V A is a long standing and recognised digital creative; her voice resonates with many. In the last ten years, the site has developed into an online destination for fashion, beauty and lifestyle advice. Her sense of style, editorial flair and practical counsel offers an inspired and graceful approach to living.

V A is a long standing and recognised digital creative; her voice resonates with many. In the last ten years, the site has developed into an online destination for fashion, beauty and lifestyle advice. Her sense of style, editorial flair and practical counsel offers an inspired and graceful approach to living.

Edit by: Vicki
Aug 22, 2016

Raspberry: With A “P”

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Raspberry, with a “p”.
I have always found raspberry to be one of those very lovely words.

Albeit a word with a strange spelling.


What is the “p” all about? There is nothing “rasping” about raspberry. This is a word to denote everything luscious and delicious and a word to conjure up goodness and pleasure in every which way. Whether raspberry is a taste, a touch or a vision, all in all it is is one potent word.


Raspberry is my summer lip colour.


It is a notch down from the deep, plums and the blue reds of the cooler months. To me, raspberry spells summer in capital letters. It suggests happiness and holidays, family, friends and relaxed times.

Raspberry lips add the strength of colour we need with a hint of fun and frivolity.


I like mine to have a hint of blue, like my reds; no orange undertones. I like to think the shade is tinged with a touch of blueberry.


On holiday, when time is precious, a dash of raspberry over some tinted cc colour and a blend of Beach Stick is all I use. It’s enough and the luscious lip shade gives me the lift I need. It has the similar affect to a bright, bright orange only a tad softer.


There is something very pretty, very feminine about raspberry; even with a “p”. xv



The Best Of The Raspberry

kevin aucoin forever  //  mac impassioned  //  tom ford electric pink



 

images, nastya kusakina by lena manakai for elle kazakhstan december 2015

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