Honey lips

I'm intrigued by this image. It is serene, yet so penetrating. The eyes don't seem to focus completely on the viewer, neither do they look completely away.
Is she aware that there is a bee on her lip?

There is perfect tension between the overwhelming darkness of base colors and the bright blue and yellow, and to a lesser extent the red lips.

On top of that there is that skin color. Smeared with charcoal it seems, revealed by the edge above her upper lip.

What is just a portrait is transformed into something special by emphasizing and concealing certain core elements of the face, painting a contrast that sucks up all of my attention.