A smirk, a smile, a frown. These expressions of the mouth all tell their own story. It can be something silly, seductive, sassy, mean, angry or something else entirely. The mouth can tell a lot about a person. In this project I wanted to put my large collection of lipsticks to use. By covering the eyes with the paint chips of matching colors it draws the viewer’s eye to the lips, where in traditional portraits the focus would be the eyes of the subject. Using the different colors to evoke different emotions, the expression of the mouth displays something resembling what I associate with each color. From calm to sassy, goofy to serious, the colors represent something that I feel with each of these color.