Beauty and The Brand: The Red Lip

The red lip is a huge statement look for almost every beauty brand. It has been around for years and is still used daily within the fashion and make up industry. There are many different ways in which the 'red lip' can be achieved wether it is determined by it's shape (heart shape, round, straight) or by it's texture. It could be perfectly done with a crisp edge, smudged or stained or example. Revlon's very first product was a red shade of lipstick. I am going to research the Red Lip as much as possible to help me with shooting this for one of my final looks for my beauty brand.

French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin was famous for his outrageous and provocative work first noticed in Vogue Paris 1955. A lot of his work included this statement red lip alongside his sultry and sexy poses of women.

Many famous icons made the statement Red Lip big during a particular time

Jean Harlow

Lana Turner

Marilyn Monroe

Lauren Mccaul

Bette Davis

Kate Moss

Antonio Lopez

Antonio Lopez was an iconic fashion illustrator with his work appearing in high fashion magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle. Many of his illustrations include the statement red lip, his work is very interesting.

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was very persistent with his red lip when it came to his pop art work of famous icons.

Jackie Kennedy

Madonna

Liza Minnelli

Grace Jones

The 'Slash" Red Lip

Catherine Hepburn was famous for the straight shape red lip known as the 'slash lip'.

Leigh Bowery

Considered to be one of the most influential figures of the 1980's and 1990's Leigh Bowery was an Australian fashion designer amongst many other things during his time. His outrageous outfits and makeup are very memorable, he had his own take on the statement red lip.