Thursday, February 02, 2006

Coked-Up Whore

If I were famous like Jessica Simpson, I would start my own make-up line instead of just naming one lipgloss in a contest. My line would be called MetroLux and it would have fun packaging like Urban Decay, but would be wearable like MAC. I would have a variety of themes.

The themes would be sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Oh, how trite, you say? Well read on and see...

The Rock Theme would include glittery lipglosses in shades of pink, crimson and copper. The names wouldn't have anything to do with the colors, because who wants to buy another lipstick called "Rum Raisin" or "Pink Petal"? Not me. So here are my RockGloss names: Prog Rock, Electroclash, Pop Sensibility, Math Rock, Distortion, Synth, Lo-Fi, Hipster, and Moog.

The Rock theme would expand to eyeliner and lipstick and could have a tie-in with the color of the product like a red lipstick color name in Nosebleed and a black eyeliner color name in Black Eye or Guitar Strap.

Another arm of the product line that I've thought about would have a sex/drugs theme and, par for the course, the names wouldn't necessarily reflect the color. It would be inspired by "Hustle and Flow". Here they are...think of eyeshadow and blush here: Coked-Up Whore, Trick, Hustle, Booty, Backseat, Shake It and Stripper Pole (this could be silver eyeshadow).

I mean, if Nars can have a blush called "Orgasm", why can't my MetroLux line have a blush called "Coked-Up Whore"? And wouldn't it be more fun to have a silver eyeshadow in "Stripper Pole" than simply "Silver" or "Moonlight"? It's all about the packaging and the unique color names. I'm a big sucker for cool packaging and I don't think I'm the only one, otherwise why would Urban Decay and Hard Candy be so popular?

I'd like Kate Moss to be my spokesmodel. Do you think she'd be up for it?

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