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♥I'm obsessing over murky hair color right now and have ended up dip-dying over my faded lilac with a grey/green. Grunge hair to the max. I don't know who that is in the photo above but if someone knows please tell me! Is it YOU? ♥ I'm digging the creepy lip colors right now as well. Urban Decay's Oil Slick, Lime Crime's Serpentina, and Portland Black Lipstick Company's ultimate pitch black lipstick are total January DO's.♥ All I want this month is tea with a jolt of caffeine to wake me up when the sky turns dark. What's more glam for a January girl than Lady Grey? Blackened floral tea for moody beauties everywhere. Drink out of a sarcastic pretty vintage tea cup.  ♥ If I'm feeling grungy I'd better be listening to my favorite angry girl/grunge music! I spent the better part of high school listening to Hole and Bikini Kill and I won't stop now. ♥ It's cold as fuck and I'm wearing as much black leather as possible. It's angry, it's snotty, and it keeps me toasty. Stay tuned for a look at my big heavy vintage black leather dress I bought myself recently. Tis the season for colorless bulk. ♥ I love grey nails for January! My favorite pick is Mouse by American Apparel which is a little pink and a little beige, but grey just the same. Depressing nail art for rainy days. ♥ Lastly, when it does rain, you'll need a big fancy rubber bag! I just got a Furla Candy carryall and it would keep my trusty iPhone dry even in the meanest of rainstorms. And it's totally cute, duh. Beginning of the year glamour all the way!♥

That's all folks! What will you be rocking this month?

I did a really subtle smokey eye in a couple shades of plum and bronze. I think makeup with warm undertones bring out the purple hue that most black lipstick can take on which makes it appear more flattering. Rust colored eye shadow would be pretty too. I also used a whole lot of bright purple blush because I'm pale and black can look garish on me if I don't warm up my skin tone to it. I did a couple coats of mascara so my eyes still popped but didn't look over done. 

For the lips I used Portland Black Lipstick Company in Black with a dab or Armour gloss in Femme Fatale on top. I think glossy black looks high fashion and expensive, don't you?

Hat and dress are vintage. Eye shadows are from the Tarte holiday box set available late November!

Feeling a little spooky and disturbed. I placed black velvet beneath the dress cut-outs to keep it PG for a monday dinner and I figured my mouth could be like, the fourth cut-out. Concept dressing. Speaking of which, I found the dress along with a gem of a pair of pants at The Manhattan Vintage Show which always fills my closet while simultaneously draining my bank account. Funny how that works.

I wrote the longest review on black lipstick recently which you can find HERE. If you love black lips then, please, come over. I have every black lipstick in existence on my desk currently. I guess I'd better hop to, and start wearing it every day!

Hey! By the way, did you notice my blog looks a little different? I'm in the process of revamping it so I apologize for a few weird things you may find here and there (I'm one of them. Hi!). This ol' blog has been far past due for a makeover and it's starting right now. Say blog? How do you feel about black lipstick??

Hat is American Apparel. Dress is vintage. Tights are from the faraway land of Japan. Heels are Nine West. Lipstick is Portland Black Lipstick Company.