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Your skin tone/coloring: Light neutral skin tone, green eyes, almost-black hair with natural silver highlights
Favorite red lipstick? Chanel Pirate
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? Natasha Denona Glam
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? If I’m wearing red lipstick, that means I’m wearing going-out-in-the-evening makeup, and my favorite going-out-in-the-evening blush is Dior Hologlam.
That’s what I think too – Glam goes with a red lipstick so perfectly. I am glad to read that you are enjoying it so much Seraphine.
It’s my favorite palette ever! It’s the only palette I took with me on the last couple of vacations because it’s so versatile. There are just two things I’d change about it: 1) I’d make the shades Smoke and Blend twice as big, and 2) I’d give the shades real names.
Nice to see another lover of Chanel Pirate. Do you know if Chanel is still making this gorgeous lippie? All my other favourites of practically EVERYTHING have been discontinued so I’m wondering about Pirate.
Yes, still available. It’s a classic, so hopefully they’ll never discontinue it. Though you never know…
Your skin tone/coloring: Under my name (blue-green eyes, dark hair)
Favorite red lipstick? Too many! MAC Como La Flor, Slay Ride, Yoni Crush and Ruby Woo, UD Daenerys Targaryen and Bad Blood, YSL Scout’s Red…
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? Neutral and very classic sculpted in application, so there’s what I am wearing right now, PMG Labs Venus In Fleurs Voyeuristic Vixen that I am wearing with MAC Como La Flor. ND Glam Midi, Bronze Midi and Biba Mini, and PMG Labs Bronze Borealis all work perfectly with a red lip, too!
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? That’s easy! MAC Blushbaby all the way!
I really regret not getting Daenerys Targaryen when the GOT collection came out. It’s so beautiful!
It really is a special red in my collection! It’s what I was hoping PMG Labs metallic red was going to look like on me, but it pulled too pink.
Your skin tone/coloring: Pale yellowish, red hair, blue eyes
Favorite red lipstick? L’Oreal I’m Worth It Infallible Ink, Lancome Bad Blood Ruby
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? Huda Jaguar, ND Mini Nude. I am very pale though so I feel like a lot of things go with red lips on me
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? Almay Healthy Hue blush in Nearly Nude or the blushes from the BH Cosmetics vanilla truffle blush palette.
Your skin tone/coloring: fair, with a cool, rosy tone. My eyes are blue green hazel, and my hair is now naturally salt and pepper, with the salt level increasing every day, lol.
Favorite red lipstick? It’s a three way tie between MAC Ruby Woo, MAC Russian Red, and Tom Ford Cherry Lush.
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? I don’t really wear much eyeshadow anymore; these days, I typically pair it with simple black liner on my waterline, and blackest black mascara.
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? I prefer just a slight flush of color with this combination, so I go with Maybelline Cheek Heat in either Pink Scorch (if my skin is looking more pink that day), or Coral Ember.
Your skin tone/colouring: Porcelain, with pink undertones
Favorite red lipstick? It would be one of my Shiseido Visionary Gel lipsticks – either Firecracker, Ginza Red, or Lantern Red
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? ND Glam – I tend to use the grey shimmer shades in the palette.
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? Just my usual – which is, at the moment, Shiseido’s Inner Glow cheekpowder in a coral shade.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light/Medium with neutral/rosy undertones
Favorite red lipstick? Lisa Eldridge Velvet Ribbon
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? Pat McGrath Golden Opulence (shade Tranquility) or Lisa Eldridge Vega (shades French Grey and Turbulence)
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? Hourglass Radiant Magenta or Fenty Cream Blush in Daiquiri Dip
Your skin tone/coloring: Porcelain, slightly cool yellow undertones, t-zone redness
Favorite red lipstick? Besame Noir Red
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? Generally I’ll go with cool taupe/gray or sometimes cool brown singles.
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? Melt Nevermore, Blackbird Kitten Kiss.
Your skin tone/coloring:pale, cool skin (foundation matches: Fenty Pro Filt’r 110, Urban Decay All Nighter 2.5, NARS Natural Radiant Longwear 2.0 Mont Blanc, Kevyn Aucoin The Etherealist Light EF 02, L’Oreal True Match C3 Creamy Natural), gray eyes, brown hair with red highlights and scattered blonde/blue strands. My everyday base products are Fenty-Amber Match Stick as cheek contour and Pro Filt’r concealer and Soft Matte foundation in 110.
Favorite red lipstick? I love red lipstick too much to pick any one favorite, so I’m just going to put down one of the ones I’ve worn more recently-Fenty Hot Blooded (discontinued, of course).
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? Again, too many to pick. If I have to narrow it down, then maybe PMG Celestial Odyssey or UD Naked Wild West-the turquoise and bronzy tones go well with red lips.
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? Something cool-toned like my undertone, and moderately visible without being distracting-something like Milani Petal Primavera or Charlotte Tilbury Sex on Fire.
I like the questions about pairings!
💄 YOUR SKIN TONE/COLORING:
Under my name; brunette hair with red undertones and threaded with gray; hazel/green eyes.
💄 FAVORITE RED LIPSTICK?
I’ve never met a red lipstick I didn’t like! Lately I’ve been mostly wearing either Maybelline Super Stay Vinyl Ink in Capricious, Moira Beauty Afterparty Matte Lips in Funky Music, and Seraphine Botanicals Vegan Berry Tint Natural Liquid Blush for Lips & Cheeks. I also love MAC Von Teese and Ruby Woo, MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipstick in Siempre Selena; YSL Rouge Pur Couture in Scout’s Red.
💄 FAVORITE EYESHADOW PALETTE TO PAIR WITH A RED LIPSTICK?
UD Naked Basics (DC) and UD x Gwen Stefani Eyeshadow Palette (DC). Yes, I know they’re ancient, but mine look, smell, and perform the same as always. They’re my ultimate pin-up look palettes to pair with red lips, and I have newer, unopened backups for both.
💄 FAVORITE BLUSH TO PAIR WITH A RED LIPSTICK?
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed; Kaleidos Mono Blush in Sanguine; Milani Rose Powder Blush in Coral Cove.
-Your skin tone/coloring:Cool/light medium
-Favorite red lipstick? Chanel Rouge Allure Ink Fusion 818 True red. MAC Russian Red. My two staples.
-Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick?Wayne Goss The Luxury Eye pallete in Imperial Topaz. Natasha Denona Biba. Elf Bite Size Pallete Cream and Sugar (oh so many)
-Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? All time favorite Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge Powder Pink!! Love love love!!
Your skin tone/coloring: pale, cool
Favorite red lipstick? either Chanel Pirate or Smashbox Red Rage
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? UD Naked2 or Chanel Tisse Gabrielle
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? MAC Sweet Sentiment
The cult-favorite crimson lipstick is the definition of classic. It’s seductive, sensuous, and it makes your message “pop.”
Finding your distinctive hue, though, might be a challenge with so many options available. So, we trusted the expert to choose the top 3 red lipsticks for every skin tone in 2023:
1. GXVE BY GWEN STEFANI Xtra Sauce Longwear Vinyl Liquid Lipstick, $24
2. Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain Liquid Lipstick, $15
3. Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Fenty Icon The Fill Semi-Matte Refillable Lipstick, $20
Red lipsticks come in different shades.
Your skin tone/coloring: Above, grey-green eyes, dark brown hair.
Favorite red lipstick? Just one!!? OK, UD F-Bomb.
Favorite eyeshadow palette to pair with a red lipstick? Right now it’s Vieve Ninetease palette, but also ND Glam, old UD Naked 1 and 2 and Victoria Beckham Tuxedo Eye Brick.
Favorite blush to pair with a red lipstick? I think I’d pick Clinique Ginger Pop.