Confidence of the Red Lip

Your girl decided to wear a red lip to kick off her Birthday weekend. We recently discovered we have numerous local wineries in the area. Who knew! I haven’t been to a wine tasting since joining the mom tribe. I was pretty stoked for this outing to say the least! When you are a mom you get excited about the little things, like visiting a winery. After tasting eleven wines, we bought one of the best wines we tasted. Yes eleven!

Let’s talk about confidence of the red lip. Would you believe this is the first time I have worn a red lip in public. Yup! Being a brown skin girl, now women I was always afraid to go there. There was this idea in my head that a red lip was too bold for someone of my skin tone. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it’s true. Those where my inner thoughts for a very long time. My thoughts decided the color red was too bold and too risky. To be honest, I don’t even wear red clothing unless its Christmas time. It’s not one of my favorite colors. When the color red came to mind, I thought Alert, Stop, Danger.

I found the perfect shade of red lipstick a long time ago. But I let my thoughts control me from wearing it. For Halloween this year I gave the red lip a test run. I wore red lipstick to match my red devil head band. That doesn’t count, it was dark outside & apart of my costume. Well, this brown skin women finally decided to let fears and negative thoughts go to try something new. I stepped out my comfort zone and guess what. The red lip is a winner.

I felt extremely confident wearing a red lip. To me that’s all that matters. That I felt a sense of confidence. Practicing self-confidence will help you conquer your fears in life. No matter how big or small. Something small as putting on red lipstick gave me confidence about my inner beauty as a brown skin women. Now when I think of the color red, I think Confidence, Energy, and Strength. This color by the way is called “Matte Confident”. You can’t tell me this one wasn’t made just for me.

Here are some tips for practicing self-confidence:

• Believe in yourself
• Try something new
• Incorporate self-care
• Celebrate wins, big or small
• Read daily affirmations & apply to your life

Which confidence of the red lip tips do you identify with? How do you feel about bold lipstick colors? Let me know in the comments. Check out my Instagram post sharing my first time wearing a red lip. Until next time. Thank you for visiting The Kwa Corner!