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Rihanna Vampy Lips & Tips

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Say what you will about Rihanna but the chick has a face made for makeup. How many times have you marveled at celebrity makeup artist Mylah Morales’s work? Can you say that you are not moved by Morales’ mastery of luminizer, lashes, and lips? Save it – I don’t believe you…and here’s why. At the iHeartmusic Festival in Las Vegas, Rihanna introduced us to “The Ruby in the Smoke” when she hit the stage in matte eggplant lips and ruby stiletto nails.

Inspired by Rihanna’s scintillating Jeremy Scott Spring 2013 scrap, celebrity makeup artist Mylah Morales revealed to Who What Wear Beauty that she decided to “go with a lip shade completely unexpected and surprising.”

Rihanna Vampy Lips…

The base was MAC Cosmetics Lip Liner in Nightmoth. MAC Cosmetics Lipstick in Smoked Purple was the chosen color for the blackened pout.  Coloured Raine Matte Lip Paint in Roulette is a great dupe. Rihanna also wore Smoked Purple on her Unapologetic cover:

Rihanna Vampy Lips: MAC Lipstick in Smoked Purple

…and Twinkling Tips

Yet, the grand finale is that gorgeous gemstone manicure. While Rihanna urged us “to shine bright like a diamond,” her stiletto nails twinkled to a different tune altogether. Rihanna showed off this generation’s $5,000 “ruby slippers”. With the mani as the talk of the town, stans searched for alternatives without the sticker shock.

Rihanna wears Red Carpet Manicure

And that choice comes in the form of Red Carpet Manicure in Draped in Rubies, a cheaper version of the brand’s lavish Your Fortune Awaits.

How do you do “The Ruby in the Smoke?”