red lipstick -- sexy or slooty?

PRO

by Kristina 

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Parachute pants. Oddly sensual combination of sweatpants and tight belly shirts. Crimped hair. Frosted tips. What do all these things have in common? They were passing trends that everybody woke up and realized were hideously ugly, and have never been brought back (successfully) again. Want to know what’s not on this list? Red lipstick. 

Red lipstick will never be just a passing trend because of its very nature:  it’s timeless, it’s classy, and come on, it’s sexy. Every bombshell from Brigitte Bardot to Anne Hathaway as Catwoman (whatever Hathahaters) has completed their whole sexy package with red lipstick. It’s kinda like a Will Farell movie or a Beyonce song: you don’t need it, but everything gets better when you put it on. 

If you’ve ever worn red lipstick, there’s no denying the way it makes you feel--like a secret agent or a run-of-the-mill bad bitch. No other article of clothing or beauty tool can get you from girl next door to femme fatal in less than a minute. Not to mention, it sets you apart. When you’re out with your girlfriends, chances are you are all hot variations on the same hot theme.

Not so, if you’re the girl with the red lipstick. You’re different from your friends, you stand out, and you’re turning double the number of heads. Red lipstick means you’re comfortable enough with your hotness to play it up. If that doesn’t sound like you quite yet, why not swipe some on and pretend for a bit? You know what they say: fake it till you make it.

CON
by Theresa 

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I get it. You’re going out with your bffls, going to paint the town, hit up the clubs, get your groove on, and you want to feel like a million bucks.

So you put on red lipstick. Bad moveeee, chiquita, bad move. Red lipstick is a delicate, delicate creature. If you wear it with the wrong outfit, you automatically look like a prostitute. I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just saying it’s inevitable. If your sassy little club outfit is just a biiit too revealing, you might get away with it, if you go with a sensible pink or nude. But match it with red lipstick, and people are going to be asking you how much. I am telling you this because I care.

Red lipstick can say many things! It can say “I’m fun. I’m daring. I’m bold. I’m Angelina Jolie.” But it can also say a lot of things which cannot be repeated in front of children.

I know, I know. Plenty of people have rocked it in the past. But those people are on red carpets –There’s no WAY they are going to be mistaken for Julia Roberts’ character pre-Richard Gere in Pretty Woman. But because life is not fair, if you are in da club with some red lipstick, you could be mistaken for a sloot. And unlike Julia Roberts, you will not be whisked away to a life of love and eternal happiness.

So, go for the risk if you want to, but make sure you pair carefully—like a wine with a delicious meal. Because if not, it could get weird.