I know I know…old ladies often wear the same makeup styles and colors for their whole lives. Well, not this old lady! I do have my favorite makeup products, but I try new makeup and new makeup trends all the time. Some work and some don’t. When I am trying something new, I look in the mirror before I go out the door I say to myself, “WWKS,” which is, “What would Kevyn say.” Kevyn is my daughter, and believe me when I tell you, she cuts me no slack: all she has to do is give me the stink eye and it is back to the drawing board.
And, while I love trying new trends, there are some must haves that I swear by. This one is probably my longest running go-to makeup product: Wet-n-Wild Lip Pencil #666.
I found it years ago when I read in a magazine that some Super Model used it all the time, and I was sure that if I used it, I would become a Super Model, too. I went to Walgreen’s and bought it for $.99. Since that time I have used lots of other lip pencils, but always go back to 666 (pretend it’s 999 if that number makes you nervous).
It is a wine color with a little bit of brown mixed in. I am wearing it in my head shot on the cover page of the website. It works for everyone. I recently heard a makeup artist refer to it again, and that is probably 20 years later!
I use it on my whole lip, then use a lip balm or Chapstick over it. And, now I mostly use it by itself as a matte lipstick. How trendy am I?
The crazy old lady in me comes out whenever I am in the CVS or Walgreen’s, and I buy all of them in stock, because I am afraid they will discontinue the color and then what would I do! I probably have dozens tucked away in my bathroom.
Sadly, that lip pencil did not make me a Super Model…good thing they are so affordable for us mere mortals.
