Laura Mercier Cherrywood Lipstick
Laura Mercier Cherrywood Lip Color ($22.00) is an almost neutral cherry red -- it's surprisingly muted for cherry, but with a name like "Cherrywood," it's the color I'd expect. It's a downplayed cherry red with a...
Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Garnet Lipstick ($4.99) is a glossy, bright raspberry red -- it's not even what I'd really think of when I think raspberry, because it seems so much redder, but it's clear that there are some...
MAC Dare You Lipstick ($14.00) is a gorgeous shade of shimmering ruby red. It's a deep ruby red with brighter ruby red shimmer laced throughout. It's incredibly pigmented, and it looks opaque with just one layer. Dare You feels creamy,...
La Prairie Rouge Clair Cellular Luxe Lip Colour ($55.00 for 0.12 oz.) is the creme de la creme of luxe lip color in a bright, scarlet red. It's seems mostly like a blue-based red, but it warmed up a...
Dolce & Gabbana Ruby Shine Lipstick ($30.00) is a beautiful, shimmery raspberry red lip color. It's a semi-sheer lipstick formula, but I actually found it to be quite opaque. I mean, if this is semi-sheer, I wish all...
Julie Hewett Rouge Noir Lipstick ($22.50) is a rich, ultra pigmented blue-based red with a nice sheen. It's not glossy nor shimmery--just very bold and goes on opaque with little product. I want to say it's creamy,...
LORAC Leading Lady Lipstick ($22.00) is a creamy, nearly neutral red (runs slightly orange-red) with a very bright sheen (more sheen than glossiness). It applies easily and well, and you can get an opaque look in just two or...
MAC Russian Red Lipglass ($14.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a nearly opaque bright cherry red lipgloss. It's a beautiful shimmer-less shade of red that goes on easily. MAC's Lipglass is one of the tackier lipglosses on the market, which is...
Lancome Absolute Rouge Lipstick
Lancome Absolute Rouge Lipstick ($29.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a creamy bright red with just a hint of orange in it. It's part of the L'Absolu Rouge line-up, which is Lancome's more luxe lipstick--it has Pro-Xylane, which...
MAC Dubonnet Lipstick ($14.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a rich, deep shade of red with more of a brownish tone. It's not really a blue-based red, nor an orange-based red--it's truly one of those shades that works well on many skin tones. (Kind...
