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Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable

Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable

For your consideration: the black, glossy lip

 

 

Karencitta is many things: sheā€™s an entertainer, sheā€™s a musician, and if our June cover and the video that accompanied it are anything to go by, sheā€™s Cebuana and extremely proud of it. We explored plenty of these facets as we put together our cover for the month, shifting and reworking ideas to ensure that they fit the songstress best. In the process, crafting the beauty direction for the shoot made me recognize yet another facet to Karencitta worth spotlighting.

 

An entertainer, a musicianā€“ā€“yes, she is all those things. But she is also a woman who can work a bold black lip like nobodyā€™s business. Case in point:

Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable

 

First, a little background. For this cover shoot, like most that we produce, we had two very distinct beauty looks in mind. The first was hinged on straight, blow-dried hair and a watercolor situation on the eyes, but with our love for variety and Karencittaā€™s distinct sexy-meets-tough flair, we naturally had to counter that with a look from the opposite end of the makeup spectrum. With that, we scoured for ideas and finally came across the perfect building block: that one model with the black lips in Gucciā€™s Pre-Fall 2019 lookbook.

 

Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable
Image by Harmony Korine for Gucci Pre-Fall 2019

 

Pouring herself tea, lapping at lollipops and taking extremely dedicated bites out of food with Gucci on her body and noir on her lips, this modelā€™s devil-may-care energy was just what we needed. With a little extra highlighting, a thick layer of gloss and some defined curls in the hair, Karencittaā€™s cover beauty look was fully conceptualized. Naturally, we owe it to makeup artist Oriel Carbonilla, hair stylist Brix Batalla and the ever-enthusiastic Karencitta herself for doing the idea justice. So. Much. Justice.

 

RELATED: A Tribute to Karencittaā€™s ā€˜Wonderā€™ Style and the New Local Labels to Love

 

We know you want in on the tough and mysterious vibe of this look. We know youā€™re looking to get the cool, vampy appeal of a deep, dark kiss. And yeah, we are absolutely sure you want to get in on the ā€œcoffee as black as my heart, lips as black as my coffeeā€ movement that isnā€™t quite a movement yet, but absolutely should be. Whether youā€™re already taken to a dark lip or are mustering the courage to raise a big, fat middle finger to your beauty boundaries, you wouldnā€™t have scrolled this far down if you didnā€™t want a breakdown of products to achieve the look.Ā 

 

Hey, I wonā€™t keep you on hold any longer. Hereā€™s what youā€™ll need:

Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable

SKIN GENIE Sexy Pout Lip Scrub, P75

 

 

Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable

IN HER ELEMENT Nourishing Cocoa Balm, P185

 

Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable

FENTY BEAUTY Stunna Lip Paint Longwear Fluid Lip Color in Uninvited, P1200

Karencitta Makes a Case for the Moodiest Lip Color Imaginable

3CE Glass Gloss, P682

 

 

 

An exfoliating lip scrub

To slough off all the dry skin on those lips. When youā€™re going for a look as calculatedly cool as this one, preparation is key!

 

A moisturizing lip balm

To lock in that nourishment. With a look this dramatic, youā€™re gonna need it!

 

A dark-as-hell black liquid lipstick

Look for the deepest, darkest, most dramatic shade of black and slather it on that pout. Rihannaā€™s Stunna Lip Paint is a good choice for its soft matte finish and promise of long wear, but if youā€™re looking for something just a little lighter on the wallet, consider Sephoraā€™s velvety Cream Lip Stain in the shade Night Bird.

 

A lip gloss for the big finish

Not that the black painted on your lips will need any help stealing glances, but this crucial last step will wrap the entire look up in a bubble of badass energy that just canā€™t be ignored. Top off the look with a glass-like finish by way of MACā€™s Lip Glass or 3CEā€™s Glass Glossā€“ā€“although really, any non-sticky lip gloss with a glassy finish can get the job done.

 

RELATED: Wonder Beauty Counter: June Is About Perfect-looking Brows, Color and French Beauty

 

 

If you havenā€™t pored over Karencittaā€™s Wonder cover just yet, consider this your formal invitation. Go on, get inspired.

 

 

PhotographyĀ Andrea Beldua

Art and Art DirectionĀ Alexandra Lara

Fashion Direction and StylingĀ Nicole Blanco Ramos

Beauty DirectionĀ Cessi TreƱas

MakeupĀ Oriel Carbonilla

HairĀ Brix Batalla

Shot on Location atĀ Chroma Studio

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