I love a good holiday-themed top five, so it seemed only right to share with you five of my favorite high-end red lipsticks this Valentine’s Day!
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I like Vengeful Red the most. It’s the warmest and brownest out of them, tho i see all have cool undertones
Yeah, my personal favorites tend to have bluer undertones 🙂
Considering How BADLY , MADLY , CRAZILY I follow Temptalia it is likely to happen that I should own some of your favorites …. and I’m amazed to see that from today’s Five Ways , I have 4 of them 🙂
missing bite Beauty and it is being added right away in my cart ….
Am sure you know how crazy I’m ?
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .. this is a wonderful Valentine gift for myself … am on right path I guess
Happy Valentines Day to you Christine 🙂 Stay blessed , happy and healthy
Happy Valentine’s Day, Rashmi! 😀
Funny you didn’t name any Mac lipsticks.
Their best reds are always LE!
My favorite is OCC’s Vintage Lip Tar. It is the most stunning red on fair skin.
Gorgeous pick!
It’s not exactly a lipstick but YSL glossy stain in #7 is my favorite red.
For every day/sheerer reds I like revlon lip butter in candy apple red and Mac ladybug.
Glossy Stains are lovely!
Ooh, I’ve been thinking about getting another nice red. I think Fraise is my favourite out of these five, but I can’t get hold of it – don’t mind too much though, there are so many great reds on the market. Any specific blue-based matte red recommendations?
MAC Ruby Woo, MAC Red are always really classic, blue-based matte reds!
The Guerlain lipstick looks beautiful!
Guerlain can do such a great red!
HOW DO I NOT OWN ANYTHING ON THIS LIST. My red lipstick series is the centerpiece of my whole collection.
Favorite high end red? Hmm…probably Chanel Pirate.
What other high-end reds do you favor, Veronica?
How sad is it that I, too, own 4 of these lipsticks (everything but Bite)? I discovered Garconne because of you, Christine. My lips thank you, but my wallet is none too pleased. I love your blog & the swatch gallery is HEAVEN! Thanks for continuing to feed my beauty obsession with your fabulous reviews!
Sad? JOYOUS! 😀
Guerlain Garçonne is the only one of these that I own and I love it! It’s one of my favourite reds, with Guerlain Rouge Parade being number one on my list. Shame it was limited edition, maybe I should have bought two! Garçonne is a lovely substitute though. Is Greta different enough to consider getting?
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All very lust-worthy. I like the finish on the Buxom one.
Love that formula!
I’d love to get my hands on some Rouge G!
I hope you can one day, Erin!
I love all of these – red is definitely my colour. I think I am going to check out the Guerlain ones.
Guerlain does amazing reds!
Garconne is a heart stopper! I man, they’re all pretty, but there’s something about that fiery red, and the glossy finish! Scoundrel is pretty hot on that trail too!
Garconne <3 One of my favorites, period!