I was watching a Bobbie Brown video segment on how to choose the perfect lip color for your lips, and she said that if a color made your lips look ashen, then its not the right one. I know that if lipstick looks plain weird with my skin tone, I wouldn't use it, but what exactly does ashen mean? I've also seen this used when talking about what colors for clothing look best on your skin.
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2007-11-01 14:47:59 · 8 answers · asked by Kim 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Makeup
In regards to a lip color, she probably meant flat or greyish.
2007-11-01 14:51:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ashen Skin
2016-10-06 00:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by dotterweich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I was watching a Bobbie Brown video segment on how to choose the perfect lip color for your lips, and she said that if a color made your lips look ashen, then its not the right one. I know that if lipstick looks plain weird with my skin tone, I wouldn't use it, but what exactly does ashen mean?...
2015-08-16 19:39:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thought I would throw my hat in the ring by saying, the reason they spend so much on cosmetic surgery is the doctors charge way too much, and they wouldn't need cosmetic surgery if society wasn't so judgmental on how people look. We as a society have created this problem along with many others, and when you talk about how much you have given and boast about it, you have just got your reward as Christianity teaches, so no I would not follow in your footsteps, that is sin according to the Bible. On a reality sense I can tell if the rich or well to do helped the poor and needy, we would all just be mediocre, and that's just like communism, something I'm not to crazy about, but wait you didn't say the poor would have to work we would just give it to them and help them out. I think we already do this, its called social assistance and our taxes cover that cost along with producing jobs for social workers. So we are already giving to the poor, we just are not boasting about the good we are doing. Real charity comes from the heart and is not measured by the media and what others think, it is done in secret so you do not humiliate the needy or crown the giver.
2016-03-13 15:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understanding is that, if something is described as "ashen," it's sort of dull, and the color is muted/matte (versus bright and shiny/lively). It's not a good thing to wear "ashen" lipstick...
2007-11-01 15:04:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ashen usually refers to skin tone, like washed out, grey, lifeless. I guess when referring to lips it would be similar.
2007-11-01 14:57:51 · answer #6 · answered by thom t 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ashen Color
2016-12-08 13:56:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
White and dry. For a good example, check out "Ashy Larry" from the Chappelle show.
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2007-11-01 14:57:26 · answer #8 · answered by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmmm...i'm an ER nurse...when we say someone is ashen it's a bad thing....kind of a greyish, close to death color
2007-11-01 14:55:51 · answer #9 · answered by bella36 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋