Vamp or die! Go bold and totally vampy with dark red lips with subtle shimmer and shine.
Add coral for less OTT red! So red is too bold or too much for you? Try getting a shade with a little bit of coral in it, or even topping your go-to red with a coral gloss. It’ll tone down the red a few notches.
No-regrets-red! Embrace the beauty that is red. Try out a completely unapologetic red like Russian Red!
Classic beauty! Try a retro red, like Viva Glam I, which is matte, not too bright, but still unmistakably red.
Brown down red! Tone down a red by adding more brown to it, which will help to neutralize the color, without overpowering the red itself.
(And if you need help with red lipstick application, here’s a tutorial.)
Do you have a way to wear red lipstick? Share it with us!
I love all the looks! I don’t think I could pull off any of them, though I did love that NARS lip swatch you did a while back of some red colour…
Thanks, Miss Fred!
Psh, I think you so could. You just have to find the right red! Maybe it’s the NARS one!
hey christine! hope you are enjoying your vacay
when you have time, i would love to see some pics added to this post!
If you click on the links, you’ll see the pictures…
red gloss – sheer and easy to wear
So true! My only gripe about red gloss is sometimes it doesn’t go on as evenly as I’d like it to!
My fave red lippie right now is mac’s london life. Its a rosey berry lustre.
To get the ‘look’, I apply some lip balm. At the moment I love my burts bees stuff.
then I just dab it on straight from the tube. I blot the excess off with a tissue. voila!
I like this method because it leaves a berry/wine stain (that looks fairly natural
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Was that a LE lipstick, Tanya? I don’t remember it at all!
its a lipstick from the euristocrats collection earlier this year (only for europe)
I was really lucky cos my dad had to go to vienna for a conference and on his way back he had some time to kill at heathrow airport (waiting for his plane to aus), and guess where I told him to go…..to MAC!!! *he he* what a lovely daughter I am lol!
so yes, i am just lucky to scab a few of those colours, they ended up being my first black-tubed mac lippies!
Ohh, nice! I couldn’t bring myself to pay European prices for those lipsticks!
I loooove NARS afghan red. SOOOO pretty. It’s a deep berry red and I think it looks so good on a variety of skin tones!
Nice color, Nosh! I don’t have it, but I’ve swatched it.
If I’m going to wear red, it’s gotta be Russian Red – it has a distinctly Dita von Teese effect when I wear it, but it’s perfect!
Russian Red is gorgeous! I don’t think I have it anymore, because I preferred VGI to it, though.
These looks are wonderful, I love how you show a number of different ways. Sometimes red can be so intimdating, but I think there is something for everyone here.
Lately the reds I’ve been wearing are New York Apple (berry-red) and Rose Go Round (sheer). I usually line with Half Red, smudge the line and then apply from the tube and then go over it with a lip brush to smooth it out. Neutral glosses can really tone down red too, to make it more wearable too.
Great article!
I agree – there’s a red for everybody. Doesn’t have to be bold or bright, it can be a sheerer, toned down red, too. I love New York Apple
Don’t think it would suit me personally but it looks grogeous!
I think you could manage to find some shade or type of red that would work for you!