nude lip, or a dark matte rim, we’ve rounded up our favourite celebrity brown lip moments so as to add to your fall mood board.

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