ABOUT

Ms Becky C from Red Lips and Freckles

I am a woman of many parts. I am a 30 something woman living in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. I have a husband, a toddler and another baby on the way. When I am not looking after them (or playing with my makeup), I also work part time as a solicitor for a small not for profit organisation.

With a husband, a toddler, a baby on the way, a house to look after and job to go to, I don’t get much free time. When I do, you will either find me a reading a good book or watching beauty videos on you tube.

I have no inside knowledge of the beauty industry and I am in no way a makeup artist of any kind (although I love doing other people’s makeup). In short, I am a very normal every-day consumer of beauty products. I don’t have an endless supply of money available to me and so I need to be able buy makeup that I know will meet my needs.

I don’t believe that self-worth and confidence can be based on looks, beauty or style. True beauty and confidence comes from embracing our uniqueness and special qualities. It is found in how we treat ourselves and how we treat others. Sounds corny but I think it’s true. Every one of us struggles with our own insecurities; I am no exception. I may be in my 30s now but I am still learning to love myself and perhaps my growing obsession love of makeup is one way in which I am expressing that journey. Nonetheless, I do really believe that looks, beauty and makeup will never, on their own, give us confidence and a sense of self-worth – they can only enhance what’s on the inside.

WHAT YOU WILL FIND ON MY RED LIPS AND FRECKLES

As a very normal every-day consumer of beauty products with no special makeup artistry talents, My Red Lips and Freckles will contain product reviews more than anything else. I feel tat my strength lies in being able to help others reach a decision about whether to purchase sometimes by using my knowledge of and experience with certain beauty products. 

WHY RED LIPS AND FRECKLES? 

Why red lips and freckles? Because that’s me.

I love red lipstick. What’s that saying? Put on some red lipstick and live a little. I feel confident in red lipstick. I feel like a confident version of myself.

It was also lipstick, specifically red lipstick, that led me to my obsession love of makeup. I was on a girls’ weekend away with my closest girlfriends. It was the first time that I had been away from my son so it was a very big deal to me; but also totally worth it. One of my friends and I got into a lengthy discussion about e difficulty of finding the perfect red lipstick. Soon enough we were talking lipstick in general – favourite colours, favourite brands, favourite finishes. Lipstick has always been my biggest weakness so I felt like I was in my element.

When I got home from the holiday I realised that I was genuinely enthusiastic about makeup. Strangely enough, it wasn’t something that had ever really occurred to me before. So, I decided that I would do some online research and figure out ways of improving my makeup application.

I began watching you tube tutorials and it quickly became an obsession. I couldn’t stop watching them. I would practice doing my makeup when I was at home and my son was asleep, even though I wasn’t going anywhere and no one would even see me.

I began to purchase more and more makeup after watching reviews of them online. At first it was makeup of the less expensive variety – Maybelline, Revlon. I started using eBay to purchase American brands like NYX and Elf. As time went on and I became more confident in my skills I began to branch out into the high ends brands.

 Now, my makeup collection looks very different to my makeup collection of two and half years ago – but I will always remember that it began with red lipstick.

And the freckles? Well, let’s just say that I have plenty of these to go around.