My art is LITERALLY made with LOVE! I’m a lipstick artist utilizing 100% lipstick and my fair share of kiss prints in every piece of art I create. My brand, ‘Lipstick Lex’ is a non-traditional contemporary art brand/business that isn’t just producing eye-catching conversational art, but spreads a positive message of love, merriment, beauty and feel-good vibes all around.
While kissing my art is no doubt a laborious technique, I believe love is infectious and something the world needs more of, so I’m spreading the positive message through my art!
I supply fine art originals to the high-end art collector as well as manufacture prints for the everyday art appreciator!
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John Lennon
Turtle
The Marilyn
Diana Ross in all her glory!
Another muse of mine! While Frida Kahlo has been the subject of many artists, never before has she been created out of kisses
Mambo (Madonna)
I find Madonna to be incredibly inspiring. She’s incredibly brilliant and strong. I created this piece after being moved by her 2016 Billboard, Woman of the Year speech, and recently sent this to her… Madonna, I hope this piece was well received. I’m on this #revoloutionoflove march with you!
Bananas For You
All of my pieces are fixated to frames that are built by my husband and I. All details are accounted for!
Lipsticks
While I use many brands of lipsticks, MAC is generally my go-to, for their awesome quality, large color palette and one of the many animal cruelty free brands out there. I strive to stick to those!
Work in progress
Cute little heartbreaker
Pineapple point of view
A closer look
Kisses, kisses and more kisses
Some works require up to 100 kisses while others that I have done have THOUSANDS!
Work in progress
I paint with lipsticks as often as I apply my kisses. The “painting” part provides me with breaks from kissing!
Background close up
I use a lot of tape within my process to give me clean lines and geometric attributes.
Lipsticks used
Work in progress
Tropiheart
This elephant ear leaf (from my backyard) are massive hearts that are found everywhere. There are many hearts found in my work. All spreading love and feel-good vibes.
Lime in the coconut
Is there anyone that doesn’t smile when they here this little diddy!? An image made with the love and the lust that we all feel to be in the warmth of the tropics.
My studio
Located in Sarasota Florida, my studio is my “she shed”. It’s my happy place where I create and develop my business and build my brand daily.
Quality control!
I am a mother of my 4 year old daughter, Rue, and my little guy right here, Lonnie. While Rue goes to school while I work, Lonnie hangs with me daily in the studio while I create art and do business.
My palette
Lipsticks come in just about every shade imaginable! Folks often think I work with paint when they see blue’s, green’s yellow’s etc. Here’s proof that I use 100% lipstick!
Kissed portrait of Marilyn Monroe
I have created many portraits of Marilyn Monroe. In fact, she was the seed that started my journey as a lipstick artist! I used to specialize in realism oil portraiture, however, back in 2011 I was challenged to create her portrait using a non-traditional technique that would correlate with her. After a lot of brainstorming, the idea of lipstick and kiss prints was born! I have been commissioned to create Marilyn utilizing my lipstick technique numerous times, however, this particular piece continues to rank as my fave!
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Awesome! I always thought that lipstick could be interesting used as an artistic material- Maybe like oil pastels, but softer? anyway, this art is so special! You can literally see the kiss marks. The emotion these people were painted (Drawn? Marked? Smooched?) with is incredible. Very nice!
Thank you so much!!! Yes a lot of heart and soul being poured into my work no doubt!.. Lipstick is lovely to work with kind of a cross between working with oils and oil pastels for sure.
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wow! great work lipstick lex. quick question. what is that clear stuff you add at the end? like a clear coat? why do you torch it?
Hey Gabriel! Thanks! I use an epoxy resin to protect my work from UV damage and smudging. The blow torch is used to remove any air bubbles after pouring the resin, leaving it with a glass-like finish!
Load More Replies... Whoa! Absolutely genius - gorgeous! You have an amazing talent! ( does the lipstick dry? How do you store them until dry?) God bless your artistic talent!
Thank you Kay! I appreciate your kind words... Because the lipstick doesn't totally dry, I coat each piece in an epoxy resin to prevent it from smudging and fading :-)
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not only is this art original, different and wonderful.. It's also cruelty free. I aspire to be an artist too and I find this incredibly inspiring so thank you for sharing!
Do your lips get sore? You must have enough chapstick to put CVS to shame...
A common question I get for sure! Yes, after a while my lips definitely tire, which is when I'll switch to painting directly with the lipstick and my brushes - gives my lips a break while allowing me to paint any fine details by hand :-)
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So talented! I'd need a lot of Chapstick also, so I don't dry my lips out lol
Wow this is soooooo cool!!! At first i thought that you didn’t use a brush but after pic 2 I realized lol
I have been googling all day to find an art project to do with old lipstick (I hate throwing things away) and there is almost nothing, but it has brought me to your page. I saw that you said you put an epoxy over your finished project to keep it safe- do you have any suggestion for an amateur project to keep it from rubbing off? I mean, I’m talking like a Craft with kids kind of project. The lipstick doesn’t really dry, right? I appreciate any feedback! Your paintings are fantastic!
Hi, I love your work! I am wonder would you willing to share what kind of surface lipsticks can stay and show the true color ? Like cotton paper? Cotton canvas ? Thank you
Hi, Love your work! I am wondering would you be willing to share what kind of surface lipstick will stay and show their true color? Like, cotton paper, cotton canvas or acrylic primed surface ?
Wow! This is so cool. And I'm sure doing all those kisses and with different colors is VERY time consuming, hah.
It's a common misunderstanding I'm afraid... You're correct about MAC being owned by Estee Lauder, however, here is a direct quote from the MAC website to clarify :-) "M·A·C does not test on animals. We do not own any animal testing facilities and we never ask others to test on animals for us. While some governments conduct animal testing to prove safety before they will allow us to sell our products, M·A·C has never tested on animals and we continue to be a leader in the movement to end animal testing globally. To this end, we are proud to partner with IIVS (INSTITUTE FOR IN VITRO SCIENCES) to expand the use and acceptance of non-animal testing methods worldwide."
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Such a waste of what? Lipstick Lex enjoys making these, and we like to look at them! I’d say she brought something good into this world. Maybe you ought to try to make some good of yourself and not just be rude on people’s posts.
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Awesome! I always thought that lipstick could be interesting used as an artistic material- Maybe like oil pastels, but softer? anyway, this art is so special! You can literally see the kiss marks. The emotion these people were painted (Drawn? Marked? Smooched?) with is incredible. Very nice!
Thank you so much!!! Yes a lot of heart and soul being poured into my work no doubt!.. Lipstick is lovely to work with kind of a cross between working with oils and oil pastels for sure.
Load More Replies... wow! great work lipstick lex. quick question. what is that clear stuff you add at the end? like a clear coat? why do you torch it?
Hey Gabriel! Thanks! I use an epoxy resin to protect my work from UV damage and smudging. The blow torch is used to remove any air bubbles after pouring the resin, leaving it with a glass-like finish!
Load More Replies... Whoa! Absolutely genius - gorgeous! You have an amazing talent! ( does the lipstick dry? How do you store them until dry?) God bless your artistic talent!
Thank you Kay! I appreciate your kind words... Because the lipstick doesn't totally dry, I coat each piece in an epoxy resin to prevent it from smudging and fading :-)
Load More Replies... not only is this art original, different and wonderful.. It's also cruelty free. I aspire to be an artist too and I find this incredibly inspiring so thank you for sharing!
Do your lips get sore? You must have enough chapstick to put CVS to shame...
A common question I get for sure! Yes, after a while my lips definitely tire, which is when I'll switch to painting directly with the lipstick and my brushes - gives my lips a break while allowing me to paint any fine details by hand :-)
Load More Replies... So talented! I'd need a lot of Chapstick also, so I don't dry my lips out lol
Wow this is soooooo cool!!! At first i thought that you didn’t use a brush but after pic 2 I realized lol
I have been googling all day to find an art project to do with old lipstick (I hate throwing things away) and there is almost nothing, but it has brought me to your page. I saw that you said you put an epoxy over your finished project to keep it safe- do you have any suggestion for an amateur project to keep it from rubbing off? I mean, I’m talking like a Craft with kids kind of project. The lipstick doesn’t really dry, right? I appreciate any feedback! Your paintings are fantastic!
Hi, I love your work! I am wonder would you willing to share what kind of surface lipsticks can stay and show the true color ? Like cotton paper? Cotton canvas ? Thank you
Hi, Love your work! I am wondering would you be willing to share what kind of surface lipstick will stay and show their true color? Like, cotton paper, cotton canvas or acrylic primed surface ?
Wow! This is so cool. And I'm sure doing all those kisses and with different colors is VERY time consuming, hah.
It's a common misunderstanding I'm afraid... You're correct about MAC being owned by Estee Lauder, however, here is a direct quote from the MAC website to clarify :-) "M·A·C does not test on animals. We do not own any animal testing facilities and we never ask others to test on animals for us. While some governments conduct animal testing to prove safety before they will allow us to sell our products, M·A·C has never tested on animals and we continue to be a leader in the movement to end animal testing globally. To this end, we are proud to partner with IIVS (INSTITUTE FOR IN VITRO SCIENCES) to expand the use and acceptance of non-animal testing methods worldwide."
Load More Replies... Such a waste of what? Lipstick Lex enjoys making these, and we like to look at them! I’d say she brought something good into this world. Maybe you ought to try to make some good of yourself and not just be rude on people’s posts.
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