#oh well! trial and error 💗

[heartual]

had a yummy smoothie bowl now my tummy kinda hurts….. am i only here to suffer

[setagaya-division]

There was a present addressed to Yorii Sakuma of Setagaya just in time for his birthday. Gleeful as he was to receive the gift there was something off, there was no card, no indication of who the sender was just a small, neatly wrapped package with a small notecard with "Yorii Sakuma" written on it in cursive.

Despite the bad feeling in his gut, Yorii decided to open the gift against his better judgment only to be surprised at what he saw.

Inside the present was a necklace with a seashell pendant, which in of itself would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that said pendant was glowing and from the looks of it, there was no LED light to be found.

Happy Birthday Yorii! 💗

Frowning while looking intently at this strange necklace, Yorii turned it over in his hand while looking at it glow with fluorescent blue light. Looking at it once more to see if anything was amiss, the idol brought it close to his face, looking at it as it slowly twirled in the air.

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, the light released a bright flash, as if someone took a picture or something. Temporarily blinding the idol, he, for some reason, found himself blacking out and being transported to a memory in the deepest, darkest corner of his mind, where he kept it locked away...

A memory from long ago...

A lab located somewhere. It's not known where, but the location is most likely somewhere in Japan. The lab... it is obviously not a place for mortal eyes to lay upon. But then again, anyone working in these labs have long ago lost any shred of morality or decency. Their only goal is the advancement of human life, or to create ultimate being by whatever means necessary. And if that means throwing away some worthless morals or love for humanity, then so be it. What good did those things do anyway aside from getting in the way?

In a far side of the lab, a group of what looked like children were standing in a row wearing hospital gowns. Their expressions were empty and their eyes were blank as they stared out in front of them. Though they looked human, they lacked the certain 'spark' that most humans had. They could be considered robots or zombies with how they acted.

What's more, all of them looked exactly the same as the other. From the cheekbones, to the fingertips, to the heights, to the same-colored eyes and hair, and even down to the surgical scar on each of their necks. These scars, obviously, were a result of surgery done on each one of these creatures for an experiment that was, as of right now, obsolete and pointless. It had proven to be a complete failure.

Operation: Siren's Call, it was called. An attempt to use the power of voice to hypnotize and control anyone whose eardrum heard the sound and vibrations that emitted from these creatures' vocal cords. As first, the project looked to work. The subject proved powerful to utilize the vocal cords. That was, up until something inside their bodies started revolting against the surgery, causing all of the children to lose their voices, turning them all into mutes. What a waste of time and resources.

Oh well, it was just another effect of trial and error. Nothing more, nothing less. And seeing as the experiment was a failure, these clones... there was no further need for them. Of course, deposing of them would be a waste. So they would be kept in stasis until there was some need of them. What that need was was something for the future to decide.

Minutes later, the clones were stripped of their gowns and were placed back in their pods, which slowly began to fill with water. All of the clones continued staring out in front of them, none of them aware or noticing that they were being submerged.

...Well, not all of them.

One clone, in particular, he subtly shifted his eyes to look out in front of him. He looked as there was a woman with short, straight black hair that reached above her shoulders in a bob haircut and pale blue-green eyes. She was busy dealing with something. What something exactly? Another one of them. A clone. She didn't so it much, but she treated that clone with more respect and harmony than she did the others.

As the pod submerges the clone and he feels his eyelids getting heavier, only one question protrudes his mind...

"...Why... him...?"

...

...

Reopening his eyes, Yorii looked around as he tried to get a sense of his surroundings. What the hell was that? Was that a... a memory? Looking at the clock, he was shocked that only a minute had passed, yet it felt like an entire day or month had slipped by him.

Looking down, he looked to see the necklace still in his hand. Staring at it, the idol suddenly frowned heavily as his hair and eyes shifted to his 'dark' form. Growling, he threw the necklace at his wall and turned around exiting his room, not giving it a second thought.

"...Damn you..."

[laurfilijames]

Girl you answered it exactly how I hoped you would!! Also don’t worry about how long my asks stay in your inbox box, most of the questions I ask aren’t meant to be simple to answer🥹💗🙂‍↔️

Reflecting with Raur🥂:

I love parts 1-3 for those same reasons but also how you added a reputation to Will with the grocery store fiasco and how the reader knows about it but it never changes her view of him as a person! He expects her to be afraid of him or to try to use it against him in some form because of how everyone has treated him since the incident but she does the opposite🥹 I feel like their first interaction is what gives life to this idea that your past is always going to be there, there’s no forgetting it, but you can learn to accept it and work through the parts that still affect you. I’m about to speak about the later parts when I say this: They also show that you don’t have to be alone when going through the healing process. It wasn’t easy for them to get to where they are now, but because Will was actively doing the work to get better (yes there were trials and errors but when are there not) and the reader genuinely wanted to go through it with him, it worked out🥹

3-5 definitely kept me on my toes🥵😂 The fast pace of their relationship was something that just made sense and was definitely the moment where I was like “oh this girl doesn’t just know Will, she understands😱”, at this point I’m pretty sure I hadn’t watched TF yet but that feeling just never left me, especially when you added the nightmares (especially the big one that I still think you should win an award for🙉) and the reader guiding him through it and growing their bond!! Now chapter 5 will always have a special place in my heart because it’s what introduced me to you🤧 and my newfound love for Mr.Miller🥹💗✨ (love the pun btw😂)

Chapters 6-8 were some of the best works of fanfiction that I’ve ever read!!! I know I talked your head off in my reblogs of these three parts😂 but I stand by everything I said!!!😌You’re always consistent when it comes to things that happen in previous chapters! You add things that don’t have to be there for the story to read well, but instead creates more depth to the characters, especially when they’re in an emotional state, and also reminds us that they aren’t going through their usual sweet and love-filled moments. Your build ups are always so seamless and it definitely showed throughout these three parts!!🥹

I have to pause for a second because this deserves to be remembered: “your eyes searching each other’s, your silence screaming the words neither of you dared to.” I am not gonna say it because I’ve given them too much attention on my reblogs but you know why this is here😍🥹

Circling back to the previous idea of not having to be alone while healing, chapter 7 really shows this with how both the Reader and Will were not doing the greatest after their break up. Throughout the whole chapter the Reader didn’t give up on the idea of what their relationship could be with Will. He hurt her and she made sure he knew that but she also knows Will and understands the way his mind works which allowed her to forgive him and work through what happened with him! In the next couple of chapters Will is hard on himself for the pain that he caused her but he makes progress in living with what happened and I believe in the latest chapter is when he shows his growth!! “the love he had for you incomparable to anything else that existed and something he would spend the rest of his life proving to you.”

They are at their best when they are together and there’s nothing wrong with that!

Chapters 9-11 were fantastic!!! One of my favorite scenes will always be the bar scene🤭 like you said they aren’t plot driven but they are just as amazing as all of the previous chapters!! Creating a new reputation for Will with the cpr scene, showing him that his hands don’t always have a negative impact on something and having him meet Patsy felt like the last step he needed to be able to move on from his past mistakes. If my reblogs and this ask having anything to show for it I’d say you did a pretty damn good job at giving him the type of love and life he deserves!!😌🙂‍↔️ The miller brother scenes will always be my favorites, you captured their relationship so well with funny and sad moments as well as Benny beating the shit out of him for being downright stupid 😂

Now if I’m being honest I don’t have a favorite yet😂 however chapter 7 is definitely a runner up!!! As you said we got a little bit of everything(and cam🥵) in that chapter as well as building a whole series and I think that just goes to show how talented you are which is very admirable🥹🌸💗

Omg you never have to apologize for talking about your story!!! If i didn’t want to hear your honest thoughts I wouldn’t ask questions like this🥹🌸✨💞

Ray there is no hesitation in me saying that you understand this story better than me 🤣🤣🤣

Like every reblog or comment you've made throughout this journey has me sitting here like

You. Just. Get. It. !!!!!!!!!!! And I'm beyond grateful that you do and that you love it this much 🥹💗

I can't even go through this and make comments because everything is just going to be like "yes." "yeah." "spot on." "exactly." 🤣🤣🤣 so if anyone has questions about this series just ask Ray because she has all the answers haha 💗💗💗

I'm still in awe with how much you loved the first nightmare scene in part 5 and thank you for saying it deserves an award 😭 I'm so unbelievably happy that it is what introduced you to this fandom and to the amazing character that is Will 'Ironhead' Miller 😍💗

Also thank you for pointing out again their subtle ways of communicating for the people in the back 😒🤣

Looking back at these last couple of chapters, I'm feeling more and more proud of them especially after your reblogs and breakdowns of them. I know I said they weren't big in plot, but that's just in comparison to the middle chapters where so much happened, but even these "little" scenes such as the CPR scene and the one with Patsy hold so much in ways of showing Will's growth and how much has changed since they got back together.

"They are at their best when they are together and there's nothing wrong with that." THANK YOU!!! I've constantly worried that I "fixed" things too quickly and made everything happy and fine rather than dragging out the angst and drama but that is not what this story is about, so having you confirm that is everything to me!! 💗💗💗🫂

I don't think I can ever convey my gratitude to you for how much love and time and effort you put into reading and enjoying this story, but just know how much it means to me and without you, I don't think this series would ever amount to what it is for me 🫂💗😘

[pxrxcxa]

Of course! I wanted to make sure you are doing well, but I'm so sorry for your setback 😭 Hopefully it won't last long though and you can keep moving forward ❤️

Oh goodness, you don't have to read it but I would be honored ❤️ I'm still trying to find my footing and my style with writing so it may be a tad messy 😩

Yes absolutely!!! I’m keeping up a good mindset to get better asap 🖤

It is on my list to read today after I’ve written what I need to! & I am super excited!! Everyone finds their style through trial & error! Never give up, keep writing what you want to write! I am sure it’s incredible!

I can’t wait to read it (also hope your other WIP’s are coming along nicely :) 💗🖤

[fanboymickey]

Harrington’s got her | What’s in a name?

Summary: Reader and Eddie had been high school sweethearts and planned on being together forever. Instead, life had other plans and flipped reader’s world upside down. Now reader finds herself becoming a single mother and possibly falling in love with her childhood best friend, Steve Harrington.

Word count: 1.3k

Warning: Angst. Teen pregnancy. Reader is 19 years old. Vecna and Eddie are both dead. Everything was solved at the end of volume two.

Request: Nope. I had an idea for this and just wanted to write it.

Pairings: Past Eddie Munson x Reader, Steve Harrington x Reader

Writers Note: Hi! Here’s part 5! Sorry this took so long to post, I’ve been super busy as I’ve started back at university. I also had writer’s block which partially postponed the writing process. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy💗

Part 4

You had awoken to the sun shining through your curtains. You felt the warmth of Steve radiating off his body as you laid your head on his chest. You could hear the rhythm of his heartbeat and the sound of his soft snores. You took a deep breath and captured his scent. You couldn’t help but wonder if this could be something you got used to. You quickly pushed that thought to the back of your mind as you felt Steve stir underneath you. 

“Good Morning,” He smiled down at you, “Sleep well?” he chuckled as he felt you untangle your legs from his and pull away.

“Honestly, that is the best I’ve slept in months but that could be because I got to use you like a body pillow,” you hesitated waiting for his reaction, “thank you by the way.” You bit your lip. 

He smiled, “You can use me any way you need, I’m here to be used at your disposal.” he half-joked. He didn’t want to hide his feelings any longer, and he thought he made that very clear last night when he all but confessed his love for you. 

“Can we talk about last night because,” You were cut off by a knock at the door, “Y/N, Sweetie, Your dad and I got an earlier flight home.” Your mom said opening the door and walking into the bedroom, “Oh hi Steve, it’s nice to see you around here.” She gave him a warm smile..

“Hi Mrs. Y/L/N, I was actually just on my way out,” He quickly shoved his jacket and shoes on and looked towards you, “Can we finish this later?” he asked. 

“Yeah, sure, why not.” Once he left your room, you fell back into your pillows and sighed annoyed. Why did your parents have to come home early and why did they have to interrupt your conversation right then? 

 Another month had passed, and you watched the leaves slowly began to change from beautiful greens to vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows as Summer turned to fall. You had been nervous knowing that you only had a little over a month left in your pregnancy and it was becoming abundantly obvious by how you would go on spiels about saving money, taking any extra shifts at work while babysitting on the side, and how much you had begun nesting. You would enlist your friends to help you clean your room and arrange it multiple times until you felt like it would be perfect enough to bring your son home to. You knew that he wouldn’t care or even understand that you were young and it would be trial and error with raising him. He wouldn’t understand that his father wouldn’t be there to help you, but you knew you would be the best mom you could be to him and that you weren’t alone because you knew your friends, who became like your family, would always be there to support you.

You and Steve hadn’t even talked about that night despite hanging out multiple times since then. The further you got into your pregnancy the more time Steve seemed to spend with you, but over the past two and a half weeks Steve had been a little more distant and you didn’t know why. However, things had seemed to go back to normal. Steve had taken you to one of your appointments and now he was driving the two of you back to your house. 

“Andrew?” Steve threw out there. 

“Like McCarthy? Ew no.” You and Steve had spent the better part of the drive discussing names for your son. You had browsed baby name books multiple times and never found one that you were particularly in love with. You wanted a name that meant something to you and would give your son a deeper connection to Eddie than just sharing blood and his last name. 

“Alright,” Steve sighed, “What about Thomas?” He asked as he drove onto your street. 

“Are you just naming famous actors from movies?” You looked over at him raising an eyebrow and questioning him. 

“Maybe,” he looked over with a smirk on his face.

“You watched Top Gun once and suddenly you want my son to be named after Tom Cruise.” 

“Listen, he was also great in Risky Business,” he said trying to defend himself. 

“Yeah, ok Steve,” you said through a laugh, “Do you wanna come inside? I own a copy of Risky Business on VHS.” you teased. “We could pop some popcorn, maybe order a pizza and pretend we’re teenagers again for a bit? You know before all the monster hunting and baby stuff happened.” 

“Yeah, that sounds really nice.” Steve got out of the car and followed you inside. 

“Surprise!” You heard them yell as you walked through your front door with Steve in tow.

“Holy Shit!” you screamed surprised. You heard Steve chuckle behind you, “Oh my god, is this why you’ve been so distant the past two weeks?’ You asked turning to the tall brunette man. 

“Yeah sorry about that.” He gave you a smile and scratched the back of his neck nervously. 

“Well, thank you.” you gave him a soft smile that made him blush.

You sat on the floral couch in your living room, watching various people having various different conversations. You were surrounded by gifts for your son and patiently waited to open them.

“Hey Kiddo,” you turned to your side to see Wayne, “I hope it’s ok that I got here late. I had a shift at the factory and needed to get in a quick shower.” You leaped up and brought him into a tight hug.

“Oh Wayne, it’s so great to see you.” He chuckled and hugged you back.

“It’s nice to see you too,” he pulled away, “I can’t stay long, but I wanted to give you my gift before I had to leave.”

“Oh ok,” you tried to keep your smile, but you were upset that he was already leaving so soon. Wayne pulled out a stack of letters and a photograph book, “these belonged to my mom- Eddie’s grandmother,” he hesitated, “you know she was the closest thing to a mother that he had and I think she would’ve wanted you to have them.”

You grabbed the stack of letters and photograph book from him, “She really loved Eddie and would’ve loved to have met your son.” He finished. You both had tears in your eyes, “Thank you, Wayne. This means so much to me and I’m sure it’d mean a lot to Eddie too.” You gave him another hug.

“Anytime kiddo,” he hugged you back and softly ruffled your hair when he pulled away, “I think Eddie would also want me to tell you it’s ok to give that Harrington kid a chance.”

“I- what? How?” You blushed.

“Everyone can see how you guys look at each other,” he smiled, “plus he’s looking at you right now.” He chuckled.

You looked back and caught Steve looking at you as if you had hung the stars. His cheeks started to heat up as he looked back at Dustin and Robin to finish their conversation.

Later that night you found yourself wrapped up on the couch with a cup of warm tea and looking through the photograph book from Wayne. You flipped through the pages that were covered in pictures of Eddie and his family, mostly of him, his grandmother and uncle Wayne, and notes written on the side by his grandmother.

You looked up at Steve, who was sitting on the opposite end watching your VHS tape of Risky Business, “I know what I want to name him.” You said confidently.

“Hm,” Steve looked at you curiously with a raised eyebrow.

“Nathaniel,” a smile graced your face. “It was Eddie’s grandmother’s maiden name. She was the closest thing he had to a mother and she loved him so much.”

“Nathaniel,” Steve echoed, “I like it and I think Eddie would love it.” He smiled at you.

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[julietandcinderella-if]

Hello lovely! I hope you're doing alright and that you're having a great time! Speaking of writing I would love to get mor e insight into your idea brainstorming and outlining process if you don't mind. 💗💗💐✨

Hello, sweetie, and it's no trouble at all! Hope you're doing alright aswell! ^^💙

Disclaimer: In no way am I professional writer or author, and this is simply just my way on how I concept and write ideas and stories

It isn't that hard for me to have an idea suddenly pop into my head. I'll use this IF as an example.

1. The inspiration

Vampire in The Garden is my first inspiration for this, really. I watched it once and thought: "What if I write a tragic, sapphic, vampire story with a mix of Romeo and Juliet?". Obviously, I can't imitate it nor copy the story directly, so I look for other inspiration.

Well, not really look, because I remembered the term: "cottagecore sapphics" while going through Twitter and found art of two women being loving and domestic in the countryside. So, that's where I went for vibes. The married part comes next, because come on wives. Just wives all around.

Next would be aesthetics. I personally love the vintage aesthetic of the 50's, so I went with there, plus I always wanted to write a sapphic story set in the 50's.

Location is easy, since I already have an existing country, so I don't really need to make a place from the ground up.

~•~•~

2. Characters

Okay, so I got the idea down, so who's going to be in it?

At this point neither the Bledsoes or the Welhavens existed, so I had to make them from the ground up. Adele's first, because she's the vampire wife that Welhaven has to romance, so I designed her based on my ideal woman, vibes of the clothes I wanted her to dress in, and some characters from existing media. Same goes with the rest of the cast, minus the ideal woman part. It's a bit of trial and error on their character design, because I want it to fit their personality.

Fun fact: Adam and Azalea were the hardest to design—both went thru 3-4 different iterations before I settled on the one I like.

Names were easier, but required a bit more research, so a good chunk of designing are finding names for the cast and opening a bunch of tabs on baby name websites. At this point, I'm sure Google's wondering if I'm a teen parent with how much baby name sites I've opened.

~•~•~

3. Plot

Idea? Check. Characters? Check. Plot? Uh…

So, anyway, I start plotting.

Nothing extreme, really, since the inspiration already provided parts of it, which is the wives dying and me wanting domestic wives time.

So I start with the wives, just married and running away from everything because of their forbidden love. But why are they running away? Oh, I know, Adele's family doesn't like her marrying a human, because it's against their law. Now they're running away from the hunters that were sent after them and went into hiding. So, now, they live in a small cottage, trying to live out their peaceful days the best they can before everything comes crashing down.

Rest of the plot beats come after that, and I won't spoil them here.

I think up of needed variables, stats, and content warnings along the way in this step.

~•~•~

4. [Vampire] Lore

The most tedious task of all: making lore.

I want to make my vampires different from the mainstream vampires we all know, so I took inspiration again. The arms turning to bat wings is heavily inspired from Vampire in The Garden's vampires while the clans and society (for Bellhollow) are loosely based on English aristocracy and the French bergeouise with aesthetics and vibes being taken from the 1800's.

The rest are my own bits of pizazz like the drinking coconut water and vampires going mad if left alone for too long and always staying in pairs or groups. I want to make the vampires powerful, but not annoying OP—human, but also still monsters.

The lore about the [old] Bledsoes have to be written too, since the one in modern day is vastly different from the one in J&C.

~•~•~

5. Tumblr Blog & Intro Post

Time to gather the sapphics and lesbians.

I make the blog, and customize it a bit to fit the aesthetics and vibes, then I start writing the intro post with the headers I made on Canva.

Post. Reblog on other IF blog with a lot followers, and let Tumblr do its thing.

So yeah, this is basically how I concept stuff. Not that exciting and a bit quick, but that's just how I work when I create things. :p

[magefeathers]

I’d love to hear about💥 (collision) and 💗(racing heart) for your four OCs!!

Absolutely!! Thank you for the ask!

💥 COLLISON - what emotions do they have trouble dealing with?

Shockingly, from his demeanor, Einar has trouble letting himself be happy. They've always thought of happiness as something that is Out There, Somewhere, and has trouble accepting it and welcoming it when it finds them.

Domitien really struggles with feelings of guilt and failure. It's that healer complex - any time something happens to someone he feels it's his fault somehow, or as if he could have prevented or fixed it if only he were there. If he was there, and couldn't prevent or fix something, the guilt is even worse, and he doesn't quite know what to do with it all.

L'yara has trouble with sadness, and grieving in particular. She learned very young that the world doesn't stop turning just because your world is crashing down, even if you very much need it to. No one wants to hear the cries of an orphaned street rat; no one cares. She learned to stuff her sadness down and keep on truckin', because for a long time, that was all she could do.

Khorchi is a complicated one because she's very repressed lmao. She basically only knows how to channel her emotions through anger, so she has trouble with both happiness and sadness as well, but it manifests differently from Einar or L'yara. She has a more conscious happiness block than Einar, a running internal monologue of, "I don't deserve to be happy yet because I haven't proven myself yet," and while L'yara shuts down to avoid letting herself feel sadness, Khorchi's sadness manifests as anger, frustration, fury - without her even actively realizing that sadness is what she's actually feeling.

💗 GROWING HEART - if they have a crush, is it noticable? what changes when they're in love? (this is the emoji you sent but I'm worried you might have meant the beating heart one "what gets their heart racing" so if I answered the wrong one let me know ;; )

Oh boy. Einar is uh, let's call them easy, so they make no secret of when they wanna be with someone. But they don't really get any crushes until much later in life. He actually goes through learning how to deal with his first crush during ARR and it is very noticeable (there is a lot of trial and error, grand romantic gestures that are not appreciated, flirting that is shut down, etc) but eventually he basically learns to just. be himself. and stop putting on such a show trying to impress the person. And honestly I would call that what changed when they're in love - they feel confident and comfortable enough to show the other person their whole self.

L'yara also sleeps around a bit lol but when she actually has a crush on/feelings for someone she kinda shuts down about it (shocker). The environment that she grew up in, there was never time or even reason to pursue romance, so she's gotten used to not acknowledging her feelings. After she joins the Scions and is doing a bit better for herself, she does try to strike up a relationship once or twice, but it never really works out for her (until much later). And, well, the world still keeps on turning. Even when she does find love, they decide to keep their relationship quiet because, y'know, she's a warrior of light and it would be really easy for her enemies to use her loved ones against her if they knew who they were. But she's abundantly affectionate behind closed doors to make up for the lack of pda!!

Khorchi absolutely peacocks when she has a crush on someone. She's not afraid to walk right up and make conversation (brag) and flaunt how strong/skilled/etc she is. She usually isn't really actively aware that a crush is what she's feeling - even if everyone else can see it - she just knows there are some people she wants to impress more than others. Once she's aware that she's having romantic feelings, she tries to get a little more vulnerable with them than just showing off constantly, but she's very clumsy and awkward about it. And when she's in love, she's the most proud and flashy "look at my partner!! they're so awesome and strong!! they could kick your ass!!" as opposed to L'yara's hiding behind closed doors. (Khorchi and L'yara argue about it lol L'yara thinks Khorchi is reckless and Khorchi thinks L'yara doesn't think her partners can protect themselves)

I'm gonna be real with you I'm still debating this for Domitien!! because he is very Soft and Gentle and doesn't have much worldly experience and it would make sense to his character, in my opinion, for him to be very blushy and get flustered and stutter when he's around his crush, but also he's gay, and while I am a queer person I am not a gay man specifically, and I don't want people to think I'm making him into some uke bottom stereotype of a gay man. I just want him to be very tender because he looks Big and Cool and Intimidating and I like the gentle giant trope :(

[kyunsies]

Maybe this is annoying dkfkg but I want to ask if you can share how you color your gifs? Because it's so pretty

hello my love !!! oh my gosh it’s not annoying at all pls don’t worry !!! <3 my coloring changes mostly from gif to gif, however i do have a base psd that i always work with !! the big thing i play around with is the channel mixer in photoshop !! i’ll use about 2 layers of that, my first one i use the blue output channel and play around with both the reds and blues (for example the set i just posted my red was set to -40 and blue to +44) and the second channel mixer layer i did red -35 and blue +112!! it will look a little funky if you leave it at that so i usually fix my tones with selective coloring or hue and saturation !!!

basically the channel mixer is to make the reds pop in the lips bc i’m sooooo obsessed with that 😭 i also try to restore skin color using the neutrals in selective coloring as well !! it gives such a nice warmth to the whole set but the key is to adjust with other hues to make it look how you’d like it !! 💗 coloring is definitely trial and error and sometimes i don’t even do this either NDJF so just play around and it’ll come to you bub 🥺 if you have any more questions i’ll be happy to answer <3