Here are a few favorites off the top of my head… Urban Decay After Dark, YSL Forbidden Burgundy, MAC Rebel, Estee Lauder Confident, Maybelline Berry Bossy, MAC Marsala, MUFE C506, Hourglass Protector, and Urban Decay Venom.
— Christine
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This is my favorite lipstick color — my favorites are MAC Fashion Revival and NARS Audacious lipstick in Vera :)!
I love Bite Beauty Juniper, which is a bright, light version of berry. I’m also a fan of MAC Rebel, which is also a bit brighter.
NARS Audacious Vera
Lipstick Queen Frog Prince turns kinda berry pink on me and I rrrreally love that one.
Marc Jacobs Magenta, Kat von D Wolvesmouth, MAC Rocker
Some favorites: NARS Fanny, Givenchy Framboise Velours, Hourglass Protector, Bite Jam, Bobbi Brown Brocade, Tom Ford Joaquin, MAC Rebel, NARS Never Say Never. Can you tell berry is one of my favorite shades for lipstick, lol?
Fran, iv been DROOLING over Fanny, ever since the formula came out. And my bright lipstick loving heart was drawn to Fanny instantly!
I also have a best friend named Fani (pronounced the same as Fanny!) So I want it for that reason too 😛
Shannon, it’s my favorite shade of the formula! If you know you like the formula, I would definitely go for it. Some people don’t like the formula, or find it drying, but it’s one of my favorite. Very pigmented, easy to apply, easy to wear, comfortable (on me, and I do have dry lips), some really beautiful colors.
I just went through the search, and for me, these were the best (although I generally like less intensity, I like a fairly deep berry):
MUFE C506 (Dark Purple …but it’s really dark berry)
Zoeva, One Wish
Maybelline Berry Blossom (your rec!) Blackest Berry
SKINN 4-in-1 Nourishing Lipstick in Raspberry
Clinique Pop Glaze Sheer Lip Colour + Primer in Licorice Pop
My picks are: UD After Dark, MAC Heaux, Bite Kir Royale and Nars Velvet Lip Glide in Plato’s. I’m sure that I’m missing one or two, but I’m not home and cannot peruse my stash.
But I DO have Hourglass Protector on my wishlist, so I have a feeling this one will likely become an overnight favorite of mine! ?
This is hard because berry lipsticks are my thing and so I have many, many shades and formulas. Overall, I would have to say MAC Rebel. It is the perfect shade of berry for me and although it isn’t the most comfortable lipstick to wear if I put a little balm on before applying then it works great and lasts 8 hours on me.
Sneaky one on me is Nars Velvet Lip Pencil in Baroque. On some it’s pink. On others it’s a warmer red. On my it’s a reddish berry. This is a hard color to judge before you use it. In any case, it’s the only berry-ish lipstick I own. (This post out to help rectify that!)
The first one I thought of, was MAC Rebel!! I’m down to less than 1/4 left of my tube! It’s the perfect non vampy berry on me!!!
I like to apply it with a lip brush at first, and fill in my whole lips. Then I’ll go in and apply another layer with the tube. And that’s how I get it to last through my whole day! It stains my lips just enough that when the creamy part wears off I still have colour on my lips, but it’s not impossible to get off at the end of the night!
I don’t have a single favorite. For a light, soft berry shade, I’m really in love with e.l.f. Beautifully Bare Satin Lipstick in Touch of Berry. Usually I prefer to go brighter or darker, though. Some favorites are UD Troublemaker, UD Venom, Bite Beauty Jam, Wet n Wild Megalast Sugar Plum Fairy, and e.l.f. Matte Lip Color in Berry Sorbet and Mulberry Maven.
Berry colors are my favorite! The one I reach for the most is MAC Rebel. I’d be interested in a cruelty free dupe for it, since deciding to purchase from brands that do not test on animals as a new year’s resolution! Suggestions welcome! I really love the look of Hourglass’s new Girl Stylos…
Urban Decay After Dark was the first one that came to mind as well!
Too Faced Bumbleberry
Clinique Black Honey
Revlon Berry Smoothie
are all well-loved!
Bobbi Brown Berry, Brocade, Hisbiscus come to mind.
Oh I love Rebel! I don’t wear it nearly enough. I will find it now and put it my regular make-up box so I’ll wear it next week!
MAC Party Line, Maybelline Blissful Berry, Sephora Crush, Milani Uptown Mauve. I could name more…I have so many berries!
You listed two of my favourites, Rebel and Venom. I seem to always go back to them. For me they are classics.
Love Berry lipstick my favs are NARS Velevt Matte lip pencil in Damned, BITE Juniper, Too Faced Melted lipstick in Berry and UD Veno.
Omg! I love this question! Berry is my FAVORITE lipstick shade to rock! I can’t wait to read these comments because I’m always on the hunt for a good berry shade…
Anywho, to answer the question, my favorite of the moment is ColourPop More Better!
Love this shade and like you Christine I have a few:
Elizabeth Arden’s Berry – long wearing and moisturising
Milani’s Cherry Brandy
Maybelline’s Divine Wine
MAC Rebel, Bite Jam, UD Venom, CT Glastonberry, MAC Evening Rendevous, Sephora Collection Lip Creme in 14 Blackberry Sorbet, etc etc. I love me some berry lips.
MAC Rebel, Viva Glam IV, or Party Line!
I actually don’t own a lot of berry lipsticks, definitely going to look through the comments for suggestions! But I do like Bésame Noir Red and Mac New York Apple!
I love berry shades but own only one: YSL Rouge Vermillion.
Mac Marsala and Zoeva One Wish have been forever on my wishlist though!
I still wear MAC Deliciously Forbidden, and BURBERRY Pink Azalea, MAC Rebel
MAC Marsala, NARS Audacious Vera, Colourpop Tiger
MAC rebel is a staple. I also love a bold and matte berry lip so right now I’m loving Dose of Colors Berry Me 2 and Smashbox Always on liquid lipstick in Girl Gang. Maybellines Berry Bossy is a great color as well.
I have Rebel, I do love that color.
and I have Girl Gang and Dose’s Berry Me 2! LOL
I LOVE the color of Urban Decay’s Shame lipstick – I have it from the Revolution series but the formula is so greasy and it’s really hard to apply precisely. Once I blot it looks great though. I should see if the Vice formula is any better….
I can’t remember names of them but BiTE cosmetics has an amazing Berry lipstick – a few berry colors too.
Diva from Mac, Train Bleu from Nars,
There are so many variations of berry It’s hard to say. I think Bite Jam is a fave right now.
Berries are my jam (oh my. That sounds like a terrible pun. So it stays!). My lips are naturally a berry-violet so berries are my MLBB and a go-to safe color. Probably my most-worn lipstick color aside from purple and plenty of berries verge there anyway.
Of course, I have an eternal obligation to mourn my perfect MLBB berry Stila’s Natalie. It shall never be beat. RIP beautiful. Stila, please copy Natalie Portman’s lip color again as it’s quite close to mine and I have a mighty need! MAC Rebel is the product I’d pick if I was forced to only choose one MAC product for life in some bizarre scenario. It’s a no-brainer. It will look great and complementary no matter what I pair with it makeup or clothes wise, perks up the face, brightens teeth and complexion, and can easily be dressed up (or gothed or vamped) up or down. Bite has many great berry shades. I’m partial to Jam but I can’t think of a BIte berry I’ve disliked. Winterberry is quite lovely too. Guerlain Gladys is so chic. I love wearing that one while I’m traveling since it hydrates so nicely and translates to casual wear so well. The fuschia-shimmer finish is so lovely. Guerlain Gigolo, however, is the real Rouge G MVP. Layered once or twice it’s MLBB and layered more than that it’s vampy brilliance. Gigolo is absolutely one of my top-favs of all time. NARS Audacious Vera and Fanny are amazing too. Besame makes perfect lipstick so of course American Beauty is a great classic red-berry.
Perhaps I should stop now because clearly the berry lip category goes on forever for me. There’s a favorite in pretty much every brand. Givenchy, Tom Ford, Bobbi Brown, UD, KVD, and so many more make amazing berries I can’t get enough of. I think I may even have more berries than reds since berry-reds are a huge go-to for me. I stopped counting tubes of lipstick too long ago to imagine how many there actually are.
So many good ideas!!!
NYX Aria & MAC Fashion Revival!