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Top 5: Luminous Red Lipsticks (Cool-Toned Edition)

As promised, here’s a cool-toned edition for my picks for glossier, shinier red lipsticks! 🙂 Share your favorites with me! I’m always on the hunt for more.

  1. Estee Lauder Vengeful Red
  2. Urban Decay 69
  3. Maybelline On Fire Red
  4. Guerlain Greta
  5. Buxom Scoundrel

See side-by-side swatches!

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Nancy T Avatar

The only one here that I own is Maybelline On Fire Red, which when viewed along with all 5 lippy swatches, doesn’t look any different in terms of pigmentation or luminosity than any of the others, with ONLY one exception: Guerlain G Greta! Greta looks AMAZING! Well worth its $55, it would seem. So, when my Maria Moretti and On Fire Red are all gone….Greta!

Susan Garfield Avatar

I have Greta and do wear it in Fall and Winter. I am on the fence with mattes and luminous formulas. I like to blot out a luminous , put on more, blot, etc. Old school. I’m not young anymore. Have they discontinued Gracy? I bought one on Overstock and the color was a little different but not too much.

rashmi Avatar

It is such a proud moment to see and say that I own every single shade listed here …. which means even I love me some cool toned RED’s ….
not some but all 😀 : D
And if talking about the formula .. my fav is Estee Lauder , Buxom and Urban Decay … super duper crazy about them.
I would like to add TOM FORD CHERRY LUSH Lipstick 🙂 pure gorgeousness

Cecelia Avatar

Guerlain Greta isn’t being sold anymore. 🙁 I was just about to buy it but I can’t find it anywhere. Nordstrom, Saks, Bergdorf Goodman… no one is selling Greta or Gala anymore. Garconne is the only available red. They aren’t even on the Guerlain website!

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