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Taylor Swift's Now Famous Red Lipstick: The Backstory

 Taylor Swift's Now Famous Red Lipstick: The Backstory


Taylor Swift's Now Famous Red Lipstick: The Backstory
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She hasn't, however, always had a crimson lip. Hardcore fans may recall her "Debut" period, during which she launched the album Taylor Swift and frequently wore a nude lip, a smoky eye, with hard platinum blonde curls.




Where did she start on her journey towards the realm of red lipstick, then? That would be Gucci Westman, the creator of the natural cosmetics line Westman Atelier.




Taylor Swift's Now Famous Red Lipstick: The Backstory
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Westman addresses the subject in a noncommittal manner. She admitted to working with Taylor Swift several times in an interview with ELLE Australia. Although I haven't dealt with her in a while, when we did, I recall being the first to provide her a red lip.



We had to inquire how it came to be since Taylor's fans, known as "Swifties," want to learn even the tiniest tiny secrets about the singer.


Westman clarifies, "It was for an Allure cover," referring to the cover she created for the publication in March 2009, the only month before her Brave tour began in the United States.


She went on to say that she had never worn a crimson lip. I had to ask her mother [Andrea Swift] for her approval so when red lip incident occurred.


Taylor's management allegedly informed Westman that "Taylor doesn't do red," according to her. "Oh, Taylor ought to try red," I remarked.

It's a historical occasion that was described in the notebooks from the actual 2009 filming.



Taylor Swift's Now Famous Red Lipstick: The Backstory
Photo by Are Media pty Ltd


According to the magazine, Swift's beautician Gucci Westman sought to give her "an updated Vargas-girl style, with a powerful mouth and gorgeous skin.


"She started by applying cream concealer and highlighter on Swift's whole face. She followed that by putting on mauve blush, brown eye shadow, black mascara, and bright red lipstick, which Swift adored so much that Westman gave her a tube of her own.


Swift is wearing her trademark bright red lipstick in the images from of the Fearless tour, beginning a beauty tradition that would last throughout her career.


Taylor Swift's Now Famous Red Lipstick: The Backstory
Photo by Are Media pty Ltd




Although Westman acknowledges that she cannot recall the exact lipstick her wore 13 years ago (eerily, this revelation appears THAT many time after the cover), he does have a couple hues from her personal collection that she would suggest matching it.


Westman suggests mixing Brick and Tomato from Lip Suede in Les Rouges.

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