I’ve been blog­ging on this site for over a year now, and I’ve been read­ing oth­ers’ blogs for even longer. Only recently, though, have I really started par­tic­i­pat­ing in the com­ments and give­aways on oth­ers’ blogs. Appar­ently, I’ve had a great streak of luck, because I’ve won 3 give­aways in the last few weeks. So, I want to take a minute to say thanks to those blog­gers for their fun con­tests. Thank you, 5 Min­utes for Books, for the book, Shop Your Closet. I have big plans for my closet! Thank you, Heather, for the lip­stick. I love it, and I’m so glad I took a chance on the Rais­in­berry. It’s so fun. Thank you, Mon­ica, for the book, Wild Goose Chase. I have a lot of read­ing I want to do, but I think this may make its way up to the top of the list rather quickly.

I have enjoyed read­ing new blogs, and of course, there’s always an extra thrill that comes with win­ning some­thing. Hmmm, maybe some time it will be my turn to do a giveaway!

I decided after try­ing all those lip­sticks that I should prob­a­bly post a pic­ture of my nor­mal lip­stick. I think that when you see it, you’ll agree it looks fine. It’s noth­ing super obvi­ous or flashy. it’s fine. That’s my prob­lem with it, though. It’s just fine. I want some­thing a lit­tle dif­fer­ent and more excit­ing. Maybe rais­in­berry is it. I’ll have to think about it.

My usual look

Bet­ter late than never, right?

Yuck, yuck, yuck. Let’s just say that I couldn’t find a way to make this color work for me. I didn’t wear it out of the house. Lip gloss just didn’t do it. It was very obvi­ously not me.

Pink Melon

Today’s lip­stick is okay. I don’t feel like it’s the right shade for me, but I’m not ashamed to be seen wear­ing it either, so I guess that’s okay, too. I would not buy it for myself though. Oh, I for­got to add that I chose this color because my blush from Merle Nor­mal is called Dusty Rose, so I thought they might go well together. I don’t think they do though.

Dusty Rose

This is my favorite so far. It’s not quite the right shade, but it’s fun, dif­fer­ent, and oh-so-close! I think I might need to explore some of the col­ors that are like this one but just a lit­tle different.

Rais­in­berry

This one was okay, too. I’m not in love with it, but it was fine. I think if I had it, I’d wear it occa­sion­ally, but I wouldn’t seek it out most likely. It was a lit­tle too brown for me. I’m too picky!

Golden

Here’s try #2. I def­i­nitely liked this one bet­ter than yesterday’s. I didn’t stay home after I put it on to wait for it to wear off, and I didn’t wipe it off. Those are good signs, right? I can’t say I loved it, but I’m def­i­nitely lik­ing this bet­ter than yesterday’s.

Amber Suede

Well, it looks like I started the Great Lip­stick Chal­lenge a lit­tle too early. Accord­ing to the “offi­cial” blog, it doesn’t start until August 1st. So, I revise my pre­vi­ous post. Don’t look for my lip­stick today or tomor­row. Wait until August 1. Then, I’ll share the results of my step out of my com­fort zone.

Last week, I signed up to join The Lip­stick Chal­lenge on a fel­low NaBloPoMo mommy blogger’s site. I got my sam­ples in the mail today. Thanks, Heather! So, for the next 7 days, I have at least one guar­an­teed post for each day!

I’ll be post­ing a pic­ture a day through the chal­lenge. Come back and check out my lips!